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Re: Show HN: Timeline.com

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Post by tslater2006 »

nolk100 wrote: post #3

That would not have been a cheap domain name to acquire, especially after Facebook rebranding 'the wall' as 'the timeline'.

Just did a quick site price estimator, probably not super accurate but it said about 18k. http://www.siteprice.org/website-worth/www.timeline.com

Re: Show HN: Timeline.com

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Post by cheriot »

I LOVE anything that will add the needed context to news stories.

The article on Boko Haram is good. I like video and income map. The actual timeline functionality on the web view still needs some work. With a good timeline you can "feel" the differences in timespan.

Overall, I like the idea and the content. More please!

Re: Show HN: Timeline.com

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

Very, very cool. I'm skeptical about your chances of success (I feel like news startups are just behind music startups in terms of mortality rate), but I've been wanting something that looks like this for a good long while. I think the lack of this sort of resource has done a grave disservice to our understanding of world events. So, thanks a lot for agreeing with me, and acting on it :)

(n.b. I'm a mobile engineer at NBC News, and arguably in direct competition with these folks.)

Re: Show HN: Timeline.com

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Post by JacobMauer »

I think this is great execution but I'm not sure I would use it over Wikipedia. If I want to know the timeline of Boko Haram, I think I would get more objective and comprehensive timeline information, with sources, from Wikipedia's page on Boko Haram* than the Timeline.com page.

1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram#2009

2 https://m.timeline.com/#!/stories/boko-haram-nigeria-history

Re: Show HN: Timeline.com

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Post by zo1 »

sync wrote: post #15
hnriot wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://m.timeline.com/bower_components/angular-facebook/lib... Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT app.js:4 Uncaught Error: [$injector:modulerr] Failed to instantiate module timeline due to: Error: [$injector:modulerr] Failed to instantiate module facebook due to: Error: [$injector:nomod] Module 'faceboo…

It's your ad/privacy blocker, FYI.

Not working for me on a fresh install of IE10. I.e. (no pun intended) not due to any sort of ad/privacy blocker.

Re: Show HN: Timeline.com

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Post by ashwinl »

I like the thought that has gone into expressing the app's motivations. As a curated app, I was interested in learning about the people behind it. Your About, FAQ/Editorial and Licenses section under timeline.com/about was fun to read. Too bad it was hidden away on the homepage. But, maybe you did this intentionally.

I'm in the process of working on a timeline-like design, non news related, so this piqued my interest.

Re: Show HN: Timeline.com

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Post by LiweiZ »

rohamg wrote: post #18

Wow. Thank you so much for the positive outpour of support, we are near the point of tears of joy with today's launch! I'd like to take a minute and get back to all your questions and comments: * Bugs and glitches: please keep the feedback coming! This is a version 1.0 product, so we're standing ready to fix issues ASAP as they come up. * Technology choice: the iOS app is entirely native, written in Swift. The API is…

Regarding maps and geographical exploration, I agree with you that should be at lower priority. I think start from events happening now such as news is a much better and more efficient way to foster the positive feedback loop. When the timeline module is more polished and with more resources, it could be a good time to explore the module for map layer. Eventually, combining both layers to have a tool that I dream of. I'm just someone interested in this because of how powerful I think it could be. At this moment, I don't have enough skills to bring it to life. Nice work.
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