Sets

Productivity

link curation

SHOW HN2013

Sets

A way to build curated lists of related links with others

makesets.com

#curated links#link lists#social bookmarking#collections

17points
11comments
#1,054of 1,739 in 2013
Top 61%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.

Idea: 3 for, 0 against

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Well designed

    From 1 comment
    • Very well designed. What advantage does this have over similar services?
      jmduke on HN
  • Crowd-sourced curation is compelling

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice. I find crowd-sourced anything very compelling. Is there any methodology for getting users? Is there some reliable way to differentiate between "I haven't yet tried…
      wwwtyro on HN

Objections

  • Low engagement and stagnation for about 3 months, per maker

    From 1 comment
    • Also, I think that ~3 months of stagnation, low engagement, lots of "testing this out" sets, I should have a pretty good sense that I'm not going about this in a way that is…
      kylebragger on HN

Requests

  • Public API

    From 3 comments
    • Awesome job with this Kyle. I assume you are going to open an API for this later on? I've been wanting to do a project for a while based around this type of information and this…
      duck on HN
    • Really appreciate that! Yes, I definitely intend to provide an API.
      kylebragger on HN
    • Very nice! Are there any advantages of this service over one such as Kippt.com? Looking forward to the API.
      tonydolore on HN

Questions

  • How does it differ from Kippt?

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice! Are there any advantages of this service over one such as Kippt.com? Looking forward to the API.
      tonydolore on HN
  • What advantage over similar services?

    From 1 comment
    • Very well designed. What advantage does this have over similar services?
      jmduke on HN
  • How to get users?

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice. I find crowd-sourced anything very compelling. Is there any methodology for getting users? Is there some reliable way to differentiate between "I haven't yet tried…
      wwwtyro on HN

Alternatives named

  • Kippt

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice! Are there any advantages of this service over one such as Kippt.com? Looking forward to the API.
      tonydolore on HN
  • Delicious

    From 1 comment
    • He's similar to a set of other humans with whom it will resonate. Presumably they are curator/collector archetype. "I built it for me" was exact same decision path that I used…
      joshu on HN

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