[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":497},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-3518051":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":9,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":47,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":88,"maker_in_thread":263,"shape":276,"grid":279,"attempts":458,"same_week":459,"maker_shows":41,"maker_hidden":488,"reader_version":489,"card":490},"3518051","SocialFolders","SocialFolders, \"Dropbox for social\"","title","Show HN: SocialFolders, \"Dropbox for social\"",null,"martinpannier",1327668150,2012,187,73,86,1677,6,"notable","productivity","social media backup and sync","desktop_app",[23,24,25,26,27],"social media backup","photo backup","facebook export","file sync","social folders","mixed",0.218,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":17,"critical":33},17,16,8,47,{"idea":36,"execution":38,"pricing":40,"docs":43,"performance":44,"design":45},{"positive":33,"critical":37},3,{"positive":39,"critical":37},5,{"positive":41,"critical":42},1,0,{"positive":42,"critical":42},{"positive":42,"critical":42},{"positive":41,"critical":46},2,[42,39,37,39,39,42,39,39,37,37,41,42,37,39,39,37,41,39,37,39,39,39,37,37,37,37,39,39,42,41,41,39,37,39,37,37,41,41,42,41],"Hey fellow HN-ers,\n\nI'd like to ask HN about my latest startup: SocialFolders. We take a Dropbox-like approach to managing your content on your social networks by mirroring all the content you have on these networks in folders on your computer. Moving this content around, between folders or between services, is mirrored in the all-mighty \"cloud\" (ugh, I hate this word).\n\nWe'd love to know what you think. We think our approach solves the problem of managing content at scale.\n\nWe put together a quick 2'30 screencast to show HN how it works: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=4s2TFsVezZQ\n\nIf you want",{"problem":50,"audience":56,"pricing":72,"motivation":80,"time_to_build":9,"stack":84,"openness":85,"stage":86,"team_size":87},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Managing and backing up content spread across social networks at scale","maker",[54],{"id":55},"post",{"value":57,"source":58,"evidence":59},"Users who want their social network content kept locally and in sync","inferred",[60,64,68],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"3518941","AndrewWarner","1) Glad you're charging because it makes me feel like you'll be around. 2) I'm trying to sync 1 file and it's taking over 20 minutes (so far) 3) It'd be nice to allow one-way…",{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"3519023","bobwebb","This is awesome! Thanks for providing this service - there are loads of nice pictures on Facebook that I've been meaning to make a backup of for ages, now there's a tool that…",{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"3518191","ed209","Promising start. My mum is always on at me to send her the pics of my daughter that I put on Facebook. It would be cool if I could grant her access to my Facebook folder (at the…",{"value":73,"source":74,"evidence":75},"Free download; premium service about $9.99 per year","commenter",[76],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"3518267","webmat","Sharing with the parents FTW! The service is looking great, and I'm glad you guys have a clear (and super reasonable at 9.99$\u002Fyear) business model from the start!",{"value":81,"source":52,"evidence":82},"Bring social content under local folder management, similar to Dropbox",[83],{"id":55},[],"free","beta","unknown",{"praise":89,"objections":122,"requests":168,"questions":199,"alternatives":227},[90,105,114],{"value":91,"source":74,"evidence":92},"Dropbox-style approach to social content is a useful idea",[93,97,101],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"3518206","drtse4","Nice idea and beautifully implemented, you just gained a new user. The \"moving between services\" is the real killer feature, imo.",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"3518465","oozcitak","Great idea and beautiful execution. I just copy\u002Fpasted a few photos from Instagram to Facebook. I will definitely use this.",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"3518280","lazylland","This has serious legs, martin. Well done :) A similar idea has been in my \"would-be-nice\" list for eons, but its amazing to see it actually work. Wishing you great success! Happy…",{"value":106,"source":74,"evidence":107},"Clean, slick execution and easy setup",[108,109,110],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"3518113","entropie","A simple upvote isnt enough. Awesome idea! Edit: please give us a linux client.",{"value":115,"source":74,"evidence":116},"Useful for backing up Facebook photos",[117,118],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"3519436","kin","I can find so much use from this. Great job!",[123,135,146,157],{"value":124,"source":74,"evidence":125},"Sync is slow and gives little progress feedback",[126,127,131],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"3518882","rheeseyb","Looks really good. First thought - you need some sort of feedback to let the user know that their files are downloading - I've linked my Facebook account and it's downloading…",{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"3519752","instakill","The taskbar menu shows how much I've used of my quota, but what would be very useful would be the dropbox-esque bit of info that tells me how much of it has actually sync'd.",{"value":136,"source":74,"evidence":137},"Copies files on every network, wasting disk