Gothefoutside
Consumer and social
outdoor recreation discovery
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
0 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.35.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 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
Objections
Slow page load, around 56 seconds, and suggested static hosting
From 1 comment
In the future please consider building pages like this as static websites. It's much easier to scale your API if you don't also have to worry about serving the HTML, and it would…
sfeng on HN
Swearing in the name and copy feels crude or gimmicky
From 2 comments
I like the idea, but I don't really get the whole swearing like a drunken sailor thing. It's not funny, it's just stupid. I get that its Dave McClure's gimmick or whatever, but I…
aliston on HNNormally I'd agree, but I think they're doing this in the style of http://www.whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/
oddevan on HN
Location suggestions are off, sending users to distant places
From 2 comments
It really wants me to go to Witchita for some reason. The troll in the cage does seem quite nice, but its just shy of two thousand miles away from me.
justathrow2k on HNIt tried to send me to a nice place 800 kilometers (500 miles) away. I wonder whether the problem is with locating me or with the database of great outdoor places.
wongarsu on HN
Domain name is hard to parse
From 1 comment
Tough domain name. Between 'got' and 'he' and the non-word 'f', I had a hard time parsing it.
ozten on HN
Requests
Let users browse the places database
From 1 comment
It would be nice if there were some way to look at that database, so I can know whether I ought to go through the effort to look up my old pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge Park…
fennecfoxen on HN
Explain where photos are sourced from
From 2 comments
Where does it pull the photos from? I'm sure there's one of my photos there.
mig39 on HNArbitrary URLs or uploads on the 'contribute' form, apparently.
fennecfoxen on HN
Questions
Where do the photos come from
From 2 comments
Where does it pull the photos from? I'm sure there's one of my photos there.
mig39 on HNArbitrary URLs or uploads on the 'contribute' form, apparently.
fennecfoxen on HN
Alternatives named
whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com
From 1 comment
Normally I'd agree, but I think they're doing this in the style of http://www.whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/
oddevan on HN