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SHOW HN2015

108points
55comments
#225of 2,565 in 2015
Top 9%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

2 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.41.

Idea: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 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

  • Useful for maintainers to see user priorities

    From 1 comment
    • This is fantastic. This is perfect for an OpenSource maintainer to get insight into the users priorities on the issues. Thank you for creating this tool. I'd like to use it for…
      amjith on HN

Objections

  • Users must have a GitHub account to vote

    From 1 comment
    • I've been looking for something like this for a while now but honestly if you run a non-technical service requiring your users to sign up for a github account (just to vote on…
      kyle_t on HN
  • Adds another external service to track; should integrate with GitHub issues

    From 3 comments
    • This is interesting but like that one site that was bought recently (get satisfaction) this is another site that I, as a repository owner, has to track down to find customer…
      BinaryIdiot on HN
    • Why doesn't it link directly to issues on github? It would get annoying having two separate lists of features (and, presumably, bugs). One on github and one on this service.…
      crdoconnor on HN
    • I like the idea, but would prefer if GitHub just integrated this functionality. Otherwise, how will the developers know that something was voted on unless they use these…
      lighthawk on HN
  • Implies false affiliation with projects that had not opted in

    From 3 comments
    • And, like Get Satisfaction, it's a pretty dick move to imply to my users that I'm affiliated with you and that their voices can be heard through you. I certainly have sympathy…
      ketralnis on HN
    • The pattern of "Oh, sure, we're associated with that project" is a very dark one. "Contribute to something on GitHub off of GitHub" has been used by a number of hard-to-verify…
      bhuga on HN
    • https://twitter.com/mdo/status/591707867498946560 Mark Otto ‏@mdo · 24 minutes ago Hey @feathub, please remove Bootstrap from your site—we've no plans to use it and it's…
      krallja on HN

Requests

  • Link directly to GitHub issues

    From 2 comments
    • Why doesn't it link directly to issues on github? It would get annoying having two separate lists of features (and, presumably, bugs). One on github and one on this service.…
      crdoconnor on HN
    • > If you want other people to use what you made, you may have to do what they want. :) Exactly. First thing I did when visiting the comments here was see if someone had brought…
      itistoday2 on HN
  • Add notifications to owners

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks a lot for the feedback! I agree with you, having to keep tabs with thousands of new services is annoying. In that case though, you shouldn't have to worry about missing…
      Ecco on HN
  • Support login via other services like Google or Facebook

    From 1 comment
    • I've been looking for something like this for a while now but honestly if you run a non-technical service requiring your users to sign up for a github account (just to vote on…
      kyle_t on HN

Questions

  • Why isn't GitHub voting built in?

    From 1 comment
    • I'm surprised this feature isn't in github already ... is there a reason?
      guiomie on HN

Alternatives named

  • Bountysource

    From 1 comment
    • The Bountysource browser extension is similar. It works with existing votes and +1's from GitHub, Bugzilla, Trac, etc. https://www.bountysource.com/extension
      wkonkel on HN
  • UserVoice

    From 1 comment
    • I was always using UserVoice. It's quite cheap, and even has (or at least had) discounts for open-source/non-profit projects.
      diiiimaaaa on HN
  • Get Satisfaction

    From 1 comment
    • This is interesting but like that one site that was bought recently (get satisfaction) this is another site that I, as a repository owner, has to track down to find customer…
      BinaryIdiot on HN
  • ZenHub

    From 1 comment
    • Is it me or this is very similar to the way zenhub.io [1] works? Anyway, I recently also stumble upon a similar tool that enables voting for PR and even auto merges the code [2],…
      felipesabino on HN
  • waffle.io

    From 1 comment
    • It seems like you build off the comments of issues, parsing for the :+1:, you could functionally provide the same tooling, but in the same additive way that waffle.io does.
      sirwolfgang on HN

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