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Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

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Post by notatoad »

Finbarr wrote: post #3

We built this during Startup Weekend San Jose this weekend. It's built on node.js, socket.io, mongodb, redis and knockoutjs on the front end. Check it out - social networking in reverse!

mongo and redis - aren't both of those designed to serve basically the same purpose? why both?

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

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Post by Urgo »

fragsworth wrote: post #30

I don't know about others, but anything that requires me to log in with Facebook ends up stopping me from using it because I don't want all my contacts to see that I signed up for it.

I agree 100%. I was going to give it a shot but I won't use anything that requires a facebook login either.

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

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Post by dlevine »

I was thinking that this was going to be a filter on HN that blocked the comments by people you didn't like. That would be kind of a cool project. Basically, you could click "hide" and no longer see comments by a particular person. Over time, it could use clustering and machine learning to decide which comments you should see.

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

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Post by cwilson »

This is a case where using Bootstrap didn't help them with having a clean design out of the gate.

I like the idea, but there is pretty much no way I'm going to authenticate with Facebook, simply because it looks so unprofessional and ugly.

A few simple changes, like not using the purple on grey, not using the color pink at all (there are lots of sites that will help you generate a good color pallet), and being more consistent with your padding between rows, would go a long way.

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

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Post by gm »

bretthardin wrote: post #33
fragsworth wrote: post #30

I don't know about others, but anything that requires me to log in with Facebook ends up stopping me from using it because I don't want all my contacts to see that I signed up for it.

fragsworth. We will implement other logins soon. This was just an MVP and we wanted to have something "in the real world" to avoid people posting racist items.

I think you forgot the "V" in MVP... If we are free to be assholes in the social network and say what we really think ('cuz we are all assholes deep inside :-) ), the very last thing I want to do is tie it to my real-life account on FB.

Easy for you guys to implement, yes. "Viable"? I think not.

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

#46

Post by plasma »

fragsworth wrote: post #30

I don't know about others, but anything that requires me to log in with Facebook ends up stopping me from using it because I don't want all my contacts to see that I signed up for it.

I don't want Facebook knowing I used this, or anyone else, or anything. Just no.

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

#47

Post by _delirium »

dlevine wrote: post #43

I was thinking that this was going to be a filter on HN that blocked the comments by people you didn't like. That would be kind of a cool project. Basically, you could click "hide" and no longer see comments by a particular person. Over time, it could use clustering and machine learning to decide which comments you should see.

someday I hope the progress of technology will bring us back up to the level of 1980s killfiles ;-)

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

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Post by Finbarr »

cwilson wrote: post #44

This is a case where using Bootstrap didn't help them with having a clean design out of the gate. I like the idea, but there is pretty much no way I'm going to authenticate with Facebook, simply because it looks so unprofessional and ugly. A few simple changes, like not using the purple on grey, not using the color pink at all (there are lots of sites that will help you generate a good color pallet), and being more c…

I'm afraid designers were few and far between at the SWSJ event and we didn't have one on the team.

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

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Post by codingstaff »

Guys, don't listent to wrong feedback coming out of... whatever. Trollblock is an awesome resource for trolling and you should stick to that idea. Comments should be hella funny and yeah, keep the facebook login. Otherwise u'll have a bunch of weirdo nazis screaming out loud. Cool stuff!
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