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Re: HN Hackers: Add Yourself

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 2:23 PM UTC

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Re: HN Hackers: Add Yourself

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Post by doc » Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 2:25 PM UTC

Besides the email being show plain, is it me or the is no way to change the email address? I tried and couldn't find it, and that's really inconvenient.

Re: HN Hackers: Add Yourself

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Post by maukdaddy » Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 2:37 PM UTC

Using $100+ and up as a subtitle is tacky. Much like "The Ladders" job (Scam) site that claims only 100k+ jobs.

Re: HN Hackers: Add Yourself

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Post by qeorge » Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 3:23 PM UTC

Zak wrote: post #16

markmywords wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can reclaim your account by clicking the "Lost password?" link, I guess.

When using the password reset to claim my account: There were problems with the following fields: Login is too short (minimum is 4 characters) Dear app designers everywhere: there's no good reason for this. Please stop.

I got past this requirement, but got a generic error:

"We're sorry, but something went wrong."

I really thought we had it there. I've emailed the developer, rbitar@gmail.com, awaiting response.

Re: HN Hackers: Add Yourself

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Post by RyanMcGreal » Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 3:28 PM UTC

adnam wrote: post #23

moomerman wrote: post #8

Please don't send my password in plain text via email

Also: .cat is a valid TLD for email validation. I got: "There were problems with the following fields: * Email should look like an email address." Whoops.

Obligatory: http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/09/you-suck.html

Re: HN Hackers: Add Yourself

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Post by jeromec » Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 3:45 PM UTC

I have to say I'm impressed with the turnaround time to have hnhackers.com up rbitar. Sure it's a simple straightforward site, but it looks good. The original link was posted less than 24 hours ago. The domain name shouldn't have even propagated that fast lol.

Re: HN Hackers: Add Yourself

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Post by Spikefu » Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 3:51 PM UTC

I like the idea of the site, but it should be opt out by default for anything you scraped from the spreadsheet. Once someone claims their password, they can decide what info to display if any.

Scraping user data from one site and putting it up on your own without their permission is not cool IMO.

I agree with the negative comments about the $100/hr+ subtitle. Apart from the implicit elitism, it isn't even true for a lot of the people in the original spreadsheet.

Also, as has been mentioned in other comments, the reclaim password functionality is broken, so I have no idea what I can or can't edit on my profile.

Re: HN Hackers: Add Yourself

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Post by peterbraden » Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 3:53 PM UTC

_ivan wrote: post #13

Please always send me my password in plain text for the first time after registration.

Just to clarify - I'm assuming this is sarcasm. Don't want to risk someone taking this as a good thing.

Re: HN Hackers: Add Yourself

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Post by mmelin » Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 4:02 PM UTC

markmywords wrote: post #12

mmelin wrote: post #3

So how can I claim my profile on this site?

You can reclaim your account by clicking the "Lost password?" link, I guess.

Yup, that worked. Lost password, enter the email you entered in the spreadsheet, boom.

Re: HN Hackers: Add Yourself

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Post by rbitar » Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 5:33 PM UTC

moomerman wrote: post #8

Please don't send my password in plain text via email

I'll get rid of that asap. I hate that too -- I think its default in rails acts_as_authenticated plugin and I missed it.