Hey.Café
Web and SaaS
social network
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
4 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 13 critical, out of 45 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.
Execution: 0 for, 8 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Forum-style layout is a welcome alternative to feeds
From 2 comments
Can I run my own node? If not, then I don't care (although a forum interface would I think be vastly superior to the usual news feed interface). Edit: this is not meant to be…
jonstaab on HNSome suggestions: add an index or search engine to find existing cafes if there isn't one already. Also, provide a more terse way of navigating posts that isn't basically a…
elihu on HN
Objections
Requires JavaScript; nothing loads without it
From 2 comments
Does not work without JS :(
bohwaz on HNIf it works like a forum in the classic sense, why can't I at least get some basic content with JS disabled?
crawl_soever on HN
Layout has too much white space and no discussion titles
From 1 comment
Nice work, it's lightweight and fast to load. A few notes after using it for a bit... 1. There's far too much white space and unnecessarily large headers. Reading content in…
Guest19023892 on HN
Email validation rejects sub-addressed emails
From 1 comment
Wanted to register and it didn't work since you didn't recognize foo+bar@mydomain.space as a valid email address. I always use sub-addressing to sort/filter my mail and am always…
BlackLotus89 on HN
Relative timestamps and XSS concerns in the code
From 1 comment
Some technical review from impressions. You’re loading about 430KB of JavaScript. That’s quite a lot to parse and execute (yeah, less than many sites, but judging by the…
chrismorgan on HN
Requests
Open API and RSS/feeds
From 3 comments
Does it integrate with existing Internet Standards for social networks like ActvityPub or XMPP?
zaik on HNOh thats a good idea never though of that. It's got a really simple json backend api where you can request users and stuff, and feeds will follow shortly, it's all built just…
anr13 on HNI am adding RSS feeds shortly it's in my todo, I can already read them and will provide RSS and JSON outputs for feeds and user info and more.
anr13 on HN
Search for cafés
From 1 comment
Some suggestions: add an index or search engine to find existing cafes if there isn't one already. Also, provide a more terse way of navigating posts that isn't basically a…
elihu on HN
Compact view mode
From 1 comment
Yes, adding to my list a compact mode, and a search is on the explore area, but I plan to move that to the header with drop down feedback as you type.
anr13 on HN
Ability to run your own node
From 1 comment
Can I run my own node? If not, then I don't care (although a forum interface would I think be vastly superior to the usual news feed interface). Edit: this is not meant to be…
jonstaab on HN
Questions
How will it be monetized without ads?
From 2 comments
What’s the plan for supporting this financially? If it grows at some point it will be too expensive to be a side project for someone to pay for. But usually when the ads come in…
MBCook on HNWell done - I’m working on something broadly similar for similar reasons. How do eventually plan to monetize to keep it ad-free?
rovingEngine on HN
Does it support ActivityPub or XMPP?
From 1 comment
Does it integrate with existing Internet Standards for social networks like ActvityPub or XMPP?
zaik on HN
Alternatives named
Reddit
From 1 comment
Reddit?
yuppie_scum on HN
Naver Cafe
From 1 comment
Any chance you're familiar with Naver in South Korea? Naver has communities which are created by users and are called Cafes. The Cafes are essentially message boards…
astonex on HN
Twitter
From 1 comment
Love the ideas from this company, not a fan of the UI of Hey or Hey.Cafe. It is verbatim Twitter, rounded corners, giant fonts, lots of negative space, exactly opposite of what I…
systemvoltage on HN