My first project

Consumer and social

sports fan polls

SHOW HN2014

73points
65comments
#418of 2,272 in 2014
Top 19%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

12 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.

Idea: 7 for, 1 againstDesign: 4 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 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

  • Clean, well-executed design

    From 4 comments
    • Impressive. Really like the design. A quick note...on your Twitter auth page it's not possible to paste usernames and passwords into the fields. Probably not a huge problem for…
      wlj on HN
    • For a first project, design looks pretty great. It it works like it looks, nice work!
      joshdance on HN
    • Really clean design. This reminds me of the Heineken Star Player app from a couple of years ago. http://www.akqa.com/approach/social/case-studies/heineken-star-player I work for…
      livestyle on HN
    • Love the site design too
      markcrazyhorse on HN
  • Fun idea for live match polls

    From 2 comments
    • As a football fan, this looks like it can be fun. Especially as you're watching the game live, create a poll to see the opinion of people in real-time during a controversial play…
      waterside81 on HN
    • Just in time for the world cup!
      leemcalilly on HN

Objections

  • Login required before seeing what the app does

    From 1 comment
    • There's one thing I totally disliked: I hate when I need to login as the very first required step. I (may) still don't know what the app does and I already have to login or…
      almata on HN
  • iOS only

    From 1 comment
    • too bad only for ios, furthermore the SDK that you use can only be deployed to ios as well
      finalight on HN

Requests

  • Android version

    From 2 comments
  • Allow pasting into Twitter login fields

    From 1 comment
    • Impressive. Really like the design. A quick note...on your Twitter auth page it's not possible to paste usernames and passwords into the fields. Probably not a huge problem for…
      wlj on HN
  • Poll expiry dates

    From 1 comment
    • I feel there needs to be an expiry date on polls. I'm still getting questions on who's going to win in past football games.
      tejaswiy on HN

Questions

  • How to port RubyMotion app to Android

    From 1 comment
    • Is there any good way to port a RubyMotion app to Android? Or would you have to rewrite it?
      mwcampbell on HN
  • Whether Facebook/Twitter signup can be done via RubyMotion

    From 1 comment
    • Just installed it, seems to run great and it looks good too. Selfishly, I would LOVE if you wrote an article about implementing signup with facebook/twitter via rubymotion. What…
      wuliwong on HN

Alternatives named

  • Heineken Star Player app

    From 1 comment
    • Really clean design. This reminds me of the Heineken Star Player app from a couple of years ago. http://www.akqa.com/approach/social/case-studies/heineken-star-player I work for…
      livestyle on HN
  • Opinsy

    From 1 comment
    • I think a few have tried but nothing major I don't think. I recall a site called Opinsy a year or so back. My initial thoughts we're creating it on a subject I was passionate…
      bg23 on HN

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