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How HN took it
12 positive, 31 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 32 critical, out of 80 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Idea: 8 for, 19 againstDesign: 3 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Design and layout effort appreciated
From 1 comment
Best wishes to you. If I am reading correctly, if person S sends person R a message M bearing hash tag H, if R sends their own message M2 to S bearing hash tag H2, then M will be…
spongo on HN
Objections
Hashtags unlikely to match between two people
From 1 comment
Very cool base idea and could become something interesting. Initial thoughts: 1. Even assuming both person A and person B use the service within a week of each other, the odds…
dlivingston on HN
Discourages honest face-to-face conversation
From 3 comments
I don't like this for the reason that it pushes people to use technology instead of hard conversations and personal contact, because it's so much easier.
kissgyorgy on HNI think this is a really interesting product, but I also find it really weird. Maybe I’m just getting older and this isn’t for me. It wasn’t that long ago that people actually…
duncan-donuts on HNCongrats on the idea!.. But some of the use cases seem a bit childish. Maybe I'm too mature but it's much easier to just suck it up and be honest and open about a topic. This…
tylerjwilk00 on HN
Dated, Comic Sans style design
From 3 comments
font-family: 'AytwitHeaderFontEmbedded', 'AytwitHeaderFontFromUrl', Comic Sans MS, Comic sans-serif; I would reconsider this decision. Edit: To be clear, a font sets the tone for…
gatherhunterer on HNCool premise, but how will the recipient know what they're receiving? Also, layout is clean, but feels a bit antiquated. Bootstrap perhaps?
algodaily on HNVery cool base idea and could become something interesting. Initial thoughts: 1. Even assuming both person A and person B use the service within a week of each other, the odds…
dlivingston on HN
Emails land in spam folders
From 1 comment
Love the idea. I was trying this out. Turns out that the email goes to the spam folder of gmail :(
wawhal on HN
Spam abuse risk without captcha
From 1 comment
This will get abused by spammers, even with email confirmations. Be prepared. I had a side project get killed because the utility of it couldn’t quite match the spam hassle.…
prawn on HN
Requests
Build a native mobile app
From 1 comment
Very cool base idea and could become something interesting. Initial thoughts: 1. Even assuming both person A and person B use the service within a week of each other, the odds…
dlivingston on HN
Improve the visual design
From 2 comments
Cool premise, but how will the recipient know what they're receiving? Also, layout is clean, but feels a bit antiquated. Bootstrap perhaps?
algodaily on HNVery cool base idea and could become something interesting. Initial thoughts: 1. Even assuming both person A and person B use the service within a week of each other, the odds…
dlivingston on HN
Questions
How does the recipient know what a hint means?
From 1 comment
Cool premise, but how will the recipient know what they're receiving? Also, layout is clean, but feels a bit antiquated. Bootstrap perhaps?
algodaily on HN
How to solve chicken-and-egg adoption?
From 1 comment
My thought: You would need to be adopted by an already very popular company to have much hope of going anywhere. This is a classic chicken-and-egg issue: No one will want to use…
DoreenMichele on HN
Alternatives named
Craigslist Missed Connections
From 1 comment
Very cool base idea and could become something interesting. Initial thoughts: 1. Even assuming both person A and person B use the service within a week of each other, the odds…
dlivingston on HN