So.ciety
Consumer and social
encrypted social network
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 7 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Design: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 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
Concise landing page text explains the project
From 1 comment
Interesting POC, I'll be keeping an e ye on it. I wanted to thank you for meaningful text right there on the landing page that tells me exactly what the project is (and isn't).…
GrinningFool on HN
Long-wanted idea glad to see built
From 1 comment
I've always thought this was a good idea, glad to see someone doing it.
nhayden on HN
Objections
Browser JavaScript delivery undermines end-to-end encryption claim
From 3 comments
As drily as I can, given the rules of Show HN, but it's not end-to-end if the crypto is delivered over browser Javascript. Every time a user's browser touches your server for any…
tptacek on HNtptacek is right. In order to trust your crypto we have to trust that your server isn't compromising your crypto via malicious JavaScript, so when you claim that we don't have to…
rubbingalcohol on HNNo, you can't do that, because browser Javascript lacks a mechanism to segregate one "module" from another. In fact, any page that merely populates the DOM can override any…
tptacek on HN
Landing page breaks the back button and lacks visuals
From 2 comments
Some feedback on the landing page. Please don't hijack my browser's Back button so clicking back just stays on your site. Please provide more visuals before signup especially if…
palakchokshi on HNYour bitcoin plea breaks the back button. Not cool.
djb_hackernews on HN
Bitcoin donation prompt makes the page confusing
From 1 comment
All I see is a page that says "Do you like this concept? Please donate via Bitcoin and help me build this further: 1CietyCHJi42RR1xb1nxVkdrdsRu3PbD5s". Am I missing something?
matthuggins on HN
Requests
Build a desktop or installable client
From 2 comments
As drily as I can, given the rules of Show HN, but it's not end-to-end if the crypto is delivered over browser Javascript. Every time a user's browser touches your server for any…
tptacek on HNtptacek is right. In order to trust your crypto we have to trust that your server isn't compromising your crypto via malicious JavaScript, so when you claim that we don't have to…
rubbingalcohol on HN
Open source the code
From 2 comments
Any chance on open-sourcing this?
walshie4 on HNBuilding a social network takes a lot of work. If you open source this codebase you will have people to help you build it and you will get the product launched faster. As long as…
Xeoncross on HN
Better intro or video before signup
From 2 comments
Looks quite interesting. What did you create this with? I think you should have a better intro and maybe some video or something to outline what it is without people needing to…
inovica on HNI agree, a better intro, or a link to/picture of a sample profile would be nice. I hate having to sign up for things before I can see what I'm getting myself into. Other than…
eclipse31 on HN
Questions
Why use two different passwords
From 1 comment
Any reason why it makes sense to ask for two different passwords? If we're going to trust the Javascript, then does it make sense to derive the server-side password from the same…
shazow on HN
Alternatives named
Protonmail
From 1 comment
Indeed. Protonmail has the same issue. However, I'm wanting to release a desktop & mobile app as soon as possible, to phase out the browser version. This is just a proof of…
dutchbrit on HN
Turtl
From 1 comment
tptacek is right. In order to trust your crypto we have to trust that your server isn't compromising your crypto via malicious JavaScript, so when you claim that we don't have to…
rubbingalcohol on HN