Erin
Consumer and social
self-hosted video feed
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How HN took it
5 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Professional-looking README and clean self-hosted concept
From 3 comments
> The author's writing is fluent, but the whole thing is kind of odd. This is the Internet; the developer could be 17. Who knows. They may be 17 or 57, why does that matter? To…
baumschubser on HNI'd say just removing the TikTok logo would be a good call. I was able to tell it was self-hosted from the blurb.
butlike on HNThis is good. It is long over due that we burn the social media sites to the ground.
lasermike026 on HN
Good idea for family or kids' video collections
From 2 comments
This is great for creating a media-garden for your children! Kid content on YouTube and TikTok can be extremly disturbing, even for an adult. Until they turn 16 I intend to vet…
arnaudsm on HNThe concept seems great for video-based family albums. If there was a way to use ML to auto-categorize the videos into channels (rather than manually sorting them into folders),…
sebastiennight on HN
Objections
TikTok name and logo are misleading and possibly a trademark issue
From 4 comments
Agreed. It's weird, and probably also a trademark violation? It's not saying that it's "like" a TikTok feed, it's saying that it "is" a TikTok feed.
justusthane on HNYup, it's a sketchy-sounding concept. Is it for "your own videos," or TikTok videos? Why does it have the TikTok logo in it?? It looks like it's a fork or repackaging of someone…
dgreensp on HNUsing the TikTok logo in the app is kinda inappripriate, but otherwise yeah, I think just saying “TikTok for X” gets the idea across in the most concise way. Adding some info on…
notpushkin on HNAt a minimum, inappropriate from TikTok/ByteDance's point of view. Even if we put that aside, users of this app may find it inappropriate that this app advertised as a "TikTok…
warkdarrior on HN
Description suggests it is TikTok rather than a TikTok-like UI
From 2 comments
The README makes it sound like this uses TikTok, or at least that's how I read it. I think it's just an app that has a TikTok-like UX. You may want to reword things to highlight…
candiddevmike on HN"vertical video feed" would be more accurate, it's nothing like tiktok other than it being a vertical video feed
KomoD on HN
Requests
Remove the TikTok logo and reword the description
From 3 comments
I'd say just removing the TikTok logo would be a good call. I was able to tell it was self-hosted from the blurb.
butlike on HNUsing the TikTok logo in the app is kinda inappripriate, but otherwise yeah, I think just saying “TikTok for X” gets the idea across in the most concise way. Adding some info on…
notpushkin on HNThe README makes it sound like this uses TikTok, or at least that's how I read it. I think it's just an app that has a TikTok-like UX. You may want to reword things to highlight…
candiddevmike on HN
Demo video and desktop view
From 1 comment
Nice work! Can we get a video demo of this in action? Curious what it looks like in desktop, too.
elicash on HN
Explain how videos are added (uploads or links)
From 1 comment
Using the TikTok logo in the app is kinda inappripriate, but otherwise yeah, I think just saying “TikTok for X” gets the idea across in the most concise way. Adding some info on…
notpushkin on HN
Questions
Is there a search function?
From 1 comment
No search function?
ranger_danger on HN
Which video encoding works best to reduce storage and bandwidth?
From 2 comments
Any hints on optimal encoding for videos, to reduce storage and network bandwidth? I would go even for a compromise in video quality, to have them looking more akin to Encarta…
butz on HNNewer codecs compress better at the cost of a more complex decoder. so maybe av1 or h.265 at a low bitrate?
01HNNWZ0MV43FF on HN
Alternatives named
TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and Snapchat feeds
From 2 comments
Don't instagram, youtube and snapchat also have that design language too?
voidUpdate on HN>it's nothing like tiktok other than it being a vertical video feed Agree. It's interesting that people in tech still don't get that what makes Tiktok so much better than…
dtquad on HN