Papyrus
Productivity
blogging platform
SHOW HN2021
173points
75comments
#278of 2,533 in 2021
Top 11%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
14 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 13 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Performance: 2 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast page loads and clean, minimal design.
From 3 comments
Impressively fast (honestly, that's stellar work), slightly buggy in the editor (focus is sometimes hard to determine, triple-click doesn't always select a paragraph, etc) but I…
Groxx on HNReally well done.
xrd on HNIt's surprisingly fast lol
joshxyz on HN
Privacy stance and no trackers.
From 2 comments
Looking forward to custom domains! I signed up because of stance on privacy and no tracking and also in the same boat; want to write more.
faramarz on HNI personally don't believe anything is privacy-first unless it is open source do that it can be self-hosted.
encryptluks2 on HN
Simple, frictionless setup.
From 1 comment
I've been procrastinating self-hosting, partially due to being unable to choose a platform and knowingly committing to it for the long term (maintenance, upgrades, etc.). This…
BLKNSLVR on HN
Objections
Subscription price of $5 per blog is too high.
From 2 comments
$5 per month is too much on your competing services. If you want to differentiate, you should offer an option that is less. At $5 per blog, I can’t justify subbing to more than……
olah_1 on HNThis. I imagine there will be months when I don't write anything. Why would somebody still subscribe. Looks stellar btw.
mp3k on HN
Claimed performance scores and page weight do not match Lighthouse results.
From 3 comments
I'd caution against asserting 200ms page loads and 99 Lighthouse scores -- you don't actually appear to be coming close to either of those metrics.
bryans on HNSeconding this. Lighthouse on the vs-substack page gives a 82 on performance. That's a big difference, and is also under the 85 reported for Substack.
Zababa on HNReact & a framework on top can be called minimal for a blogging platform? A blog entry[0] requires the transfer of 3.29MB (2.09MB of images with most which don't look…
tleb_ on HN
Sustainability of free tier with a 5% fee is doubtful.
From 1 comment
I doubt that flat 5% from subscriptions would be enough to sustain free users. You will either have to draw in some established bloggers with loyal, paying audience from another…
ComodoHacker on HN
Stripe unavailable in some countries.
From 1 comment
Looks awesome, I am trying it out :) it's a pity I can't get paid, because Stripe is not available in my country. Maybe add some other options, such as Paddle, to those of us who…
chilldsgn on HN
Requests
Custom domain support.
From 2 comments
Impressively fast (honestly, that's stellar work), slightly buggy in the editor (focus is sometimes hard to determine, triple-click doesn't always select a paragraph, etc) but I…
Groxx on HNI’ve been thinking about blogging for a while, and your offering is the first that makes me want to go ahead. Custom domain would be nice!
prox on HN
RSS feed.
From 2 comments
Impressively fast (honestly, that's stellar work), slightly buggy in the editor (focus is sometimes hard to determine, triple-click doesn't always select a paragraph, etc) but I…
Groxx on HNI honestly do like 90% of my internet reading through RSS, so yeah, I think that's the more important one anyway :)
Groxx on HN
Import posts from other platforms such as Medium.
From 1 comment
Have been looking for options to move away from Medium.com and this looks promising. Would appreciate functionality to automatically import existing posts from other platforms…
drodil on HN
Inter-post linking and documentation.
From 2 comments
Impressively fast (honestly, that's stellar work), slightly buggy in the editor (focus is sometimes hard to determine, triple-click doesn't always select a paragraph, etc) but I…
Groxx on HNLove this. Inter-post linking is a must, I use zim wiki to think and cannot live without wikifying everything :)
urlwolf on HN
Fix editor bugs and make site work without JavaScript.
From 2 comments
This looks nicely implemented. Can you give some examples of a successful blog(s) on the platform (with the permission of the author of course)? One thing I would say is that…
bArray on HNImpressively fast (honestly, that's stellar work), slightly buggy in the editor (focus is sometimes hard to determine, triple-click doesn't always select a paragraph, etc) but I…
Groxx on HN
Questions
Why signup email uses papyrus.dev instead of papyrus.so.
From 1 comment
Your project looks nice! 1. I noticed that the signup email comes from papyrus.dev instead of papyrus.so. Any reason in particular for using 2 domains for the service? 2. Do you…
ayewo on HN
Whether third-party analytics scripts will be supported.
From 1 comment
Your project looks nice! 1. I noticed that the signup email comes from papyrus.dev instead of papyrus.so. Any reason in particular for using 2 domains for the service? 2. Do you…
ayewo on HN
Whether AsciiDoc will be supported.
From 1 comment
Will AsciiDoc be supported too? Markdown is far too limiting for many applications.
toastal on HN
Alternatives named
Ghost
From 1 comment
Well you'll love Ghost! https://ghost.org For my own curiosity -- would you blog more often if someone offered you cheap(er than ghost.org) hosted ghost instance from which…
hardwaresofton on HN
Substack
From 1 comment
Hi HN, At the start of this year I set a personal goal to blog more. I wanted to 1) improve my writing skills, 2) build an audience, and 3) if the stars aligned, start earning a…
colinarms on HN
Write.as
From 1 comment
I've always been a fan of Write.as when it comes to newsletters [0], and everything they do honestly. Great company and great products. [0] https://write.as/letters
freddyym on HN
Medium
From 1 comment
Hi HN, At the start of this year I set a personal goal to blog more. I wanted to 1) improve my writing skills, 2) build an audience, and 3) if the stars aligned, start earning a…
colinarms on HN
Buttondown
From 1 comment
Hi HN, At the start of this year I set a personal goal to blog more. I wanted to 1) improve my writing skills, 2) build an audience, and 3) if the stars aligned, start earning a…
colinarms on HN