my weekend project
Consumer and social
video discovery
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.00.
Design: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun idea and good execution for a weekend project
From 3 comments
Mad props on sitting down and actually hacking something out :)
aeontech on HNlove it!!! brilliant idea!i usually 'stumble upon' videos via facebook when my friends post anything interesting.
amandalim89 on HNNice stuff just spend ten minutes watching it ! keep it up.
cfontes on HN
Objections
Awesome button reloads page, interrupting viewing
From 1 comment
If I hit awesome, it shouldn't load a new page. It should just vote "Awesome" through AJAX therefore I can continue watching the video.
switz on HN
Voting history box is too dominant on the page
From 1 comment
cool project! one design advice though. Remove the large yellow rectangle above the video that shows your history. I like the idea, but dont make it so dominant, it kinda…
ofca on HN
Voting ends the video instead of moving on
From 1 comment
and dont make it to end the video when you vote :)
ofca on HN
Requests
Replace voting with a middle option or more rating choices
From 1 comment
I like it, it would be better if it had a few more options your opinion on the video instead of just awesome or dislike, maybe a middle option would be good? Also if this is…
FlightOfGrey on HN
Add user accounts and login with YouTube for tailored recommendations
From 2 comments
There was a site called Nowmov (backed by Ashton Kutcher) that did something very similar, but took videos from twitter as ones to show. It's been shut down after a number of…
adrianwaj on HNThanks. My goals was to release as fast as possible. Probably going to add accounts so people can get credit for submitting awesome videos. Figured it would be fun to use even…
stollercyrus on HN
Add next and previous buttons and remove the history box
From 2 comments
dunno, kinda like the awesome button. you can make next and previous buttons on the left and right sides of the video, and the history on the bottom, without the box; just like a…
ofca on HNsuper mate! yeah, try it without the box. ill have some free time tomorrow so ill try to do a little mockup if you want :)
ofca on HN
Use AJAX for voting so video keeps playing
From 1 comment
If I hit awesome, it shouldn't load a new page. It should just vote "Awesome" through AJAX therefore I can continue watching the video.
switz on HN
Questions
Does it use algorithms based on voting history or is it random?
From 1 comment
Does it use any algorithms to figure out what I might like most given my voting history, or is it just random?
ashleyw on HN
Alternatives named
StumbleUpon video
From 2 comments
You do know about http://video.stumbleupon.com/ right? :) Not that that takes away anything from your project of course :)
aeontech on HNI really like http://video.stumbleupon.com, but I feel like I spend 90% of the time stumbling after a few secs. I wanted to try to make a site where I want to watch a higher…
stollercyrus on HN
Nowmov / nowbox
From 1 comment
There was a site called Nowmov (backed by Ashton Kutcher) that did something very similar, but took videos from twitter as ones to show. It's been shut down after a number of…
adrianwaj on HN
Shortform
From 1 comment
This is pretty cool. I like http://www.shortform.com/. You can browse by keyword then press Play, Pause, Next, and Previous. It's great for people who want to stumble on videos…
rupzilla on HN
mustwatchvideos.com
From 1 comment
Nice attempt. I had created http://mustwatchvideos.com couple of years before (still running great), just to filter the wheat from the chaff. It is very difficult to find really…
nmridul on HN