Notion
Consumer and social
social network profiles
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.01.
Idea: 4 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 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.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Nostalgic and fun
From 2 comments
Wow! Pretty impressive that the whole thing is based on notion! MySpace nostalgia is still very very big. I actually rebuilt the original MySpace last year and called it…
partyguy on HNPretty fun hit of nostalgia. I feel like FB/IG/whatever have lost a lot of what made it fun to share things about yourself or personalize your page in a creative way.
alexchantavy on HN
Objections
Not a real social network yet, no friends list or commenting
From 1 comment
In what sense is this a social network? From examples it looks like personal pages made in notion. But no friends list or commenting on other people's content?
mxwsn on HN
Dependent on Notion, which could shut it down
From 1 comment
It's a closed note-taking app, so if Notion doesn't like this site, it stops existing. Calling it a text editor hides this fact, I think.
stavros on HN
Name may conflict with MySpace trademark
From 1 comment
Careful, "myspace" is trademarked and it's likely you'll need to come up with a name less confusingly similar, if they decide to enforce their mark.
pwned1 on HN
Requests
Open source it and federate via ActivityPub
From 1 comment
If this was open source and federated with activitypub it would be a killer app IMO.
RobotToaster on HN
Add friends lists and commenting
From 1 comment
In what sense is this a social network? From examples it looks like personal pages made in notion. But no friends list or commenting on other people's content?
mxwsn on HN
Questions
How does the site work and how is it built
From 1 comment
Is there a page that explains how it is built? or how it works? There might be, but I can’t see it on mobile
olah_1 on HN
Whether the Notion API allows access to arbitrary pages
From 1 comment
Does the Notion API allow you to access arbitrary pages yet? Last I checked, it only let you access ones you explicitly shared with the app.
stavros on HN
Alternatives named
SpaceHey
From 1 comment
Wow! Pretty impressive that the whole thing is based on notion! MySpace nostalgia is still very very big. I actually rebuilt the original MySpace last year and called it…
partyguy on HN
Neocities
From 1 comment
The younger generation seems unexpectedly into it: https://neocities.org
kixiQu on HN
GeoCities
From 1 comment
GeoCities v2!! :-) EDIT: for the younger generation GeoCities was (or seemed like) the place to build your homepage on the WWW on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_GeoCities…
daniel_iversen on HN