My new project
Consumer and social
charity favors
SHOW HN2013
206points
106comments
#68of 1,739 in 2013
Top 4%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
20 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 17 critical, out of 59 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 13 for, 6 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 9 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Small, specific idea that is good for the world
From 3 comments
I dig it. I actually submitted a potential favor, too. I like that you want to focus on a single idea each week, I like that it is small and specific (and finding later on the…
emhart on HNThis is a simple idea with big potential. You get to be a superhero to a few people, and that's good for everyone.
sejje on HNThis is, quite simply, lovely.
poissonpie on HN
Clean design
From 2 comments
I hate to be the....umm...what's the opposite of naysayer? Yaysayer? I hate to be the yaysayer here, but... 1) The design is great! Simple, fast, easy to read. I understood the…
davidrudder on HNI don't like it. We have many places (Twitter, Reddit etc.) to ask about such things. I doubt someone will enter this website only to help someone. Also I can't find any…
vojant on HN
Objections
Publishing a real address of a private person is a privacy risk
From 3 comments
I don't know, maybe I'm too cynical, but I don't think posting personal information online is a good idea.
missing_cipher on HNThere is too little in it for anyone to have any confidence in it. Meaning, no privacy policy, terms n conditions, ways to contact you (as a street address or real entity, other…
toxiczone on HNWhy do you think most online communities have rules against posting real addresses? Because exactly these kind of things happen.
thetrb on HN
Unclear how favors are selected or vetted
From 3 comments
I clicked on FAQ hoping to learn a bit about how featured favors are selected, what principles inform the selection process (Christian charity as the Mother Theresa quote…
jboynyc on HNI don't like it. We have many places (Twitter, Reddit etc.) to ask about such things. I doubt someone will enter this website only to help someone. Also I can't find any…
vojant on HNI hate to be the....umm...what's the opposite of naysayer? Yaysayer? I hate to be the yaysayer here, but... 1) The design is great! Simple, fast, easy to read. I understood the…
davidrudder on HN
Soliciting strangers' cards may not comfort the recipient
From 1 comment
> My wife is not well and was recently hospitalized, but her birthday is coming up. I think it would make her happy to receive a lot of birthday cards. Could you please send her…
skore on HN
Requests
Show more than one favor on the homepage
From 2 comments
I very much like this idea. I think the most important and persistent feedback would be to offer more (even if just a few more) asks on the front page. While it makes sense to…
jcutrell on HNPeople are getting hung up on the card favor. A couple unsolicited suggestions: - Show more than one idea on the homepage and allow people to up vote what they think is best -…
franstereo on HN
Add follow-up reports on past favors
From 2 comments
I like this, but I think for it to be sticky, you really need to focus on a follow up to the previous week's favor (i.e. reaction videos, photos, stories, etc.). People…
bgnm2000 on HNThanks for the feedback! Yes, I'm thinking of doing that in a blog (e.g. blog.ask.io, which isn't live yet). I plan to follow up with every favor.
ca98am79 on HN
Add social sharing and reminders
From 2 comments
Lovely idea. There's too much snark in the world. Any project aimed at making the world a better place is awesome. Here's some immediate feedback that might (or might not!) help:…
lessnonymous on HNI very much like this idea. I think the most important and persistent feedback would be to offer more (even if just a few more) asks on the front page. While it makes sense to…
jcutrell on HN
Questions
How are favors selected and vetted?
From 2 comments
I clicked on FAQ hoping to learn a bit about how featured favors are selected, what principles inform the selection process (Christian charity as the Mother Theresa quote…
jboynyc on HNI'm assuming new favors are checked for quality before being lined up in the queue, right?
samweinberg on HN
How was the .io domain acquired?
From 1 comment
I'd like to hear how you got this domain as well. I tried to bid for 'bt.io' due to my name sharing the initialism; that thing wound up going for quite a bit. You're probably…
possibilistic on HN
Alternatives named
Reddit's r/favors
From 1 comment
There's a whole sub-reddit that's dedicated to exactly the same thing at /r/favors That's not to discredit this project though. Some things might work better on Reddit and some…
krmmalik on HN
Random acts of kindness projects like Steve Klabnik's father birthday cards
From 1 comment
When Steve Klabnik's Dad was sick many did this: http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2012-03-26-birthday-cards-for-dad
frankdenbow on HN