Organized Wonder

Consumer and social

video sharing

SHOW HN2012

92points
14comments
#244of 1,677 in 2012
Top 15%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.

Idea: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 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

  • Design is beautiful

    From 2 comments
  • Interesting content concept

    From 2 comments
    • Very cool. I'm a huge fan of this kind of content and the design is just beautiful.
      Rickasaurus on HN
    • loving it. signing up and hoping it grows with great content. rss/json feed for saves please (so we can grab it and embed in blogs and stuff)
      zalew on HN

Objections

  • Titles are hard to read on the listing page

    From 1 comment
    • Cant read the titles properly which is off putting since i cant determine fully what the video is about without clicking on it.
      krmmalik on HN
  • Sharing sites need volume and visible quality filtering to succeed

    From 1 comment
    • Successful sharing sites are highly democratized, which means in some sense catering to the lowest common denominator. Put another way, you need volume to gain any traction.…
      koglerjs on HN
  • Social network requires an address book setup, limiting growth

    From 1 comment
    • Successful sharing sites are highly democratized, which means in some sense catering to the lowest common denominator. Put another way, you need volume to gain any traction.…
      koglerjs on HN

Requests

  • Show video times on the listing page

    From 1 comment
    • This is great. One request: make video times visible from the listing page.
      wcarss on HN
  • RSS or JSON feed for saved videos

    From 1 comment
    • loving it. signing up and hoping it grows with great content. rss/json feed for saves please (so we can grab it and embed in blogs and stuff)
      zalew on HN

Questions

  • What does the 'wonder' wording mean in the tagline

    From 1 comment
    • "Follow people you admire and share your wonders with others." (from http://www.organizedwonder.com/) You keep using that word. I wonder if it means what you think it means.
      mischov on HN
  • How the niche social network idea is meant to work

    From 1 comment
    • > Was it really that long ago that "Build a social network for {{x}}" was regarded as a bad idea? I understood everything else you said, but I'm unsure what you mean by this.…
      kvnn on HN

Alternatives named

  • Reddit

    From 1 comment
    • Successful sharing sites are highly democratized, which means in some sense catering to the lowest common denominator. Put another way, you need volume to gain any traction.…
      koglerjs on HN
  • TED

    From 1 comment
    • Successful sharing sites are highly democratized, which means in some sense catering to the lowest common denominator. Put another way, you need volume to gain any traction.…
      koglerjs on HN
  • Pinterest

    From 1 comment
    • Successful perhaps in large numbers but success isn't always about mass. Reddit, Pinterest and others are about mass. There's another way to measure success—quality and the…
      dorian-graph on HN

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