my weekend+2d project
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SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
2 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Docs: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, clever concept for instantly putting a site online from Dropbox
From 2 comments
iradik, now that I've read your explanation in the comments below I want to say I love the concept. A very cool way to almost instantly throw a site online and update from…
ftwinnovations on HNI'm also a fan. There's something powerful in its simplicity. As far as MVP's go, this is tops - look forward to seeing where it goes.
aaronf on HN
Revised copy and explanation improved the landing page
From 1 comment
Much better!
tectonic on HN
Objections
Landing page does not explain what the product does or what the subdomain is
From 3 comments
I honestly have no idea what this is. If I didn't find this via HN, I'd immediately assume it was some scam for phishing Dropbox accounts. You need some information here about…
nicksergeant on HNYou need a paragraph explaining what this is.
tectonic on HNIt's not clear what we're doing on the landing page. What is the subdomain? A subdomain of your domain? I'm assuming that, but I don't know... What will happen when we connect…
mashmac2 on HN
Looks like a phishing or scam page; Dropbox access feels risky
From 2 comments
I honestly have no idea what this is. If I didn't find this via HN, I'd immediately assume it was some scam for phishing Dropbox accounts. You need some information here about…
nicksergeant on HNiradik, now that I've read your explanation in the comments below I want to say I love the concept. A very cool way to almost instantly throw a site online and update from…
ftwinnovations on HN
No way to deactivate or manage settings
From 2 comments
there is no way to deactivate
wonjun on HN+1
azharb on HN
No protection against spammers
From 1 comment
What are you doing to prevent this from being abused by spammers?
MichaelApproved on HN
Requests
Add a clear explanation of the service on the homepage
From 2 comments
Reading the comments below, I see that you're well aware of this. I would suggest just adding a single huge sentence at the top of the page that says "by you giving us X…
nicksergeant on HNYou need a paragraph explaining what this is.
tectonic on HN
Add a way to deactivate or log in
From 1 comment
there is no way to deactivate
wonjun on HN
Questions
What is the advantage over the Dropbox Public folder?
From 1 comment
What's the advantage over the Dropbox "Public" folder?
udp on HN
Does it fetch from Dropbox every time or cache on the server?
From 1 comment
Do you cache the file on your server? Or just fetch from Dropbox every-time?
tszming on HN
How does it detect file changes?
From 1 comment
I've point briefly looked at the Dropbox API, but couldn't figure it out; how do you detect when a file has changed?
judofyr on HN
Alternatives named
Dropbox Public folder
From 1 comment
What's the advantage over the Dropbox "Public" folder?
udp on HN