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SHOW HN2014
75points
18comments
#405of 2,272 in 2014
Top 18%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 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
Slider is a neat, well-designed interface
From 2 comments
This is probably the best use of a slider I've seen on a website (and the main concept is nice too!). Out of curiosity what's the setup on the back-end?
zoidb on HNI didn't notice at first the slider to pick the top limit -- that's very neat, you should emphasize visually it. My firsts thoughts were "cool idea but top 1000 is waaaay too…
ozh on HN
Interesting idea
From 2 comments
This is a really neat idea -- essentially, outsource your web of authority to a third party. Given that it (apparently) only takes around 300 followers to crack the top 1,000, I…
jxf on HNCool idea!
percept on HN
Objections
Top 1000 is too many posts
From 1 comment
I didn't notice at first the slider to pick the top limit -- that's very neat, you should emphasize visually it. My firsts thoughts were "cool idea but top 1000 is waaaay too…
ozh on HN
Name implies Git rather than GitHub
From 1 comment
I suppose this is useful for people into such tabloid-style things, but the name bothers me. We seem to be heading on to a path where "Git" becomes synonymous with "GitHub". This…
vezzy-fnord on HN
Requests
Preview of posts based on slider selection
From 1 comment
You should add a preview on your page, depending on the slider selection. Would be nice!
valevk on HN
Estimate of reading volume next to slider
From 1 comment
I didn't notice at first the slider to pick the top limit -- that's very neat, you should emphasize visually it. My firsts thoughts were "cool idea but top 1000 is waaaay too…
ozh on HN
Questions
What is the backend setup?
From 1 comment
This is probably the best use of a slider I've seen on a website (and the main concept is nice too!). Out of curiosity what's the setup on the back-end?
zoidb on HN
Alternatives named
Planet-style blog aggregators
From 2 comments
It's not really gossip, more like planet.git, or planet.github. In the early days of blogging pretty much every project had this kind of syndication for their contributors.
blfr on HNUsually planets are limited to topic-specific posts, whereas these posts are anything that is on their blog.
mwfogleman on HN