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Re: Show HN: Kvak.io – Online Notepad

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Post by monkeydust »

This could be handy when you post on a forum or underneath a new article. Sometimes you want to go into more depth but technically limited on space or frankly it would be too much. You could have a link to note for those that wanted to read more. Would like it if I could host on my server, and had markdown (as said) plus some basic tracking info - # clicks etc.

Re: Show HN: Kvak.io – Online Notepad

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Post by tobeagram »

stevekemp wrote: post #8
tomw1808 wrote: post #6

I like the unintrusive UI, but what I would really like is markdown support. I am not sure if that fits _your_ initial idea, but I'm a tech person, so, for me that's a must. Also, add https, because google will punish you. Otherwise, well done.

I created https://markdownshare.com/ to allow anybody to create/share/render markdown. Unfortunately these kind of sites are an abuse magnet, so it is in the process of being retired. I think any sustainable site/service like this has to be self-hosted, or come with a subscription. Because otherwise dealing with all the bots, spam-submissions, and other abuse is just too depressing.

MarkdownShare looks like a pretty neat service, I'm sorry to hear that people took advantage of it!

Interesting that you mention a subscription service would more sustainable. I'm actually building a markdown note-taking app [1], that is based around a note-card format. We are currently developing a way to share a markdown card with a secure link.

[1] https://supernotes.app

Re: Show HN: Kvak.io – Online Notepad

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Post by tealpod »

stevekemp wrote: post #8
tomw1808 wrote: post #6

I like the unintrusive UI, but what I would really like is markdown support. I am not sure if that fits _your_ initial idea, but I'm a tech person, so, for me that's a must. Also, add https, because google will punish you. Otherwise, well done.

I created https://markdownshare.com/ to allow anybody to create/share/render markdown. Unfortunately these kind of sites are an abuse magnet, so it is in the process of being retired. I think any sustainable site/service like this has to be self-hosted, or come with a subscription. Because otherwise dealing with all the bots, spam-submissions, and other abuse is just too depressing.

I know exactly what you mean. I made https://Write.wtf majority of it is just junk.

Re: Show HN: Kvak.io – Online Notepad

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Post by putsjoe »

stevekemp wrote: post #8
tomw1808 wrote: post #6

I like the unintrusive UI, but what I would really like is markdown support. I am not sure if that fits _your_ initial idea, but I'm a tech person, so, for me that's a must. Also, add https, because google will punish you. Otherwise, well done.

I created https://markdownshare.com/ to allow anybody to create/share/render markdown. Unfortunately these kind of sites are an abuse magnet, so it is in the process of being retired. I think any sustainable site/service like this has to be self-hosted, or come with a subscription. Because otherwise dealing with all the bots, spam-submissions, and other abuse is just too depressing.

Would a captcha have helped?

Re: Show HN: Kvak.io – Online Notepad

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Post by stevekemp »

putsjoe wrote: post #17
stevekemp wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I created https://markdownshare.com/ to allow anybody to create/share/render markdown. Unfortunately these kind of sites are an abuse magnet, so it is in the process of being retired. I think any sustainable site/service like this has to be self-hosted, or come with a subscription. Because otherwise dealing with all the bots, spam-submissions, and other abuse is just too depressing.

Would a captcha have helped?

I suspect it would have helped initially, but then it becomes an arms-race.
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