FlingUp
Consumer and social
reddit-like community
SHOW HN2023
260points
95comments
#189of 3,109 in 2023
Top 7%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
10 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 17 critical, out of 53 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Execution: 0 for, 8 againstIdea: 3 for, 3 againstDesign: 4 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Snappy, clean UI
From 3 comments
The UI is fantastic. Sleek and modern appearance with snappy response and pragmatic layout. Just made c/nba! How do I follow a particular community?
ryukoposting on HNThis is the most seamless Reddit alternative I've seen today. And it's already getting a bunch of posts. I like it.
jdlyga on HNI like the snappy UI, but I think it needs a search box for communities/posts at least.
trocado on HN
Non-profit model is appealing
From 2 comments
I agree that a non-profit whose incentives are aligned to support the communities and users that are on the platform is the right way to go. Unfortunately also predicting a…
sailfast on HNAs a long-time reddit user I applaud the idea. It looks cool and I personally think that you are correct that any kind of social media (for the future) that would not feed on its…
ivolimmen on HN
Feels like a seamless Reddit alternative
From 2 comments
This is the most seamless Reddit alternative I've seen today. And it's already getting a bunch of posts. I like it.
jdlyga on HNThis one seems nice. It's better than the other alternatives that were posted here. Probably needs a bit more modern UI but it's functional.
NayamAmarshe on HN
Objections
Cloudflare blocks users, including Firefox and Safari
From 3 comments
Looks nice, but I can't register because Cloudflare hates Firefox users. (I was able to register an account using Chrome)
AegirLeet on HNTried to register, got hit with a Cloudflare error. Error 1015 You are being rate limited The owner of this website (realm.flingup.com) has banned you temporarily from accessing…
halfbrite on HNOn Safari, getting: "Timeout when waiting for 3rd party check iframe message." And nothing loads. Works in Firefox though.
bunnyfoofoo on HN
Non-profit alone will not attract users; needs seeded content
From 1 comment
Doesn't sound promising to me. Pretty sure that the "real" path to success involves putting 100% in, to the point of artificially seeding the posts and comments for weeks/months.…
sdwr on HN
Content rules on copyrighted links are unclear
From 3 comments
Ditto on this... I also wonder how this meshes with "You can share just about any kind of link in FlingUp." and "Anything goes on FlingUp." (from the tour) It seems as though…
mberlove on HNI find rules like this tend to backfire. If I write a technical, non-commercial blog I'm not allowed to promote it, and I won't. But crappy commercial spammers won't follow the…
technion on HNAnd, if you do, that means they can't be self hosted? For example, if you write a comic, do you have to use some anonymous third party image service? Would a deviantart link be…
nomel on HN
Requests
Fix Firefox and Safari compatibility
From 3 comments
Looks nice, but I can't register because Cloudflare hates Firefox users. (I was able to register an account using Chrome)
AegirLeet on HNOn Safari, getting: "Timeout when waiting for 3rd party check iframe message." And nothing loads. Works in Firefox though.
bunnyfoofoo on HNThank you for checking it out. I will make sure firefox is supported, I don’t see why it won’t work out of the box, but I’ll investigate and roll out a fix asap!
dt3ft on HN
Add search
From 1 comment
I like the snappy UI, but I think it needs a search box for communities/posts at least.
trocado on HN
Add downvotes
From 1 comment
Do you plan to add downvotes?
deely3 on HN
Add expanded image card view
From 1 comment
I like this. A nice QoL improvement would probably be to add an alternate card view where images/videos are expanded by default; that's usually how I browse Reddit. I'd be…
Arch485 on HN
Questions
How will adult and piracy content be handled?
From 2 comments
I wonder how you plan to deal with certain types of content, like piracy, porn, gore etc.
undefuser on HNI like this. A nice QoL improvement would probably be to add an alternate card view where images/videos are expanded by default; that's usually how I browse Reddit. I'd be…
Arch485 on HN
Is it connected with the fediverse?
From 1 comment
Is it connected with fediverse?
ZacnyLos on HN
How to follow a community?
From 1 comment
The UI is fantastic. Sleek and modern appearance with snappy response and pragmatic layout. Just made c/nba! How do I follow a particular community?
ryukoposting on HN
Alternatives named
Reddit
From 1 comment
Why has everyone around here been writing a reddit-like platform for years? And aren't there a ton of those already? I used ieddit for a while (wow, correction) it still seems to…
throwaway81523 on HN
Non.io
From 1 comment
There's currently an oddly similarly-titled post on the frontpage: Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years Even the apostrophe from…
stavros on HN
ieddit
From 1 comment
Why has everyone around here been writing a reddit-like platform for years? And aren't there a ton of those already? I used ieddit for a while (wow, correction) it still seems to…
throwaway81523 on HN
WT.Social
From 1 comment
Hey, are you aware of WT.Social? It’s run by Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia Guy) and he just released its second version. The philosophy of your product seems aligned with his. See if…
gigglesupstairs on HN