Copypasta
Web and SaaS
embeddable copy editing tool
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
5 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 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, simple design and easy to understand
From 2 comments
I just heard about this today when I happened to speak with mrkurt and I immediately loved the idea. After checking it out, I'm impressed with how well it's put together. Really…
rgrieselhuber on HNGreat idea and pretty well done. The homepage + instruction are also pretty straightforward. (I particularly like the logo). Small suggestion: you might want to compress…
d0m on HN
Good idea that people wanted
From 2 comments
Awesome. I thought about this months ago and really wanted someone to make it. Now what I want is different backends, so it could integrate with whatever software is managing the…
cool-RR on HNVery cool - I wish many, MANY websites had this. My eye twitches every time something is spelled incorrectly or misused. Kudos!
JonLim on HN
Objections
Runs slow and reloads the editing widget
From 1 comment
Nice idea but runs slow. Seems to be reloading the editing widget each time.
Detrus on HN
Approving edits by email is awkward
From 1 comment
Cool idea. :) 1. The header is beautiful, but very hard to read. Changing the font might help new users remember Copypasta's name. 2. It is strange that I need to approve/reject…
nyellin on HN
Header font is hard to read
From 1 comment
Cool idea. :) 1. The header is beautiful, but very hard to read. Changing the font might help new users remember Copypasta's name. 2. It is strange that I need to approve/reject…
nyellin on HN
Site showed an error page
From 1 comment
We're sorry, but something went wrong. We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly.
nvictor on HN
Requests
Backends and integrations for WordPress, Sphinx and other CMSs
From 1 comment
Awesome. I thought about this months ago and really wanted someone to make it. Now what I want is different backends, so it could integrate with whatever software is managing the…
cool-RR on HN
Per-page JavaScript injection for easy setup
From 1 comment
For easy setup and universal integration, you could serve some per page JavaScript that applies the corrections to the page (kind of like Optimizely). That would come at the…
sorghum on HN
Auto-approve for trusted editors
From 1 comment
Awesome. I thought about this months ago and really wanted someone to make it. Now what I want is different backends, so it could integrate with whatever software is managing the…
cool-RR on HN
Notify site owners of edits
From 2 comments
How will you notify the site's owner?
nyellin on HNA better "problem" to solve is how to notify the author of the article?
mikeknoop on HN
Questions
How will site owners be notified of edits?
From 1 comment
How will you notify the site's owner?
nyellin on HN
Alternatives named
Editz
From 1 comment
Nice! There's something called "editz" as well, I've seen a few other tries too. Most of them seemed like kind of a pain for users.
mrkurt on HN
Goosegrade
From 1 comment
I'm a developer at Forbes and have been tinkering with a JS bookmarklet that does much of the same. Great minds think alike I guess! At one point there was a company called…
taylorbuley on HN