Blarb
Consumer and social
ephemeral microblogging
SHOW HN2022
18points
10comments
#1,564of 2,570 in 2022
Top 61%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.41.
Docs: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Likes the concept
From 1 comment
Onboarding is weird, but I love the concept. Wish discovery was your landing page. Pay stub me fivr contractors to get real sample pieces of content a day.
somenewaccount1 on HN
Objections
Unclear what the product is or how it differs from other services
From 2 comments
There are so many other (perhaps similar) platforms out there... if you don't provide a set of features, some screenshots or anything that tells me more about Blarb I am not…
ibdf on HNI don't understand it one bit.
r0b05 on HN
Seen as a pseudo 4chan or barebones Twitter
From 1 comment
So it’s pseudo 4chan with fewer and/or slightly different features. Barebones Twitter with a cheaper data storage bill.
toqy on HN
Onboarding is confusing
From 1 comment
Onboarding is weird, but I love the concept. Wish discovery was your landing page. Pay stub me fivr contractors to get real sample pieces of content a day.
somenewaccount1 on HN
Concern that anonymity leads to abusive or junk content
From 1 comment
I feel like so many projects start out with grand ideals about how, if people were just given the opportunity, we would finally get the honest, genuine, earnest, meaningful…
sircastor on HN
Requests
Show features, screenshots or UI before asking for email
From 1 comment
There are so many other (perhaps similar) platforms out there... if you don't provide a set of features, some screenshots or anything that tells me more about Blarb I am not…
ibdf on HN
Make discovery the landing page
From 1 comment
Onboarding is weird, but I love the concept. Wish discovery was your landing page. Pay stub me fivr contractors to get real sample pieces of content a day.
somenewaccount1 on HN
Questions
Who am I sharing with?
From 1 comment
There are so many other (perhaps similar) platforms out there... if you don't provide a set of features, some screenshots or anything that tells me more about Blarb I am not…
ibdf on HN
Alternatives named
4chan
From 1 comment
So it’s pseudo 4chan with fewer and/or slightly different features. Barebones Twitter with a cheaper data storage bill.
toqy on HN
Twitter
From 1 comment
So it’s pseudo 4chan with fewer and/or slightly different features. Barebones Twitter with a cheaper data storage bill.
toqy on HN
Snapchat
From 1 comment
He should call it SnapChan.
AlchemistCamp on HN