Show HN: Podflix – Like Netflix for Podcasts

Post by chrisweekly » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 3:34 PM UTC

bastijn wrote: post #110

toyg wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's a bit cruel to compare multi-billion-dollar businesses with a lone guy doing his thing. None of those services started small. It's a fact that there isn't yet a good recommendation engine for podcasts out there. There are tons of clients relying on a few (relatively dumb) directories. The first service that can crack that particular nut, could easily become a lifestyle business or even get acquired. Not…

I'm not criticizing the current state. Sorry if it felt that way. I'm suggesting to change the communication of what the product is about and have a good thought about what is the USP of the product. This is why I said that there may be a product but the way it is brought now is not what triggers me to use it or feel I need it. Maybe suggestion is enough to build a product around, who knows, but right now I came in e…

Post by shrikar » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 3:37 PM UTC

bdcravens wrote: post #107

If you're going to appear to change state, save state. Nifty on the fly search is nifty I suppose, but when I click through, then use back arrow, you shouldn't take me to beginning, losing all of my search results. Stop breaking the browser people. (this is as much a rant about this same pattern I've seen elsewhere as it is a knock against your site)

Post by garysieling » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 3:51 PM UTC

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.

Post by jonnytran » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 4:15 PM UTC

Post by shrikar » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 4:48 PM UTC

bdcravens wrote: post #109

yakk0 wrote: post #88

The search is horrible. I searched for my podcast by keyword and by name, as well as some other podcasts I listen to and none came up even related to any of the shows I was looking for.

Yeah, I searched "Ruby" - got almost a full page of results for random podcasts (perhaps they had a guest named Ruby at some point?) until I saw an actual podcast about Ruby. "Docker" - 1 result, about a personal brand podcast From a quick inspect, looks to be just a SPA sending all search through Algolia, as opposed to a search geared toward podcasts specifically. (my understanding is that you can customize the inde…