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SHOW HN2010

18points
8comments
#85of 370 in 2010
Top 23%of 2010 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.

Design: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 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

  • Clean design with less clutter than typical Pligg sites

    From 2 comments
    • Nice job on the design. I never was impressed with many Pligg sites because they were just so busy - lots of links to do lots of things. You've removed those extras and now the…
      terrellm on HN
    • Nice work. The smaller font on your site made me realize how much empty space there is on the right side of HN; never noticed that before.
      JayNeely on HN
  • Good idea to use as a benchmark for reimplementing HN

    From 1 comment
    • Cool, you may have just set the standard for this, I can see re-implementing HN on a number of platforms / languages as a nice little real-world benchmark.
      jacquesm on HN

Objections

  • Text colour and bold titles are hard on the eyes

    From 1 comment
    • Nice job on the design. I never was impressed with many Pligg sites because they were just so busy - lots of links to do lots of things. You've removed those extras and now the…
      terrellm on HN

Requests

Questions

  • How the maker found Pligg as a platform

    From 1 comment
    • How did you find pligg as a platform? I'm not a programmer either, but am considering it for a 'beer money' idea I have. (I will be leveraging the support of a friend with php /…
      JacobAldridge on HN

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