whisprabbit
Consumer and social
image board
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How HN took it
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.35.
Design: 0 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 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
Once you find the content, the concept is workable
From 1 comment
after initially being totally bemused - 'what is this?','how do i get it to do something'? 'what am i supposed to click?' .. i returned here, read this comment and then after…
utunga on HN
Objections
Unclear what the site does and how to use it
From 4 comments
Could you give more information? It's pretty empty and I don't even know what it's supposed to do.
Monkeyget on HNThe UI doesn't make any sense.
rorrr on HNCool. But I cannot figure out what to do. Its like Color.
ruckusing on HNafter initially being totally bemused - 'what is this?','how do i get it to do something'? 'what am i supposed to click?' .. i returned here, read this comment and then after…
utunga on HN
Content hidden behind JavaScript, not progressive enhancement
From 1 comment
Please study http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_enhancement. All the content is siloed behind js, and there's no way for anyone to write hypertext which references it.
prodigal_erik on HN
Unicode posts break: tags converted to numbers and posts blank
From 1 comment
I made some posts in Unicode and the tags got converted to numbers and the posts are blank :(
cefarix on HN
Expected automatic image categorization rather than user tagging
From 2 comments
Given the description, I was expecting it to automatically infer the content of images and categorize them.
teach on HNYes, even I expected it to automatically tag images. But after reading the instructions (which was hard to get at first look), I got what the site does.
cnu on HN
Requests
Show content on page load
From 2 comments
good point, it seems like you and akkartik both got it after spending a minute digging around. I'll update it to have some content open on page load
songrabbit on HNThanks for the input. I'm going to change it so that some content is already open on page load, hopefully that will be a better starting point. The overlay is so that you can…
songrabbit on HN
No pseudonymous identity yet; maker asked if it would help
From 2 comments
Are there any plans for (pseudonymous) identity?
mnutt on HNAt the moment no. Out of curiosity, would you find the project more compelling if there was some form of identity?
songrabbit on HN
Move the logo to top right and make it smaller
From 1 comment
Yeah. Maybe put it on the top right and make it smaller?
akkartik on HN
Questions
What is self-categorizing?
From 1 comment
What do you mean by self-categorizing?
apu on HN
Is there a plan for pseudonymous identity?
From 1 comment
Are there any plans for (pseudonymous) identity?
mnutt on HN
Alternatives named
4chan
From 1 comment
The idea was to try to create something that lives in the space between twitter and 4chan. You have the basic functionality of an image board, but it is much more free form and…
songrabbit on HN
Twitter
From 1 comment
The idea was to try to create something that lives in the space between twitter and 4chan. You have the basic functionality of an image board, but it is much more free form and…
songrabbit on HN