Thankst

Productivity

social gratitude tracker

SHOW HN2012

5points
15comments
#1,541of 1,677 in 2012
Top 92%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.22.

Design: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 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

  • Clean, professional design

    From 3 comments
    • Wow, I like the design there - did you come up with it yourself? First thought on the homepage is that I really don't like signing in with Facebook without knowing what's on the…
      mootothemax on HN
    • props! no facebook account here so can't use but the site looks great :)
      jfaucett on HN
    • In the vein of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396747 1. It looks like a nice professional design so it does not give off initial bad vibes 2. The first thing that appears…
      lifeisstillgood on HN
  • Good feedback on the layout and flow

    From 1 comment
    • Really well done. Just an FYI: When you're using the Facebook API to get profile photos, specifying ?type=large gives you a photo with variable width and height. What you're then…
      chrisdroukas on HN

Objections

  • Facebook login without knowing what the app does

    From 3 comments
    • Wow, I like the design there - did you come up with it yourself? First thought on the homepage is that I really don't like signing in with Facebook without knowing what's on the…
      mootothemax on HN
    • Didn't log in (like others have mentioned, I hate using FB login without knowing exactly what it does). But - I did go to the "about" page, and you really should get a native…
      yossilac on HN
    • Login w/ facebook? No thankst.
      venturebros on HN
  • Unclear flow after login; the pop-up is confusing

    From 1 comment
    • In the vein of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396747 1. It looks like a nice professional design so it does not give off initial bad vibes 2. The first thing that appears…
      lifeisstillgood on HN
  • Thanks cannot be previewed or include a message

    From 1 comment
    • In the vein of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396747 1. It looks like a nice professional design so it does not give off initial bad vibes 2. The first thing that appears…
      lifeisstillgood on HN
  • About page text needs native English editing

    From 1 comment
    • Didn't log in (like others have mentioned, I hate using FB login without knowing exactly what it does). But - I did go to the "about" page, and you really should get a native…
      yossilac on HN

Requests

  • Show screenshots before login

    From 1 comment
    • Wow, I like the design there - did you come up with it yourself? First thought on the homepage is that I really don't like signing in with Facebook without knowing what's on the…
      mootothemax on HN
  • Add a message with the thank and a preview

    From 1 comment
    • In the vein of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396747 1. It looks like a nice professional design so it does not give off initial bad vibes 2. The first thing that appears…
      lifeisstillgood on HN
  • Integrate with LinkedIn

    From 1 comment
    • In the vein of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4396747 1. It looks like a nice professional design so it does not give off initial bad vibes 2. The first thing that appears…
      lifeisstillgood on HN
  • Fix grammar and wording on the thank count text

    From 1 comment
    • The text: You thanked him/her 1 times > You have thanked them 1 times (better) > You have thanked them once. (best)
      lifeisstillgood on HN

Questions

  • Whether the design was made by the maker

    From 1 comment
    • Wow, I like the design there - did you come up with it yourself? First thought on the homepage is that I really don't like signing in with Facebook without knowing what's on the…
      mootothemax on HN

Category, keywords, summaries and labels on this page were made by AI (Thread Reader v2) and not checked by hand. Each point links to the comments it came from.

Add a badge to your READMEShown on HackerShow
[![Shown on HackerShow](https://hackershow.org/badge.svg)](https://hackershow.org/show/4396195)