Meet.hn
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36 positive, 102 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 59 critical, out of 202 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Execution: 4 for, 37 againstIdea: 21 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 11 againstDesign: 0 for, 5 against
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What people liked
Useful idea that could encourage real-world meetups
From 3 comments
I've often thought about building something like this into HN itself and having a 'meet' tab at the top. There are so many people, me included, whose lives have been changed by…
dang on HNNice! You could add a feature to organize and host a meeting or contact people in some way. :-)
monkin on HNAwesome! I've been hoping to find something like this. Would be great if I could add a Mastodon profile.
CalRobert on HN
Nice work and a fun way to find local hackers
From 2 comments
This is nice, I zoomed in to where I lived and added my location. I then went to see who the nearest other HN profiles and see what they're into. Looks like their hobby is…
iamwpj on HNvery cool! I'm surprised there are no signups in SF yet. I'm sure many will come.
edverma2 on HN
Objections
City and country input breaks for duplicate US city names and non-ASCII names
From 3 comments
There are multiple cities in the U.S. with the name of my city, so unfortunately this doesn't work for me.
spencerchubb on HNWhen I type in "Kraków, Poland", I get meet.hn/city/pl-undefined. Does your code handle diacritics correctly?
phoe-krk on HNWait, are there really 36 Hacker News users in North Korea? The map just refreshes if I check that, but it seems kinda unbelievable given how isolated the country is and how…
CM30 on HN
Privacy and abuse concerns from exposing public user data
From 2 comments
What about security? How is this protected from abuse? Why is this all public information? It feels like a honeypot to be honest. My suggestion would be to hide the names unless…
atmanactive on HNI like this. I know this might sound petty, but the thing preventing me from signing up is your comfort level dispersing information through x.com. You said "meet.hn has a…
pcj-github on HN
Sign-up flow fails with errors and confusing bio requirements
From 3 comments
Trying to add myself fails, showing "Oops! Something uncool is breaking this app.". The POST request seems to be receiving 500 with the following request. ```…
qazxcvbnm on HNNot working for me. Tried ~10 times.
KingOfCoders on HNWait, are there really 36 Hacker News users in North Korea? The map just refreshes if I check that, but it seems kinda unbelievable given how isolated the country is and how…
CM30 on HN
Profiles without contact details make meeting hard
From 1 comment
Nice little thing, congrats to shipping :) I find it ironic that there are many cities with N hackers on meet.hn, yet most are not attaching any way of contacting them, nor do…
CaptainOfCoit on HN
Requests
Add Mastodon/fediverse support
From 3 comments
Looks cool! I've used the search or meetup.com before for this use case when I'm traveling, but meetup.com is slowly going away it seems. Feature Requests: - Mastodon support in…
dewey on HNFeature request: please add Mastodon/fediverse as a type of social media account. Also, you generate invalid URLs for cities that have spaces in them, like Saint Petersburg.
grishka on HNAwesome! I've been hoping to find something like this. Would be great if I could add a Mastodon profile.
CalRobert on HN
Autocomplete or search for locations
From 3 comments
Looks cool! I've used the search or meetup.com before for this use case when I'm traveling, but meetup.com is slowly going away it seems. Feature Requests: - Mastodon support in…
dewey on HN> City not found. Make sure you use the format: City, Country (Paris, France) It might be good to rework this—cities only, and provide a drop-down box for users to select. Having…
delta_p_delta_x on HNyou should probably use some kind of API to help people input their city/country.
mynameyeff on HN
Allow email or personal webpage in profile
From 1 comment
Great idea. I think it would be cool if you couldn't just add socials but a personal webpage and email (with mailto link).
amadeuspagel on HN
Add Discord to socials
From 1 comment
Could you add Discord to the socials? The format for a Discord user URL is like this: `discordapp.com/users/<User_ID>` where `<User_ID>` is an integer. (People can copy the user…
mproud on HN
Allow entering GPS coordinates
From 1 comment
trying to move to mcmurdo station broke it! so I moved to hawaii undefined-McMurdo-Station probably best to just allow us to enter GPS coordinates
VoltCraft on HN
Questions
How is the data protected from abuse?
From 1 comment
What about security? How is this protected from abuse? Why is this all public information? It feels like a honeypot to be honest. My suggestion would be to hide the names unless…
atmanactive on HN
Are there really 36 HN users in North Korea?
From 1 comment
Wait, are there really 36 Hacker News users in North Korea? The map just refreshes if I check that, but it seems kinda unbelievable given how isolated the country is and how…
CM30 on HN
Alternatives named
meetup.com
From 1 comment
Looks cool! I've used the search or meetup.com before for this use case when I'm traveling, but meetup.com is slowly going away it seems. Feature Requests: - Mastodon support in…
dewey on HN
Reddit meetups
From 1 comment
mark my words, this will be worse than the reddit meetups.
jppittma on HN