Forkbin
Productivity
list sharing
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Idea: 2 for, 3 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
Simple concept with interesting fork use case
From 2 comments
Very nice! I've been toying with a similar idea for a while too, here's some feedback and ideas from my own project: - Bug: Don't let me create empty list items. - Definitely let…
shazow on HNLooks interesting. But perhaps give a use case so that we can see where it will be useful (in particular the forking action)?
vineet on HN
Demo that can be used immediately would help traction
From 1 comment
Seconded. Having a demo that you can immediately start playing with is absolutely vital for gaining traction with a novel app.
mcantor on HN
Objections
Registration required before trying the app
From 1 comment
Quite a cool idea, nice! :) Suggestion, might be friendlier to let us play with the app first, before requiring an upfront commitment to register. After clicking the "Fork"…
wamatt on HN
Public list sharing has been hard to get traction for
From 1 comment
I love the simplicity. We started with a very similar premise around collaborative list-building for travel when we created http://www.planapple.com. (We're a couple years of…
medmunds on HN
Account deletion was unclear
From 1 comment
I assumed that's what this was: git-like management of lists. As soon as I found out the social aspect was mandatory, I tried to figure out how to close my account and failed.…
goodside on HN
Requests
Allow forking your own lists
From 1 comment
This is cool, but I'd like to be able to fork one of my own lists. Consider this use case: I'm a freelance web developer, for example, and there are twenty things I need to do on…
fratis on HN
Allow creating lists without logging in
From 2 comments
Very nice! I've been toying with a similar idea for a while too, here's some feedback and ideas from my own project: - Bug: Don't let me create empty list items. - Definitely let…
shazow on HNQuite a cool idea, nice! :) Suggestion, might be friendlier to let us play with the app first, before requiring an upfront commitment to register. After clicking the "Fork"…
wamatt on HN
Embed codes for lists
From 1 comment
Very nice! I've been toying with a similar idea for a while too, here's some feedback and ideas from my own project: - Bug: Don't let me create empty list items. - Definitely let…
shazow on HN
Allow multiple forks of the same list
From 1 comment
I actually think about that before. But, decided not to let people to create multiple forks of the same list. Now, after looking at your use case, it seems to make sense to allow…
siong1987 on HN
Questions
Is this an open version of Google Schemer?
From 1 comment
Is an open version of google schemer ?
ragmondo on HN
What is the use case for forking?
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. But perhaps give a use case so that we can see where it will be useful (in particular the forking action)?
vineet on HN
Alternatives named
Workflowy
From 1 comment
Try out workflowy. Its a YC backed todo list app. It has an explicit option of duplicating a particular list, which should easily cover your use case.
captn3m0 on HN
Planapple
From 1 comment
I love the simplicity. We started with a very similar premise around collaborative list-building for travel when we created http://www.planapple.com. (We're a couple years of…
medmunds on HN
Google Schemer
From 1 comment
Is an open version of google schemer ?
ragmondo on HN