Blogs.hn
Consumer and social
blog directory
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
5 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Docs: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 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
Nice design and easy to use
From 2 comments
Great! Nice design as well. There were so many great blogs on that post, and scrolling 1000 comments got a bit tedious. Made me want to create my own blog, I'll see what I can…
hyperorca on HNMade another site like this, that attempts to also generate combined RSS feeds for either all of the blogs or the top 100 users' (by karma) blogs:…
KronisLV on HN
Useful way to discover blogs, a decentralized alternative to directories
From 2 comments
If several people create this, it is quite a decentralized way to discover blogs. More people should do this.
animesh on HNIt feels like a single HN post a few days ago reinvented web rings and DMOZ for a whole new generation.
reaperducer on HN
Objections
Setup requires npm and a recent Node version
From 2 comments
Couple of notes, I'm not an Node person, but you need a later version of Node than what comes default with Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, and your instructions have us installing modules…
influx on HN"In proper HN fashion, the site is open-source and requires no JS!" It seems unfortunate that opening a PR requires having npm installed.
akkartik on HN
Some blogs are listed incorrectly due to fuzzy search matching
From 2 comments
It has something listed under my blog (https://www.hankruiger.com) that doesn’t seem to link to my blog (something about “Hiring advice for startups from Hackruiter (YC S10)”).
_han on HNAh! Sorry about that. Looks like Algolia search did some fuzzy matching :) I'll fix that up.
surprisetalk on HN
Requests
Sort by most recent posts or RSS updates
From 2 comments
Do you think blogs with most recent posts can be bumped up (instead of a static ordering)?
alpb on HNLike... an RSS feed keeping tabs on all of these blogs/their "last updated" field value?
MuffinFlavored on HN
Automatic keyword extraction for topical selection
From 1 comment
Remember "folksonomy" ...? So I would like to see some kind of automated keyword extraction for each blog to allow selection of topical blogs. OK, keywords would need to…
jcynix on HN
Questions
Why are blogs ordered randomly
From 1 comment
Do you think blogs with most recent posts can be bumped up (instead of a static ordering)?
alpb on HN
Alternatives named
ooh.directory
From 2 comments
There's also https://ooh.directory/ which is basically just new DMOZ.
marginalia_nu on HNAs long as we're talking directories: https://ooh.directory
klooney on HN
indieblog.page
From 1 comment
You might be interested in: https://indieblog.page/
ZacnyLos on HN
Marginalia search
From 1 comment
Thank you. With respect to the various individuals working to build their own directories, marginalia search is the missing element that allows me to sift through the register of…
the-printer on HN