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Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
- eddd 10y agoHow did you implement scoring system? Is it simple: select max(score) from casts where submit_time > NOW - 7days; or something more sophisticated https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm-works-1d9b0cf2c08d https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking... ?
- podcastrank 10y agoit's indeed ordered by score, nothing fancy
- podcastrank 10y agosimple podcast discovery and upvoting
- pipu 10y agoVery nice.
- bananaoomarang 10y agoThis is a great idea. I wonder whether you could do the same for TV/movies currently on catch-up/streaming.
- thomasahle 10y agoI wonder if movies and certainly TV series are too much of a time involvment to get a good ranking. What about music?
- largehotcoffee 10y agoWhy?
- hammerha 10y agoWhy not?
- raulk 10y agoThis is awesome! I'm an avid listener of podcasts, because I can learn stuff, listen to great people and interviews, broaden my ideas... All during what would otherwise be downtime (walking the dog, grocery shopping, driving, etc.) There are some podcasts which I consider vital, but for most I don't care about the podcast itself but for the content of a given episode. This app is awesome because it detaches content from podcast and helps discover cool episodes. Wish you lots of luck!
- podcastrank 10y agothanks!
- ekianjo 10y agoNice project but hacker news is far more than just upvoting and commenting on items. Its the community here that makes it different.
- gus_massa 10y agoI agree. There are a lot of thing that are important, it's not only a simple UI. On important part is the moderation to keep the discussion civil and measures against spam and voting rings. This is invisible and sometimes difficult to spot, most people just notice only the good quality of the discussion. Another important point is the community. It's important to attract and keep a good and wide community. For most topics, you'll find here one or two experts that can comment to counter balance the hype of the article and answer the unclear details. Sometimes the comments are better than the article.
- thevibesman 10y ago> Sometimes the comments are better than the article. Yup, and the first few weeks when I first discovered HackerNews from Google search results a number of years ago, if it wasn't an "Ask HN" I'll admit I didn't know there was an article -- the comments were good enough not to miss it!
- raulk 10y agoI'd buy you a beer if you could find a way to open the podcast episode directly on Podcast Addict and other apps when you click on it.
- raulk 10y agoAh, found a way! If you click on Download in the Podbay page, Podcast Addict recognises the file and allows you to open it.
- prawn 10y agoMaybe change "0 comments" to something like "Start a discussion" when there are no comments. Makes it seem like a graveyard when they're all empty.
- podcastrank 10y agodone;)
- jingwen 10y agoI really like this. How does one go about learning more about improvements like these?
- jchendy 10y agoYou're not going to find a list of these types of improvements that will apply directly to what you're working on, but any intro to UX book should help you get into the right mindset to identify them on your own. Design of Everyday Things is a good start for somebody with no knowledge at all of UX.
- patrickmclaren 10y agoTry thinking a long the lines of "get the ball rolling", when designing interfaces where some regions must start from a blank slate, e.g. use placeholders, prompts, etc.
- drumdance 10y agoIn my experience even seasoned designers do a poor job of this. They show you comps of with the perfect set up -- everything populated, beautiful photos uploaded by the user that are perfectly square, 100 comments on very post (or whatever the analog is for your app). I've gotten a lot more insistent that designers show me "empty" designs where the user has just signed up and various corner cases like a photo that is really tall.
- JMiao 10y agoYou just have to pay attention...look at the site you're posting on! hn says "discuss" instead of zero comments.
- Mellowcandle 10y agoI'm not sure if it's intentional, but you can up vote your own posts...
- dumbguy 10y agoAwesome, though I'd love to see a line or two under the title with the show notes (if they have them embedded). For those not already knowing about the hilarious podcast, The title is precious little to go on.
- elcapitan 10y agoFirst impression (Macbook Air 11"): 2/3 of the page are header and filters, I can view only 2 posts at first glance. That's pretty different from the functional design of HN.
- guy_c 10y agoYep that stood out to me too http://postimg.org/image/kho7l7pyl/ http://postimg.org/image/kho7l7pyl/
- empressplay 10y agoYou should scrape Reddit eg https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/4e9idv/weekly_podcast_post_submit_your_links_here/ https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/4e9idv/weekly_pod...
- smegel 10y agoNo offence, but this seems like it would be better as a Reddit sub. Not everything needs to be the HN of something.
- jchendy 10y agoI had the same thought. Are there any advantages to the user in having it be a separate site?
- podcastrank 10y agoso much more possibilities with a dedicated platform including the tags/filtering, favorites, recommendations etc
- charlieegan3 10y agoGetting 500 errors on podcast comment/show pages. I get the idea though, I'm just not sure this is the best way to discover podcasts. To checkout a podcast takes quite a bit more time relative to a news article / blog post. I think that this has the same issues as https://www.producthunt.com/podcasts https://www.producthunt.com/podcasts, for me at least.
