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Re: Show HN: Podflix – Like Netflix for Podcasts

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Post by supernovae »

Make a PWA webapp of this available on the Windows store, you will find a niche to fill devoid of good podcast apps. Make service workers that allow for download/offline sync and i think you will do well. Obviously put it on ios/android as well but i think you'd find a good home with your simple design on ms store. Announce your app on neowin, mspoweruser and such too.

Re: Show HN: Podflix – Like Netflix for Podcasts

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Post by dguo »

gitgud wrote: post #75
JustSomeNobody wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it is laid out in titled rows like Netflix is. /s An aside: I really wish we could find another word for "best". So tired of seeing that all over the web. Oh, and "modern" also, but at least I don't see that here.

Side note: Is the '/s' from the comment above a sarcasm directive?

Yes. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation

Re: Show HN: Podflix – Like Netflix for Podcasts

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Post by shrikar »

donohoe wrote: post #80

The lack of Categories beyond whats on the main page is the big issue I have. I want to find podcasts for my kids and there is no way to do that other than search - but that returns mostly adult podcasts ('how to talk to your kid about x', 'financial planning for expectant parents' kind of stuff) That said, I'll check back later in the hopes that this improves over time. A great start!

Hi Donohoe, If you click on any podcasts you can see a bunch of tags. Those are all clickable categories. If you provide me an email I can email you once I add kids related topics

Re: Show HN: Podflix – Like Netflix for Podcasts

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Post by shrikar »

jordache wrote: post #78

one big flaw. The first page thumbnails do not re-appear with a summary text when I click View More. It seems like the View More view shows podcasts there were not amongst the first page's thumnails. What if I want to read a summary about one of those first page podcasts?

Hi Jordache, Just a quick tip all the images are clickable on the front page so you could just use that to go to the page. However, I agree it might not be a good user experience. Will fix it soon.

Re: Show HN: Podflix – Like Netflix for Podcasts

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Post by shrikar »

brujoand wrote: post #64

What I don't like about these "discovery" apps in general, is that they tend to show you the best of "topic x" based on some algorithm. The algorithm is usually using some type of user provided data. But they usually fail to take into account my level of knowledge about this topic. So I end up only finding good podcasts in the form "topic x for people who have no idea how x works". I want the opposite.

Hey Brujoand, I will be adding people who listened to this also listen to type of recommendations very soon.

Re: Show HN: Podflix – Like Netflix for Podcasts

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Post by shrikar »

majewsky wrote: post #83
jordache wrote: post #77

what index are you using? I can't find my favorite podcasts

Same for me. Of course the first thing I did was searching for my own podcast. :) Looks like I didn't list it in all the directories yet.

Sorry guys I am indexing content slowly. If you can provide me the name of the podcast I can index immediately. Also, will be providing feature to submit podcasts on the site
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