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55points
31comments
#461of 1,739 in 2013
Top 27%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

2 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.

Idea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 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

  • Funny and fun concept

    From 3 comments
    • This is awesome.
      william_uk on HN
    • This absolutely and completely made my day. Thank you.
      dsschnau on HN
    • This site flows like a harpoon. Will it ever stop? Edit: Really? People are moderating this comment down? Why are you even looking at this thread if you have no sense of humor?…
      justin_vanw on HN

Objections

  • Licensing of the pictures is unclear

    From 1 comment
    • What is the licensing information for these pictures?
      emillon on HN
  • Site went down under traffic from Hacker News

    From 2 comments
  • Questions whether it solves a real pain

    From 1 comment

Requests

  • Clarify image licensing

    From 1 comment
    • What is the licensing information for these pictures?
      emillon on HN

Questions

  • What does it offer compared to imgix

    From 2 comments
    • What does this offer that https://imgix.com doesn't?
      nicksergeant on HN
    • Did you even go to the site? I don't see how this is really even that similar. I don't know if I just don't understand what imgix.com does, but the site featured here is an image…
      publicfig on HN
  • What are the picture licensing terms

    From 1 comment
    • What is the licensing information for these pictures?
      emillon on HN

Alternatives named

  • Placekitten

    From 1 comment
    • That's an entirely unrelated tool. This is for placeholder images- visual lorem ipsum. Similar tools are http://placekitten.com/ http://lorempixel.com/ and http://placehold.it/
      fishtoaster on HN
  • Lorempixel

    From 1 comment
    • That's an entirely unrelated tool. This is for placeholder images- visual lorem ipsum. Similar tools are http://placekitten.com/ http://lorempixel.com/ and http://placehold.it/
      fishtoaster on HN
  • Placehold.it

    From 1 comment
    • That's an entirely unrelated tool. This is for placeholder images- visual lorem ipsum. Similar tools are http://placekitten.com/ http://lorempixel.com/ and http://placehold.it/
      fishtoaster on HN
  • Imgix

    From 1 comment

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