- podcastrank 10y agofixing some stuff, thanks for the feedback!
- pablosanta 10y agoI could really use something like this. It's a recurring problem I have: finding interesting podcast material to listen to while working out. Podcast suggestions should remain on the front page longer than articles do in HN though. Since listening to a podcast is way more time consuming than reading an article. Thanks for sharing!
- podcastrank 10y agoI agree! that's why I included the other filters as well. A good podcast is still valuable a long time after creation/recording, unlike a news article..
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- ehsanu1 10y agoAudiobooks work for me.
- mkagenius 10y agohow do you know if its podcast or just an article?
- neurobuddha 10y agoI'd start submitting your site to different subreddits to ensure a diverse selection in your listings. Hold off on submitting to Designer News though, until you improve the site UX. As it is now, they will completely ignore it. Still, it looks like you're off to a good start!
- podcastrank 10y agothanks for the feedback, what aspects of the UX need improvement right now? Mobile?
- neurobuddha 10y agoI'd give it a more professional look. Branding can go a long way here.
- harwoodleon 10y agoI like this, but I think it needs a little more emphasis on the UX of what you are going to listen to and for how long. Perhaps even embed the player under the link? How about a play count as a measure of popularity instead of just discussions? HN works because it abstracts user behaviour to a points score.
- zegerjan 10y agoMaybe add a date in the index view when stuff was posted?
- kalari 10y agoGreat idea, and a good start on implementation.
- maximegarcia 10y agoNice. Always looking for discovering new podcast. Having the duration of the podcast would be handy.
- bossx 10y agoNice idea, minor feedback: it would be nice if the page didn't scroll up when you select categories/filters (using mobile Chrome).
- studentrob 10y agoHas anyone else tuned in to Chris Gethard? His podcast "Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People" is great. It's like an evolution of "This American Life". Unedited, one hour discussions with random people, and Chris is a really good interviewer of random people. My favorite is his interview with " Ron Paul's baby" [1]. If you can get to the part where he starts talking about a carnival baby (15 or 30 mins in), it is hilarious from there forward. [1] http://www.earwolf.com/episode/ron-pauls-baby/ http://www.earwolf.com/episode/ron-pauls-baby/
- nfd 10y agoThat's a new favorite of mine.
- giancarlostoro 10y agoThe site is a bit odd without JavaScript enabled (I have noscript) all the arrows don't work. Not a big deal for me I can just enable it back, but for others it might be. SVG's could be used instead of fonts for icons.
- redRanger72 10y agoAwesome site :) I get most of my HN info through the JSON feed. It might be something to implement in the future - I'd be delighted to add it to my script.
- kobekoto 10y agoSuper useful. Thanks.
- briancl 10y agoWhat about adding additional tags or attributes so we can filter by length of time, date published (vs date submitted to your site), publisher (npr, radiotopia, etc), guests (i.e., i liked this guest on Marc Maron's podcast, where else can I find him?), or sub-genre (i like true crime podcasts and sometimes I get that on Criminal, sometimes I get that on This American Life)
- podcastrank 10y agogood suggestions, I'll think about implementing some of these!
- mblumberg 10y agoTotally agree, length would be hugely useful so you know what you're getting into! :)
- ajackfox 10y agoI've been looking for something like this--podcast discovery is severely lacking right now(or I don't know where to look!). Excited to try this out--thanks! I'll be sure to get to send you some feedback once I've used it for a while. :)
- tedmiston 10y agoI love that it's by episode and not the entire show. While I don't know that I'd be a regular user or start discussions (I usually listen to episodes weeks after they come out), it's a cool tool for episode discovery.
- jere 10y agoVery cool idea. I often struggle to think of a podcast when I really need one. One of the challenges here is that, apparently, podcasts don't have very descriptive names. Maybe it's because HN has the same regular topics floating through, but I feel like I get a lot more of a preview from titles on HN than I do by things like... "The Archers" "Hello Internet #60: The Beautiful Game" "Harmontown" I suppose there's an expectation that podcasts don't need explanatory names because, well, they're not always about a specific thing and because they're expecting regular listeners to tune in. Perhaps find a way to automatically include the description of the podcast itself and/or encourage users to do the same manually?
- podcastrank 10y agothe description(if added) is now only shown on the detail / show page with the comments. I agree it could be added to the index page as well. Thanks!
- solipsism 10y agoI used to have this problem. It's solved 100% with a good podcasting app. You spend the time now and then to look for podcasts (not episodes) that might interest you. When you actually want to listen, they're already downloaded to your phone and ready to be browsed and listened to.
- spoinkaroo 10y agoWhat podcasting app do you use?
- davis 10y agoI use Overcast and it works really great for this. Right now I have a bunch of episodes queued up but I still can see the latest.