space",[138,142],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"3518590","tuananh","Great idea, however If I want to share a set of photos on multiple services, I have to waste a lot of space !? will symlink works?",{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"3518484","djbender","If I have the same 100MB file set on multiple social sites through SocialFolders, does that mean I have the set on my local hard drive multiple times as well?",{"value":147,"source":74,"evidence":148},"Pricing not visible on the site",[149,153],{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"3519799","RobertKohr","The price really should be in the FAQ. I am guessing that it is the most frequently asked question. I don't want to go through your funnels before I get hit with a price.",{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"3519992","dmragone","I concur - please put pricing in the FAQ. It's a great service, you shouldn't hide the cost. Maybe I'm missing it on the front page, but I couldn't find the price anywhere (and…",{"value":158,"source":74,"evidence":159},"Website and download pages look generic",[160,164],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"3518315","kmfrk","Great project! I remember seeing the possibilities of something along these lines, when I browsed the recipes of ifttt that crawled your social feeds for photos by yourself and…",{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"3521482","aDemoUzer","Great idea. http:\u002F\u002Fsocialfolders.me\u002Fdownload-pc\u002F screenshots looks crappy.",[169,181,185,192],{"value":170,"source":74,"evidence":171},"Linux client, including a headless CLI for NAS",[172,173,177],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},"3518131","david_a_r_kemp","Please give us a cli linux client, so I can run it on my NAS",{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},"3518468","spindritf","Being able to run it without GUI, on a server or NAS, as you mentioned, would be great -- better connection, always online, perfect fit for a software like that.",{"value":182,"source":74,"evidence":183},"One-way sync option",[184],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},{"value":186,"source":74,"evidence":187},"Folder sharing with family",[188,189],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},{"id":190,"by":10,"text":191},"3518197","Actually we have! We're in contact with Jaisen Mathai to integrate the OpenPhoto project ASAP. Thanks for the feedback we're going to integrate easy folder sharing as soon as…",{"value":193,"source":74,"evidence":194},"Comments preserved when mirroring content",[195],{"id":196,"by":197,"text":198},"3518600","ThaddeusQuay2","It's nice, but it doesn't quite \"mirror all the content I have\" because it doesn't transfer comments. I claim ownership of all comments left by me, and by others, on my content.…",[200,210,217],{"value":201,"source":74,"evidence":202},"Whether modifying a local file propagates to other copies",[203,207],{"id":204,"by":205,"text":206},"3519080","neilk","If I modify a file locally, does that get mirrored elsewhere? Also, I assume that such modifications aren't propagated to the other copies?",{"id":208,"by":10,"text":209},"3519274","Yes & you assume correctly.",{"value":211,"source":74,"evidence":212},"Whether symlinks can avoid duplicate storage",[213,214],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},{"id":215,"by":10,"text":216},"3518631","Yep - for now We are evaluating the feasability of using symlinks (the problem being cross-platform execution).",{"value":218,"source":74,"evidence":219},"Whether data is stored server-side as well",[220,224],{"id":221,"by":222,"text":223},"3518303","brador","Grid design system. Hero (one big unit in middle of the screen) +3 (3 smaller units just below). I tried to find a quick example with blank content, but this is the best I can…",{"id":225,"by":10,"text":226},"3518362","Got it, thanks! Answer: no - yes - no",[228,239,247,251,256],{"value":229,"source":74,"evidence":230},"Locker project",[231,235],{"id":232,"by":233,"text":234},"3518262","yatsyk","How can you compare it to Locker [1] ? [1] https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FLockerProject\u002FLocker",{"id":236,"by":237,"text":238},"3519970","pabloPXL","Thanks! I didn't know this project and looks pretty awesome :)",{"value":240,"source":74,"evidence":241},"Dropbox",[242,243],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},{"id":244,"by":245,"text":246},"3521588","edbyrne","Export\u002FBackup for your Social Networks - great idea. Can I get more than just photos (files)? Can I save my data or will that get you banned from a few of the providers you…",{"value":248,"source":74,"evidence":249},"Backupify",[250],{"id":244,"by":245,"text":246},{"value":252,"source":74,"evidence":253},"OpenPhoto project",[254,255],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},{"id":190,"by":10,"text":191},{"value":257,"source":74,"evidence":258},"MacFUSE",[259],{"id":260,"by":261,"text":262},"3518560","mikecaron","This looks like a great frontend for FUSE (or MacFUSE by Google, http:\u002F\u002Fcode.google.com\u002Fp\u002Fmacfuse\u002F). I think you guys nailed the user experience because FUSE can be really…",{"comments":264,"answered":265,"key":266},20,10,[267,270,273],{"id":268,"text":269},"3518063","Clickable links: screencast: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=4s2TFsVezZQ, website: http:\u002F\u002Fsocialfolders.me",{"id":271,"text":272},"3518591","Thanks kmfrk (a mouthful) We'll try and make the website more friendly. As ever, juggling with multiple priorities. 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