Mixmatic
Consumer and social
music sharing
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.16.
Design: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 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
Good visual design, impressive for the time spent
From 2 comments
First question: Why get co and not a com? Second question: i like the design given the time constraints. What design tools did you use? Any tips on getting a good design quickly?
gonade on HNNeat! Minor suggestion - link to an example playlist. There's also a minor grammar error in the text ("gives us").
jacobwg on HN
Objections
Example playlist is hidden, so new visitors don't know what the product looks like
From 2 comments
Yes. I have no idea there's an example on the next page so I'm lost before I even think about clicking. First thing I thought about when I landed on the homepage was "What is…
MichaelApproved on HNI would put the example on the frontpage and make it larger.
jcfrei on HN
Mix URLs are easy to guess, so mixes are not private
From 1 comment
Interesting site. I lost interest in Spotify but I can see the novelty of a site like this. But... your example URL makes it pretty easy to guess at other people's mixes... so…
jack-r-abbit on HN
Locked to Spotify with no reason given
From 1 comment
Why does this have to be locked into spotify? Why not create a playlist with any other service? It's just a URL anyway.
MichaelApproved on HN
Requests
Use a URL hash so mixes are harder to guess
From 1 comment
Interesting site. I lost interest in Spotify but I can see the novelty of a site like this. But... your example URL makes it pretty easy to guess at other people's mixes... so…
jack-r-abbit on HN
Support playlists from services other than Spotify
From 1 comment
Why does this have to be locked into spotify? Why not create a playlist with any other service? It's just a URL anyway.
MichaelApproved on HN
Show an example playlist on the front page
From 1 comment
I would put the example on the frontpage and make it larger.
jcfrei on HN
Questions
What advantage does it have over emailing a Spotify playlist link
From 1 comment
I don't use (and never have, but I suspect it's like Grooveshark) Spotify so this question might be stupid. What advantage does this have over just sending an email with a URL to…
CWIZO on HN
Why the .co domain instead of .com
From 1 comment
First question: Why get co and not a com? Second question: i like the design given the time constraints. What design tools did you use? Any tips on getting a good design quickly?
gonade on HN
Alternatives named
Muxx.it
From 1 comment
Seems to be the season for mixtapes, found another one on HN recently http://muxx.it
emilyhuang on HN
Muxtape
From 1 comment
I love this and the parent site, an awesome project for 10 hours. But it all makes me miss the simplicity of muxtape: http://muxtape.com/story
tyler_ball on HN
Sending a Spotify playlist URL by email
From 1 comment
I don't use (and never have, but I suspect it's like Grooveshark) Spotify so this question might be stupid. What advantage does this have over just sending an email with a URL to…
CWIZO on HN