cats

Consumer and social

photo sharing

SHOW HN2012

cats

A website to upload photos of cats and vote on the best

cats.io

#cat photos#cat pictures#photo voting#upload cat photos

29points
25comments
#745of 1,677 in 2012
Top 45%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

3 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.

Execution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good idea with potential

    From 2 comments
    • This a great start, I think there's definitely something here. I think the biggest issue right now is just making the experience of browsing more dynamic. Endless scroll would…
      ForrestN on HN
    • It might not be possible, but I would love to see this website scaling so fast it would become the place for cat pictures, hence forcing all social media back to doing some…
      why-el on HN

Objections

  • Browsing needs to be more dynamic, e.g. infinite scroll

    From 2 comments
    • I feel like this would benefit from infinite scrolling. Having to stop and paginate gives me too much time to evaluate just what I'm doing with my time.
      fishtoaster on HN
    • This a great start, I think there's definitely something here. I think the biggest issue right now is just making the experience of browsing more dynamic. Endless scroll would…
      ForrestN on HN
  • Rough layout on iPad

    From 1 comment
    • Looks pretty rough on my iPad. I'm sure the normal layout would be fine if you could just mirror that.
      ForrestN on HN
  • Uploaded photos did not appear on the newest cats page

    From 2 comments
    • It would be nice to have next / previous / random buttons on the detail pages. I tried to add a couple pictures, and they haven't shown up on the "newest cats" page (and yes, I'm…
      laurasbadideas on HN
    • Yes, they both had titles (something like "My cat is not a Twilight vampire" and "Holly and Thunder on a sunny afternoon". One other thing that might be relevant is that they…
      laurasbadideas on HN

Requests

  • Infinite scroll

    From 2 comments
    • I feel like this would benefit from infinite scrolling. Having to stop and paginate gives me too much time to evaluate just what I'm doing with my time.
      fishtoaster on HN
    • This a great start, I think there's definitely something here. I think the biggest issue right now is just making the experience of browsing more dynamic. Endless scroll would…
      ForrestN on HN
  • Keyboard navigation for voting and browsing

    From 1 comment
    • Add keyboard nav to upvote, downvote, and cycle through pics. The internet needs a streamlined cat experience.
      harlanlewis on HN
  • Flag inappropriate photos

    From 1 comment
    • My suggestion: allow users to flag inappropriate photos. Only a matter time before someone uploads a dead cat pic.
      AlecM on HN
  • Import photos from Flickr, Reddit and similar sites

    From 1 comment
    • Nice idea. I would totally love to have an option to import pics from some other websites, such as Flickr, Reddit, etc.
      botolo on HN
  • Tags and category browsing

    From 1 comment
    • This a great start, I think there's definitely something here. I think the biggest issue right now is just making the experience of browsing more dynamic. Endless scroll would…
      ForrestN on HN

Questions

  • Which JavaScript layout plugin is used

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • kittenwar.com

    From 2 comments
    • http://kittenwar.com/
      anthonyb on HN
    • This a great start, I think there's definitely something here. I think the biggest issue right now is just making the experience of browsing more dynamic. Endless scroll would…
      ForrestN on HN
  • Reddit cat subreddits

    From 2 comments
    • You should really submit this to Reddit (if you haven't already),. This is exactly the thing that the Reddit community would die for.
      bobbypage on HN
    • Crosspost to: http://www.reddit.com/r/cats http://www.reddit.com/r/aww http://www.reddit.com/r/lolcats etc.
      christiangenco on HN

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