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How HN took it
1 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun idea and quick execution
From 2 comments
I really think the use of the pictures in the new profile is an interesting "hack", but I wish this was used for more than just spreading your face over them in the same way. It…
Timothee on HNNice! Just did it on mine: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/186198/Screenshots/ekuo.png using a cropped version of this photo (had to crop it a few times to get the eyes to align…
PStamatiou on HN
Results look good after fiddling
From 1 comment
1. Yep, if not face recognition, then let me use the arrows to move the picture up and down. 2. They can fix this with better instructions. I finally un-tagged and re-tagged all…
nailer on HN
Objections
Tagging and cropping are hard and frustrating to use
From 2 comments
This looked really exciting before I used it, but has taken me one hour so far, and been fairly frustrating. First getting my eyes inside the area took a bucketload of image…
nailer on HNIf this were automated it would be better... I agree. 2 hard to complete.
BluePoints on HN
Requests more permissions than needed
From 1 comment
Couple of quick things. 1) You don't need permission to post to my wall or get all of my information to sample my images. I, and others, will explicitly not try this specifically…
geuis on HN
Facebook login flow is broken
From 1 comment
Couple of quick things. 1) You don't need permission to post to my wall or get all of my information to sample my images. I, and others, will explicitly not try this specifically…
geuis on HN
Ugly design
From 1 comment
I wish I could say that I've seen a profile like this that looked good... But I haven't. Your blood-shot eyes staring back at me just doesn't say "this is an awesome design". It…
joe_the_user on HN
Requests
Automatic face recognition or arrow-key positioning
From 1 comment
1. Yep, if not face recognition, then let me use the arrows to move the picture up and down. 2. They can fix this with better instructions. I finally un-tagged and re-tagged all…
nailer on HN
Crop and preview feature
From 1 comment
It would be great if you implemented a crop/preview feature, so the user could line things up properly instead of having to manually loop through editing/submiting until a decent…
bobf on HN
Less text on home page
From 1 comment
Haven't tried it, planning to do so tomorrow. One quick tip - this is an incredibly easy-to-explain and visual webapp. You have a lot of text on your home page, which can be…
edanm on HN
Questions
Why it needs Facebook connection if images aren't uploaded
From 1 comment
If it doesn't upload the images, why does it need to connect to Facebook?
nopal on HN
How it handles different screen resolutions
From 1 comment
Cool idea. a) How robust is this to different screen resolutions? Is my grandma's 800x600 display going to be all wonky? b) Will my avatar just be a sliver of cheek, then?
nollidge on HN
Alternatives named
ProfileGen.com
From 1 comment
ProfileGen.com is in my opinion a much easier version
rebel on HN
BeautyProfile Facebook app
From 1 comment
Sorry but this app is lame compared to http://apps.facebook.com/beautyprofile/
huytoan on HN
PicScatter
From 1 comment
I build a little website which also lets you create thees kinds of porfile pictures. bonus: - it has a live preview - drag & drop - zoom http://picscatter.com/
Haunschild on HN