autonews.io
Consumer and social
news aggregator community
SHOW HN2021
243points
204comments
#162of 2,533 in 2021
Top 7%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
7 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 53 critical, out of 82 comments about the project. Thread score -0.55.
Design: 1 for, 19 againstIdea: 3 for, 14 againstExecution: 0 for, 7 againstPerformance: 1 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 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
Good effort and nice layout
From 3 comments
Great website, you seemed to have worked hard on it. Some feedback if you don't mind it. 1. How about moving the domain of the article posted beside the post title (like HN)?…
ffpip on HNI like the site and the layout.
asimjalis on HN+1 for your effort. -1 for "look and feel"- I mean it is colory. It should be boring like HN so only content shines :)
ElectricMind on HN
Objections
Cookie banner and loading spinner feel off-brand for HN
From 2 comments
This might seem facetious, but the cookie warning really threw me off. It doesn't really matter, I canbjust click past it, but instantly in my head: "This isn't HN for anything.…
verall on HNCookie popup. Loading spinner. Not enough Hacker News for me :)
Piisamirotta on HN
Too much image use and scrolling compared to HN
From 2 comments
Not a big fan of the use of space compared to hn. On hn on mobile I can clearly see the headlines for 13 stories, on the automotive one, I get 6, meaning i have to scroll a whole…
grawprog on HNA couple of things I really think would help: The password reset and login form leaks account info in the network response. You should return the same network response regardless…
scrose on HN
Comment counts inconsistent and commenting broken
From 3 comments
The top submission says it has 14 comments, but then you click on it and it only has three. I also find it hard to believe that submissions on this site are already accumulating…
surround on HNWhy does it say a post has 12 comments, but when I open it it has 0? Or from 14 comments it has only 2?
XCSme on HNFiling a bug report: 1. Unauthenticated: try to add comment. 2. Error that you need an account to comment. 3. Create account 4. Attempt to submit the comment typed in one.…
ALittleLight on HN
Content is consumer news rather than industry news
From 2 comments
Does not seem to contain much "industry" news but rather "consumer" news. I am in industry and working on those cars, they are done and off of my desk 2 years before the public…
ivan1783 on HNI work for a SaaS in the auto industry that is a B2B service for dealerships. So, I was obviously interested, but this is not the content I expected. I would not categorize it as…
daniellarusso on HN
Security issue: account info and password hash leaked in responses
From 2 comments
A couple of things I really think would help: The password reset and login form leaks account info in the network response. You should return the same network response regardless…
scrose on HNYour website leaks account info and password hashes!
sss111 on HN
Requests
RSS feed
From 3 comments
an RSS feed would be super great.
sumthinprofound on HNWould you be so kind to provide a RSS?
betimsl on HNNo rss?
sturza on HN
Simpler HN-like design
From 3 comments
One of the things HN gets right is in my opinion the classic basic design. I wish you would have recreated that.
spyke112 on HNI work at an automotive-related tech firm so in principle this looks great and useful. I do think the design could be simpler, more like old reddit or HN, to maximize the amount…
mcchew on HN+1 for your effort. -1 for "look and feel"- I mean it is colory. It should be boring like HN so only content shines :)
ElectricMind on HN
More listings on one page
From 1 comment
From a personal perspective I would simply like to see more listings on a single page.
kokanator on HN
Work without JavaScript
From 2 comments
Perhaps I'm the wrong audience, so feel free to disregard this feedback :) I personally use Hacker News without JavaScript, and was expecting/hoping the same would work for…
mewmew on HNIf I disable JavaScript the site doesn't work.
ryankrage77 on HN
Questions
How does HN block bots and trolls
From 1 comment
This site (cool intent, good luck) highlights what HN does really well, because this site doesn't go deep on a refined textual experience. HN has a very simple user experience,…
bdamm on HN
How is this different from r/cars
From 2 comments
What's are you doing differently versus r/cars over at reddit which already has over 2.3 million subs in their community?
esturk on HNSo r/cars ? What’s different?
pryelluw on HN
Alternatives named
r/cars on Reddit
From 2 comments
What's are you doing differently versus r/cars over at reddit which already has over 2.3 million subs in their community?
esturk on HNThe r/cars subreddit is great for this and has a massive/very active community.
whalesalad on HN
Lobsters
From 1 comment
The https://lobste.rs source is available on github https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters if anyone wants to create a similar HN community around a different industry.
neillyons on HN
Motor Trend and automotive trade publications
From 2 comments
I like it and, to tell the truth, I may end up reading it rather than subscribing to Motor Trend, the way I no longer feel a need to get science magazines because of r/Science!
garyrob on HNYou might want to consider that autonews.com is the url of Automotive News, a widely-read trade publication from Crain Communications. (I get access to it as I work for a Tier-1…
frontiersummit on HN