blinklink.me
Productivity
social sharing
SHOW HN2013
143points
91comments
#142of 1,739 in 2013
Top 9%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
8 positive, 32 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 17 critical, out of 60 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Idea: 7 for, 12 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clever psychology of scarcity and sharing
From 3 comments
I'm not sure if the submitter created BlinkLink, but I hope the author had fun making it. It's a neat idea, and it exploits human psychology in clever ways. I like how the reward…
ggreer on HNI find it very interesting how the fact that making the rules of the game "obvious" changes the way people approach. If you think about it, almost all content on the internet…
wicknicks on HNI think this a neat idea as well; IMHO it has a lot of potential as a marketing tool. Who doesn't want to help his/her favorite product/service/band/event/cause keep the page…
visionscaper on HN
Objections
Forced tweeting feels like spam and manipulation
From 5 comments
I would hardly describe requiring people to spam as cool. More like fucking annoying. Also you have no idea what the content will be until you have propagated the spam, it could…
H3g3m0n on HNHow is this a good thing? You want users to visit a promo page, where they're forced to retweet the content before getting access? This sounds awfully familiar to those sites…
Anonymous238 on HNYou're basically buying tweets at that point, and I'm completely against the concept. I go the exact opposite route with my community and promise users they'll never have to jump…
Anonymous238 on HNThis shit has been done before and it's never useful, it's fucking spam.
OGC on HNIt's a neat idea, and it exploits human psychology in clever ways. I like how the reward for tweeting increases as the number of views remaining goes down. Interesting, my…
ge0rg on HN
Easy to screenshot or mirror, so the view limit is weak
From 4 comments
This is like Snapchat for the web, except it's too easy to take a screenshot of the content which means there's not much of a point to the view limit. You could make it difficult…
jmtame on HNMost people would just take out their camera phone and take a snapshot, as they do on snapchat. Trying to make something like this secure from screenshots is absurd.
grey-area on HNI can still print screen undetected
sloankev on HNI'm not sure if the submitter created BlinkLink, but I hope the author had fun making it. It's a neat idea, and it exploits human psychology in clever ways. I like how the reward…
ggreer on HN
Unclear practical use case
From 2 comments
It's an interesting concept, However, I'm struggling to figure out a situation where it would be useful. There might be something here, just not in it's current state, and for…
Anonymous238 on HNAm I the only one that finds this 'feature' utterly pointless?
coherentpony on HN
Requests
Throttle views per IP to stop abuse
From 1 comment
Kinda feel like a jerk on this one. Wasn't really expecting to be able to nuke it so easily. ``` ab -c 30 -n 3000 http://www.blinklink.me/b/4XIxfoeF4C0 Concurrency Level: 30 Time…
richardv on HN
Add clickable links and file support beyond images
From 1 comment
This could become a bit more useful if you could add clickable links in the message. Or other files (like PDF) instead of an image. Or if it worked in the opposite direction -…
ArekDymalski on HN
Add a favicon and fix the duplicate top button
From 2 comments
Why does the view count change wildly up and down as I refresh? Otherwise, love it. Needs a favicon. Get ready for viral growth.
hornbaker on HNI'm not sure if the submitter created BlinkLink, but I hope the author had fun making it. It's a neat idea, and it exploits human psychology in clever ways. I like how the reward…
ggreer on HN
Questions
Why does the view count fluctuate on refresh?
From 1 comment
Why does the view count change wildly up and down as I refresh? Otherwise, love it. Needs a favicon. Get ready for viral growth.
hornbaker on HN
Alternatives named
Secure link sharing sites like securesha.re
From 1 comment
Kind of like http://securesha.re but less security, more social.
ohashi on HN
savetoby.com
From 1 comment
Reminds me of this http://www.savetoby.com/
shmageggy on HN
Snapchat
From 2 comments
This is like Snapchat for the web, except it's too easy to take a screenshot of the content which means there's not much of a point to the view limit. You could make it difficult…
jmtame on HNSnapchat for URLs
paul9290 on HN