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Re: Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

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Post by jscott313 »

kobble wrote: post #146
jscott313 wrote: post #138

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It really sounds like the creators of the app didn't know that anyone could read the Gists...

Please read the comments above about the multiple ways that Kobble can be used. Our use of gists for openly sharing content was entirely intentional.

Having read through the information on your site now it's been updated, it's much clearer than it was before. I feel like it should have been closer to this before submitting to HN, but the changes ("Gists are not private, and are suitable for content that you want to share", "control" rather than "own") are definitely a step in the right direction.

Re: Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

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Post by kobble »

jscott313 wrote: post #151
kobble wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please read the comments above about the multiple ways that Kobble can be used. Our use of gists for openly sharing content was entirely intentional.

Having read through the information on your site now it's been updated, it's much clearer than it was before. I feel like it should have been closer to this before submitting to HN, but the changes ("Gists are not private, and are suitable for content that you want to share", "control" rather than "own") are definitely a step in the right direction.

Cheers! We're grateful for all the comments.

Re: Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

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Post by kobble »

stevejackson wrote: post #120
ytjohn wrote: post #105

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Oh wow. Look at that. https://gist.github.com/kobble-git/87ea625d421177f9e9307c6ce... And each fork is a link to a secret gist.

This isn't directly obvious, so I'll clarify. Anyone who has used this app - all of your notes are publicly available by following the link above. Everyone - revoke access to the app and manually delete all the gists it created in your account. To view anyone's notes, all you have to do is visit https://gist.github.com/kobble-git/87ea625d421177f9e9307c6ce... , click anyone's "View fork", then follow the trail of gist…

Please read the comments above about the various uses of Kobble. Gists are for public use and sharing. Private repos are coming very soon for other use cases.

Re: Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

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Post by kobble »

jmcdiesel wrote: post #115
kobble wrote: post #37

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That's precisely why we use GitHub. It's unlikely to be gone tomorrow. No data is stored on our servers. In fact, we don't even see it. The data is transferred directly from your browser to GitHub.

https://gist.github.com/kobble-git/87ea625d421177f9e9307c6ce... If you think that is ok, you're insane.

I'm one of the Kobble devs. Please read the comments above about sharing the various ways Kobble can be used. Gists are for the case where you want to share data openly. We will have support for private repos shortly for other use cases.

Re: Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

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Post by kobble »

detaro wrote: post #133
kobble wrote: post #127

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I think we assumed that GitHub users would know that gists are not private. We added a clarification to the onboard slideshow. Support for public and private repos is coming, via GitHub Integrations.

People probably would expect private gists to be reasonably private. They normally are, if you don't publish a global index of them... This is not users misunderstanding how gists work.

We are trying to clarify the multiple ways Kobble can be used. Gists are for public data that you want to share. Private repos (coming soon) are for private data. I think the intros on the web make this clearer now.

Re: Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

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Post by kobble »

zjs wrote: post #118
ytjohn wrote: post #105

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Oh wow. Look at that. https://gist.github.com/kobble-git/87ea625d421177f9e9307c6ce... And each fork is a link to a secret gist.

Ouch. It does seem as if anyone can view any users' content this way.

I'm one of the Kobble devs. This is intentional. Please read the comments above about public and private use of Kobble. The intros on the web have been clarified also.

Re: Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

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Post by jmcdiesel »

kobble wrote: post #154
jmcdiesel wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://gist.github.com/kobble-git/87ea625d421177f9e9307c6ce... If you think that is ok, you're insane.

I'm one of the Kobble devs. Please read the comments above about sharing the various ways Kobble can be used. Gists are for the case where you want to share data openly. We will have support for private repos shortly for other use cases.

That being the case, its not made clear that everyone who uses that feature will be identified in a very public manner...

Re: Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

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Post by kobble »

abrussak wrote: post #90

I think I'm able to view all other gists. If I open the Gist on https://gist.github.com/ then go to the original gist at 'kobble-git/channel-groups.json' I can navigate to all the forks and see data for other users.

I'd just like to announce public and private repo support in Kobble. All data is now stored in a public or private repo, depending on how you log in.

Re: Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

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Post by kobble »

Graphon1 wrote: post #102
kobble wrote: post #37

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That's precisely why we use GitHub. It's unlikely to be gone tomorrow. No data is stored on our servers. In fact, we don't even see it. The data is transferred directly from your browser to GitHub.

Weird that everything is saved as a gist. I feel like it would make more sense to store them in one repo. I went looking for the notes I created in github, and found a bunch of flat gists. ??

Public and private repos are now available in Kobble!
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