questo
Infrastructure
email forwarding
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.38.
Idea: 1 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 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
Cool project overall
From 1 comment
Cool project overall. The IndieAuth part is especially intersting. Hadn't heard of that before. Any metrics on its adoption?
untilHellbanned on HN
IndieAuth part is especially interesting
From 1 comment
Cool project overall. The IndieAuth part is especially intersting. Hadn't heard of that before. Any metrics on its adoption?
untilHellbanned on HN
Objections
Solves a non-existing problem; few people need to contact site owners without contact info
From 2 comments
When was the last time you absolutely needed to contact a website owner that had no contact information at all on their website? The idea seems well executed, but it tries to fix…
Khao on HNOn top of that, you are required to keep a valid contact email in your domain's DNS configuration, or you risk losing your domain. (ICANN rules) However, just because someone…
pzxc on HN
Sending email to a whois address looks like a con or spam
From 1 comment
What's more, if you send anything to the email listed in my whois, I'm going to think you're trying to con me before I've even read a single word.
billpg on HN
Blocked by a Cloudflare captcha page when using Tor
From 1 comment
I was blocked by a captcha page from cloudflare, probably because I'm using tor. The captcha isn't visible, probably because I'm using the google disconnect plugin for firefox.…
gradschool on HN
Opening received emails gives an application error
From 1 comment
Logged in. Whenever I click on a received email nothing happens. If I middle click the links to open in a new tab, it says: "An error occurred in the application and your page…
mike-cardwell on HN
Requests
Offer a login alternative for organization domains without a social media rel=me link
From 1 comment
What if I manage my organization's domain and don't want to stick a social media link with rel="me" on the homepage to use IndieAuth?
discreditable on HN
Questions
What adoption metrics exist for IndieAuth?
From 1 comment
Cool project overall. The IndieAuth part is especially intersting. Hadn't heard of that before. Any metrics on its adoption?
untilHellbanned on HN
Is a PGP key in a DNS record a suitable login option?
From 1 comment
I'm thinking about that. There's always the option of placing some key, a PGP key, for example, as a DNS record. But I don't know if that would be satisfying. Do you have any…
fiatjaf on HN