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Re: Show HN: FAQT – A lightweight, personal knowledge base

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Post by x0x0 »

msutherl wrote: post #26
Gmo wrote: post #17

Sounds interesting ! And quite funny since I was looking for something similar last week (and didn't find anything really fitting what I want). A couple of questions : - do you have any kind of versioning/revision history ? Especially on the individuals "facts" - do you have a search function ? How does it work ? - Any kind of tagging system apart from the color code ? - any way to export the raw data ? - any plan of…

Evernote, DEVONthink, and Google Docs are the big players. There's also: http://are.na/ , http://pinterest.com , http://www.dropmark.com/ , https://kippt.com/ , https://pinboard.in/ , Wordpress or Tumblr (with the right theme) and there are 5+ more projects in this space announced over the past year of which I was aware at one time, but sadly I lost track of the list. Not to mention, http://etherpad.org/ / http://pir…

wow, thanks! Since you're obviously interested and curated a list, could you share your choice?

Re: Show HN: FAQT – A lightweight, personal knowledge base

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Post by Fuzzwah »

fiatjaf wrote: post #52

Another "write your text here" and nothing more app. I'm not questioning the usefulness of this, but why do we have so many simple apps like these? People writing code to do the same thing over and over again, aren't you bored?

If no one ever re-invented the wheel our cars would still be rolling on stone wheels.

Re: Show HN: FAQT – A lightweight, personal knowledge base

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Post by jnbiche »

siavosh wrote: post #20
malexw wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, consider me a user. Is this a side-project for you, or are you going to build a company around it? Naturally, I'd like to know that if I enter my data in here, I'll be able to export a copy of it in the unfortunate event that you have to shut down the service.

Thanks, we're hoping to build something lasting, but that's a fair question. A group of my co-workers, friends, and family use it everyday, and the last thing we'd do is disrespect that trust. I use the site everyday for my own work, and if we ever have to cease service, be sure that we'd have a free export function. It's an MVP right now, so there's plenty of things we'd like to add. Also feel free to reach out to u…

> if we ever have to cease service, be sure that we'd have a free export function.

...and open up the source under a proper open-source license, I'd hope?

Re: Show HN: FAQT – A lightweight, personal knowledge base

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Post by 355mainstreet »

cad wrote: post #54
fiatjaf wrote: post #52

Another "write your text here" and nothing more app. I'm not questioning the usefulness of this, but why do we have so many simple apps like these? People writing code to do the same thing over and over again, aren't you bored?

evernote kind of apps don't work. Except Google Keep. Keep kinda works.

Don't get too attached. Keep is being discontinued in the next few months. Something better is replacing it, eventually, but just keep that in mind.

Re: Show HN: FAQT – A lightweight, personal knowledge base

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Post by adambatkin »

15155 wrote: post #41
zyxley wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to mention some jurisdictions requiring a privacy policy, like California.

Believe it or not, the online world doesn't revolve around California or the European Union. One of the best "features" of the internet is that it is jurisdictionally grey. Otherwise, why not just subject the entire world to the stringent requirements of China?

While it's true that it may not be a legal requirement (in some jurisdictions) to post a privacy policy, it's probably not a good idea to trust a service without one, particularly if said service is designed for posting potentially private personal information.

In other words: They should post a privacy policy - not because it's a legal requirement (though it may be) - but because it's good business. And no one will trust them otherwise.

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