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How HN took it
3 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Idea: 1 for, 7 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea of a barrier to entry against low-quality posting
From 2 comments
It's a fascinating idea. There is the Eternal September effect that can be combated by having a barrier to entry. Metafilter has $5 registration, stack-overflow has their own…
kristopolous on HNWhoa. Sort of like how you have to pay $5 to join Metafilter. That seems neat.
wnissen on HN
Fun way to use git as a collaborative control model
From 2 comments
It's amusing because I've seen so many people mad at HN's lack of features, and spend so much noise demanding pg add this or that, or creating bookmarklets to "fix" it, or even…
throwaway_yy2Di on HNI had never thought about using the git push/pull model for anything but code and data. Could git, tunneled over ssh, build the decentralized web that we're all bandying about?
tlack on HN
Objections
Requiring Node.js and JavaScript knowledge narrows the audience too much
From 3 comments
Unfortunately, it appears to include node developers who don't have the time or patience to submit a pull request, those who do but whose requests won't be approved, and…
krapp on HNThe problem with that assumption is that it's very domain specific. While all good developers of web apps definitely know HTML and JS, there are a lot of fantastic programmers…
leoedin on HNReal contribution to a Node project requires more than passing familiarity with HTML, CSS or Javascript. If you just want a site for primarily Node developers, that's fine, just…
pekk on HN
Pull request requirement is a high barrier to entry
From 2 comments
Unfortunately I'm not interested in working on this code for the sole purpose of posting comments on this website. I honestly don't have that kind of time.
kristopolous on HNIt's a fascinating idea. There is the Eternal September effect that can be combated by having a barrier to entry. Metafilter has $5 registration, stack-overflow has their own…
kristopolous on HN
Username-based merges overwrite entries and PR merges are slow
From 2 comments
The step of just adding yourself to the userlist seems ill-conceived. Automatic merges are just going to overwrite the last person added unless manually merged. Can I propose…
neoveller on HNStill waiting on my first pull request to get merged (msied).
neoveller on HN
Site is featureless and a weak clone of Hacker News
From 1 comment
> So far it's just a terrible and featureless clone of Hacker News I don't have to waste my time adding features to HN to be a user here. I think I'll stay here.
Killswitch on HN
Requires a GitHub account, which some find objectionable
From 3 comments
What if you don't have a GitHub account?
nilved on HNSelling one's personal data and selling one's 'soul' (principles) are two different things. Just because GitHub only requires an email address to join, doesn't mean they're not…
chriswarbo on HNGitHub is shady in its tracking and data gathering and is opposite the decentralized nature of git, so signing up would indeed be selling out on my principles for the ability to…
nilved on HN
Requests
Use GitHub contributor list for authentication instead of editing a userlist
From 2 comments
The step of just adding yourself to the userlist seems ill-conceived. Automatic merges are just going to overwrite the last person added unless manually merged. Can I propose…
neoveller on HNAdded the proposed auth method. Still awaiting merge for previous pull request: https://github.com/larvalabs/pullup/pull/11
neoveller on HN
Allow pull requests from any open source project, not just Node
From 1 comment
It might run counter to your goals but wouldn't it accomplish more or less the same thing to require an approved pull request for any open source project? A similar amount of…
krapp on HN
Questions
What if you don't have a GitHub account?
From 1 comment
What if you don't have a GitHub account?
nilved on HN
Why Node.js for a server-side web app?
From 2 comments
I'd have sent a PR except who the fuck writes serverside web apps in javascript?
sneak on HNPeople. But seriously, it's 2014. node.js is a thing, has been for a while.
sehr on HN
Alternatives named
Hacker News
From 2 comments
> So far it's just a terrible and featureless clone of Hacker News I don't have to waste my time adding features to HN to be a user here. I think I'll stay here.
Killswitch on HN"Perhaps it will be a site focused on Nodejs news" They could call it "Hacker News".... ;)
al2o3cr on HN
Metafilter
From 2 comments
Whoa. Sort of like how you have to pay $5 to join Metafilter. That seems neat.
wnissen on HNIt's a fascinating idea. There is the Eternal September effect that can be combated by having a barrier to entry. Metafilter has $5 registration, stack-overflow has their own…
kristopolous on HN
Reddit
From 1 comment
And call it "reddit" ! :)
hyyypr on HN