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Productivity
personal publishing
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
8 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 24 critical, out of 56 comments about the project. Thread score -0.29.
Idea: 6 for, 9 againstDesign: 0 for, 12 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 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 design
From 1 comment
I want to like this, but there's something conflicting about "thoughtful content" and being forced to throw it away (or have your post become extremely long). If I put thought…
dusted on HN
Objections
Deleting or overwriting posts loses content and archival value
From 3 comments
I want to like this, but there's something conflicting about "thoughtful content" and being forced to throw it away (or have your post become extremely long). If I put thought…
dusted on HNI do, as I like to bookmark stuff that I find interesting to share or look up again later. Having it disappear at a whim with the only hope being that it was archived such that I…
ablob on HNIt's writing. A text file. Archive it yourself. Or do you mean archive it but leave it visible? That seems to not be the point of the website.
SyzygistSix on HN
Broken on mobile and small screens
From 4 comments
Looks terrible on my phone. Social happens mostly on phones.
encoderer on HNSame, half the text is off screen.
aczerepinski on HNI suggest making your website mobile-friendly. I can't read it from my smartphone. Congrats on shipping!
tonguetrainer on HNSeems completely broken on mobile?
chadlavi on HN
Dark mode link colors are hard to read
From 3 comments
Nice idea. The color for links seems to be the default in most browsers: blue for links and purple for visited links. These colors are extremely hard to read against the site's…
jrib on HNSpecifically, the site seems to follow the system's preference for light mode or dark mode. The link style against the dark mode background is very difficult to read.
wakamoleguy on HNAha! I was wondered why people were commenting how the default link colour - which has been in existence for what, 30 years now? has suddenly become unreadable. It's dark mode!…
jspash on HN
Editing posts makes replies out of context
From 2 comments
A post is not supposed to mutate. Supposed you have a post I liked and replied then you changed it completely; my reply would be totally out of context.
derekzhouzhen on HNDo comments get cleared when you edit? Otherwise the connect context gets lost, right?
jadbox on HN
Requests
Mobile-friendly layout
From 2 comments
I suggest making your website mobile-friendly. I can't read it from my smartphone. Congrats on shipping!
tonguetrainer on HNLooks terrible on my phone. Social happens mostly on phones.
encoderer on HN
Fix dark mode link readability
From 2 comments
Nice idea. The color for links seems to be the default in most browsers: blue for links and purple for visited links. These colors are extremely hard to read against the site's…
jrib on HNSpecifically, the site seems to follow the system's preference for light mode or dark mode. The link style against the dark mode background is very difficult to read.
wakamoleguy on HN
Allow scheduled or periodic posting
From 2 comments
> That adds a taste of FOMO... If your aim is to avoid the dopamine, I think encoraging FOMO is a bit self-defeating. Perhaps limiting posts to daily, weekly, or monthly might…
klyrs on HNThis is a really interesting idea to me. I've considered a site where you can only post once per day or per week, something like that - but this seems like a better approach. One…
f0e4c2f7 on HN
Keep post history or archive
From 2 comments
If the site has some git repo backing, it can remember the past.
smitty1e on HNI want to like this, but there's something conflicting about "thoughtful content" and being forced to throw it away (or have your post become extremely long). If I put thought…
dusted on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 1 comment
Great project! Is it open source?
iJohnDoe on HN
Does like count reset on update?
From 1 comment
Does the like count reset when you update? Seems like that could be a little dangerous if it doesn't.
sodapopcan on HN
Alternatives named
Geocities / NeoCities
From 2 comments
Isn't this (basically) what geocities was? A single "post" (webpage) that you can edit? Users were able to browse and search for other geocities pages.
jadbox on HNAnd it lives on in design at least through NeoCities [1] [1] - https://neocities.org/
LinuxBender on HN
Finger / .plan files
From 2 comments
Made me think fondly of the days I would update my .plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol)
jahnu on HNRemember when this was called .plan? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
bitwize on HN
nownownow /now pages
From 1 comment
See also /now pages[0] (a federated version of your gist points 1 and 2, i.e. creating and updating a post about what you are doing now)? [0] https://nownownow.com/about
m-i-l on HN
20-things.com
From 1 comment
I am building something similar (https://20-things.com) where the idea is to have the frontpage only display 20 things. No paging, no endless scrolling. Good luck with your…
dt3ft on HN