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

#51

It sounds interesting, however the dependency on Facebook makes me not want to even try it. What about it requires Facebook integration?

We just needed it for faster integration. And we want to steal market share from FB. :)

Heck, I don't even like using services with a Facebook button.

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

#53
post #50

Just FYI - site appears to be down at the moment. Overloaded? Confirmed by http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/trollblock.com

There have been intermittent issues. I was driving home from SWSJ and unable to deal with it for around an hour earlier this evening. Trying to fix a few bugs in the code now.

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

#54
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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?

Well, I used redis to hold a few sets for each user. You can atomically add items to sets in redis. Mongodb doesn't support this functionality (AFAIK). MongoDB is great for dumping and retrieving lots of data and is more durable than redis. Haven't built a site using these tools before so has all been a learning experience.

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

#56

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.

Viable? Who knows. Hilarious? Yes! Now let us click through to peoples' profiles to view all their posts and it'll be awesome!

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

#58

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.

A social network that bases itself on the idea that by default you're "friends" with everybody should not have any barrier to entry, by the basic philosophy of the thing.

If I can't see why I might want to join without joining, I'm not going to join, plain and simple.

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

#59
post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

not sure if they implemented this in this mv?p but there is a trivial and at the same time incredibly unused solution: just add a checkbox "post anonimously" next to every interaction form.
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