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#204of 2,570 in 2022
Top 8%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
13 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Idea: 11 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
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Feels like StumbleUpon reborn for personal sites
From 3 comments
Amazing, I was just thinking, how would I be able to find all these wonderful personal sites? It's like Stumbleupon has been reborn! And now you have gone and done it. Thank you.
b3nji on HNOh man, it's StumbleUpon for the indieweb! I love it! I'll definitely using this in my spare time. My own site is part of the webring but I do love just being able to click a…
BaseballPhysics on HNLove this, reminds me quite a bit of stumbleupon. In putting together my own RSS feed recently, and trying to figure out the best way to sync it with all my devices, I realized…
mediocregopher on HN
Good idea for discovering indie sites and RSS feeds
From 2 comments
This is cool! I read almost all my web content via RSS - I’d love an RSS feed of random posts from these sources, just to get a daily sample and see what’s worth following.
csw-001 on HNLove this, reminds me quite a bit of stumbleupon. In putting together my own RSS feed recently, and trying to figure out the best way to sync it with all my devices, I realized…
mediocregopher on HN
Objections
Sample skews heavily toward English-language developer blogs and HN crowd
From 3 comments
Clicked several times on that button and this is what I've got: - Performant A/B Testing with Cloudflare Workers - 12 Useful Tools for DevOps - Simplest alternative IDs with…
mrzool on HNI share your sentiment. I maintain a similar project (https://theforest.link) and the vast, vast majority of the submissions I get are dev blogs, written in English. Why is that…
manuelmoreale on HNThe sources of this database are largely outlets of self-promotion. I’d consider my own site part of the IndieWeb—I literally developed it at an IndieWebCamp—but you won’t find…
aendruk on HN
Random pages include off-topic or spammy content
From 2 comments
Clicked several times on that button and this is what I've got: - Performant A/B Testing with Cloudflare Workers - 12 Useful Tools for DevOps - Simplest alternative IDs with…
mrzool on HNThe moment the dev.to nonsense* folk discover you, it's gonna be useless. *Newly dev.to RSS feed is 90% either pill promotion or zero value "my first post" notifications. Or…
soco on HN
Requests
RSS feed of random posts
From 2 comments
This is cool! I read almost all my web content via RSS - I’d love an RSS feed of random posts from these sources, just to get a daily sample and see what’s worth following.
csw-001 on HNThat's an interesting idea. Would you expect one RSS item with let's say 5 links in the item body? Or 5 RSS items directly linking to the original post?
splitbrain on HN
Language setting
From 1 comment
This could do with a language setting, but not a huge deal.
MisterSandman on HN
Questions
How are sites collected for inclusion
From 1 comment
This is such a great idea. My only feedback is to try and add non-technical stuff too. How are you collecting sites to include in this?
teucris on HN
Alternatives named
Read Something Interesting
From 3 comments
Check out Read Something Interesting, which is that exact premise. https://readsomethinginteresting.com
saperyton on HNYou might also enjoy Read Something Interesting! Unrelated to HN but there are great posts there. https://readsomethinginteresting.com
saperyton on HNRead Something Interesting is very similar, but less focused on tech. https://readsomethinginteresting.com
saperyton on HN
indieweb.xyz
From 2 comments
I think this is what you’re looking for https://indieweb.xyz And here’s how you link back: https://indieweb.xyz/howto/en (Not my site, I’m just a fan of indieweb)
dvtrn on HNhttps://indieweb.xyz is a reddit-like link aggregator and https://www.indieforums.net/ is a forum for independent blogs. Neither is curated since theyre user submitted content,…
zdunn on HN
Marginalia explore
From 1 comment
I've been dabbling in this general field as well, I do think there's new things to be made here. StumbleUpon was great, but I think it can be greater still. I started with…
marginalia_nu on HN