Placid

Web and SaaS

social image generation

SHOW HN2018

16points
8comments
#1,326of 2,155 in 2018
Top 62%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Idea: 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

  • Useful idea that removes og-meta tag hassle

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome. I have had the problem that og-image/meta tags are such a hassle (not hard, but just a hassle) -- and was really putting together an idea of making it easier…
      kevinyun on HN

Objections

  • Landing page has too many promises of future features

    From 1 comment
    • Good idea and it looks good so far. I didn't test it out, but I can imagine that for some cases the fee is worthwhile. I would reduce the amount of "In the future we will…
      tobltobs on HN
  • Fee may not be worthwhile for all cases

    From 1 comment
    • Good idea and it looks good so far. I didn't test it out, but I can imagine that for some cases the fee is worthwhile. I would reduce the amount of "In the future we will…
      tobltobs on HN

Requests

  • WordPress plugin

    From 1 comment
    • Good idea and it looks good so far. I didn't test it out, but I can imagine that for some cases the fee is worthwhile. I would reduce the amount of "In the future we will…
      tobltobs on HN
  • A/B testing of share images

    From 1 comment
    • I wonder if you could automatically a/b test the impact of changing the og:images tag has on social media sharing/interaction. That would be a nifty feature too.
      cphoover on HN
  • Show watermark examples on landing page

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome. I have had the problem that og-image/meta tags are such a hassle (not hard, but just a hassle) -- and was really putting together an idea of making it easier…
      kevinyun on HN

Questions

  • Are all preview images watermarked?

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome. I have had the problem that og-image/meta tags are such a hassle (not hard, but just a hassle) -- and was really putting together an idea of making it easier…
      kevinyun on HN

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