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Re: Hacker news directory - find hackers at your school

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Post by jmtame »

mnemonik wrote: post #17

Hmmmm. I entered my email and hit create account, got the email with my password, and tried to login but it says the username/password do not match. Looks like a cool idea though, I would like to be able to sign up.

it appears i have more than a few bugs with this, as some of the user passwords are mysteriously resetting =[ i'm going to add a reset pass function, and try to understand what's going on. i probably posted this on yc news a bit too early, as i have a proficiency exam monday that i still have to study for and haven't bug-tested this thoroughly. ack

edit> there is a reset pass function on the login page, but i need to track down this mysterious bug.

Re: Hacker news directory - find hackers at your school

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Post by coffeemug »

jmtame wrote: post #22
nolanbrown23 wrote: post #18

I tried to add my school, but it says my school already exists. On the main page, my school isn't listed and there is no "+Join" link on any of the schools. WTF?

what schools are you trying to join? (feel free to reach me at jtame2@illinois.edu)

My email is slava [at] cs.sunysb.edu

Re: Hacker news directory - find hackers at your school

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Post by pclark »

thorax wrote: post #8
pclark wrote: post #2

right now, access is limited to users who have .edu accounts only. please sign up by clicking "login" above. glad there aren't hackers outside US schools.

I guess we'll have to start one for people who aren't in school?

yarp. We need a hacker news wiki!

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Post by [deleted] »

silencio wrote: post #25
paulgb wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately, not all countries have a standard TLD for schools. I think the only way around it is with a whitelist of domains, but I'm not sure where the list would come from. Maybe someone has created it already? Either that, or use the facebook API.

Even facebook in the beginning took that approach by limiting the schools you could sign up for.

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Re: Hacker news directory - find hackers at your school

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Post by breck »

raffi wrote: post #12

I really like this, so here are my suggestions: 1. When a user joins, if their email address doesn't match an existing school, immediately prompt them for what their school is. It took me some head scratching to realize I had to add my school. 2. When I try to join a school, don't give me an error saying "fill out your profile first", let me fill out the profile at that time and show my school as selected. This part…

Awesome feature! I wish I had it while I was at school. Probably would have made some great connections. It would be great if someone could add this functionality to the core site. Maybe someone who's name starts with P and ends with aul?

Re: Hacker news directory - find hackers at your school

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Post by jmtame »

raffi wrote: post #12

I really like this, so here are my suggestions: 1. When a user joins, if their email address doesn't match an existing school, immediately prompt them for what their school is. It took me some head scratching to realize I had to add my school. 2. When I try to join a school, don't give me an error saying "fill out your profile first", let me fill out the profile at that time and show my school as selected. This part…

all very good suggestions. i can probably implement this mid next week (we really, really like homework at illinois.edu).

on a side note, if any fellow hackers want to help me with this project, shoot me an e-mail (jtame2@illinois.edu). cheers.

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