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Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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I don't see why you had to name 4chan into this. They have done nice things as well, like http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/2148248/4chan-Gives-...

Because 4chan is the worst place on the internet!!!!!!!!!

I was about to produce a counter argument before I saw who the author of that comment was.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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I clicked on FAQ hoping to learn a bit about how featured favors are selected, what principles inform the selection process (Christian charity as the Mother Theresa quote suggests, or something else?), and what level of vetting goes into it (e.g., in the current case, did you make some calls to find out whether the person really is ill?). Needless to say, I came up short. I think I'm not the only one who'll want to k…

Good feedback - thanks. I was hoping that by posting to HN I could fill out the FAQ with questions that people may have. I will update the FAQ this week.

p.s. the current favor is for my wife

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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I don't like it. We have many places (Twitter, Reddit etc.) to ask about such things. I doubt someone will enter this website only to help someone. Also I can't find any information how you will select favors.

The only thing I like about this project is clean design.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see why you had to name 4chan into this. They have done nice things as well, like http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/2148248/4chan-Gives-...

Because 4chan is the worst place on the internet!!!!!!!!!

I love /b/ but it does kill my productivity like no other.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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> [231 points] Show /hn/: I ripped off an existing product and added Bootstrap to it. Edit: that is from "What 4chan thinks about HN": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6747373

I don't think this is constructive, and I feel others would agree with me. Regardless of your sentiment, the OP worked to create this. Please provide helpful criticism instead of decrying supposed pitfalls in HN. We already have enough snark; besides, every community has its own issues.

Take no offense. I'd just like to imagine that HN will remain constructive and helpful to our community.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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Side thought: nice domain. Registered since 2007, but you were keeping it in case you had a nice idea to use with?

I'd like to hear how you got this domain as well.

I tried to bid for 'bt.io' due to my name sharing the initialism; that thing wound up going for quite a bit. You're probably sitting on a goldmine here, OP.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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I clicked on FAQ hoping to learn a bit about how featured favors are selected, what principles inform the selection process (Christian charity as the Mother Theresa quote suggests, or something else?), and what level of vetting goes into it (e.g., in the current case, did you make some calls to find out whether the person really is ill?). Needless to say, I came up short. I think I'm not the only one who'll want to k…

Good feedback - thanks. I was hoping that by posting to HN I could fill out the FAQ with questions that people may have. I will update the FAQ this week. p.s. the current favor is for my wife

I also think it would be nice to have a search/browse page to see more than one favor. I looked for such a feature and of course didn't see it. That way if the current favor isn't my cup of tea, I might find something else that is.

Re: Show HN: My new project - ask.io

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I clicked on FAQ hoping to learn a bit about how featured favors are selected, what principles inform the selection process (Christian charity as the Mother Theresa quote suggests, or something else?), and what level of vetting goes into it (e.g., in the current case, did you make some calls to find out whether the person really is ill?). Needless to say, I came up short. I think I'm not the only one who'll want to k…

Good feedback - thanks. I was hoping that by posting to HN I could fill out the FAQ with questions that people may have. I will update the FAQ this week. p.s. the current favor is for my wife

I hope your wife gets better soon! When is her birthday? It would be awesome if she could get her cards exactly on her birthday
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