leftright.me
Consumer and social
photo voting game
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.52.
Design: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 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
Nice layout and design for a weekend project
From 2 comments
nice layout and design, esp for a weekend
nolite on HNThis is kinda similar to a site I was thinking about doing - so you may as well port it and do it instead since you already have the codebase. The concept is "Who's the bigger…
codeslush on HN
Objections
Purpose unclear at first; needs clearer explanation and copy
From 3 comments
I'm usually very good at figuring out what an app does, but in this case I had to think about 20-30 seconds, that tells me that the explanation needs to be a bit clearer. An…
olegious on HNWell, I see two pictures and the words compare who's hotter instantly. It's for the lack of a better word a FaceMash, which itself is a clone of a few dozen other predecessors…
jw84 on HNNo the features list was compelling, it is an interesting site. I just mean that when I first signed on, I didn't immediately "get" what it was about- maybe make the "who's…
olegious on HN
Too similar to existing sites like FaceMash and OKCupid photo rating
From 3 comments
link: http://leftright.me/ This site is basically a clone of something I believe OK Cupid offers, which is to let other users rate your photos to find the best profile picture.…
dotBen on HNThe battle pictures thing seems a lot like http://www.facemash.com.au/
hardik988 on HNThe idea was hardly original in 2001. What made you start this in 2011?
icandoitbetter on HN
Settings page and forms layout confusing
From 1 comment
I will say that having large forms at the right side of the page kind threw me off. Those kind of things, you expect more towards the center. Current background, its not at all…
nolite on HN
Requests
Make the who's hotter example more prominent
From 1 comment
No the features list was compelling, it is an interesting site. I just mean that when I first signed on, I didn't immediately "get" what it was about- maybe make the "who's…
olegious on HN
Add private messages
From 1 comment
Thanks for letting me know about this. I wanted to stay away from making it a dating site but I think private messages would be a good feature to add. I'm planning on adding some…
ecto on HN
More granularity on the battles page
From 1 comment
Thanks for letting me know about this. I wanted to stay away from making it a dating site but I think private messages would be a good feature to add. I'm planning on adding some…
ecto on HN
Questions
Why start this in 2011 when the idea was not original?
From 1 comment
The idea was hardly original in 2001. What made you start this in 2011?
icandoitbetter on HN
Alternatives named
FaceMash
From 2 comments
Well, I see two pictures and the words compare who's hotter instantly. It's for the lack of a better word a FaceMash, which itself is a clone of a few dozen other predecessors…
jw84 on HNThe battle pictures thing seems a lot like http://www.facemash.com.au/
hardik988 on HN
OK Cupid photo rating
From 1 comment
link: http://leftright.me/ This site is basically a clone of something I believe OK Cupid offers, which is to let other users rate your photos to find the best profile picture.…
dotBen on HN
Mugshot Wars
From 1 comment
Hhaha that's a great idea. You might enjoy the predecessor to this, http://mugshotwars.com/, though it's not my proudest creation.
ecto on HN
threewords.me
From 1 comment
The design is a bit _too_ much like http://threewords.me, intentional?
nicklovescode on HN