- gibsjose 10y agoGreat idea! What about allowing us to login with our existing HN accounts or perhaps Google accounts, etc. in addition to creating a new account?
- diimdeep 10y agoThis is neat idea, killer feature would be RSS for all sections, so we can subscribe to it in podcast app. Wow. Meta podcast, user aggregated.
- jobigoud 10y agoAn RSS feed would be killer indeed. Something like this maybe: anytime an entry pass a certain threshold of votes for the first time, add it to the feed. Each user can define the threshold in his account and get the feed from there.
- personlurking 10y agoI'm half-joking, but I could use a "not just two guys joking around" tag. There's so many podcasts out there where I check them out because the topic sounds interesting but most of the episode time is given to 'two guys joking around'.
- noahtkoch 10y ago100% agree. And not just "the two guys joking around tag" but the "we recorded this in one take and then published straight from garage band." That would be a significant improvement over the podcasts discovery tools inside of every podcasting app. That make it a lot easier for any of the new shows coming out that are trying to be like a Radiotopia or Gimlet style show, to be discovered.
- podcastrank 10y agoI agree, It's easy to waste a lot of time on these podcasts. I hope that over time with the voting, the best stuff rises to the top
- deftnerd 10y agoMight be enough to just tag certain podcasts as "amateur"
- drcode 10y agoI don't think that is such a great idea- Sometimes very professional people who are amateurs at audio production and amateurs at public speaking make awesome podcasts- The tag would need to be a lot more specific.
- JRutherford 10y agoAgree!! Mixergy does almost zero post production but has amazing content if you're in the startup space.
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- obeid 10y agoLogo proposal: Pᴚ Design suggestion: Lose the header
- stevetrewick 10y agoImmediately discovered at least a half dozen 'casts I was unaware of and will now listen to. Thank you! Weirdly fascinating to see BBC Radio 4's long running agricultural soap 'The Archers' on the list.
- MistahKoala 10y agoIt's halfway there for me - or at least, half of my expectations of what it would be. I was hoping it would be more along the lines of (or additionally) an HN for new podcasts. Over time, the front page will soon be a rotating list of the same selection of programmes, won't it?
- podcastrank 10y agothe front page is only for episodes submitted in the last week
- ben_jones 10y agoCool, I immediately registered and posted a link (The Ray Wenderlich podcast). Two suggestions though, iTunes, Google, etc. already have decently robust search around podcasts, do you have any plans to reach out to various dev communities (reddit, iOS, Rails, whatever) and getting them to come to you? And then I think the tag system is crucial, for instance tags can't be given a space and custom tags are much less likely to get lots of content then presets. Awesome project!
- podcastrank 10y agoI'm still working on the tag system but yes there could be lot's of different types of communities and podcasts. The challenge is to get the filtering and ux right!
- sergiotapia 10y agoi miss This Developer's Life. :( I wonder what happened to Rob Conery and Scott Hanselman that they decided to end it.
- wadewatts 10y agoThanks for sharing your work. Would you consider adding a "gaming" category? Can you change the subscription confirmation email subject to include your site's title? From "Confirmation instructions" to "PodcastRank Confirmation Instructions"? Looks great!
- podcastrank 10y agothanks for your feedback! will add those things
- op00to 10y agoWhat's the difference between business, entrepreneur, and startup? I'd love to see a productivity tag.
- magpi3 10y agoI think the large header takes up valuable screen space. The thin headers on Hacker News and Reddit are the right way to go IMO.
- podcastrank 10y agoI agree, the ui needs more work!
- alexandercrohde 10y agoUm, it's not fair to liken yourself to hacker news when you refuse to give me a podcast without entering my email. And appear to be full of ads. {Edit: Intensify discontent after trying to use)
- solipsism 10y agoI like this idea, but there's no interactivity (AFAICT) with my podcast app. I use the Pocket Casts app exclusively for all my podcast listening. I'd love if clicking one of these links could open the podcast in the app for me. I have no interest in browsing some podcaster's blog or listening through my browser. Obviously I could look up specific episodes in my app after seeing it on your site, but that's annoying enough that I don't think I would keep it up. An alternative idea is to build an app from this idea. I know that's a lot of work, but I might pay for that if it is a really good podcasting app. Look to Pocket Casts for inspiration.
- podcastrank 10y agothanks for the feedback, I'll have a look into integration with other services
- nefitty 10y agoAnyone ever consider an HN for email newsletters?
- pat_space 10y agoIf only each one had a play button....
- jv22222 10y agoAwesome job. It seems you're missing a trick by not adding a player directly on your site. No good reason to leave your site and listen to the podcast that is discovered. Also, you could have a url that would auto play the currently highest rated podcast: https://podcastrank.co/best https://podcastrank.co/best And also a radio version that cycled through the front page from top to bottom: https://podcastrank.co/radio https://podcastrank.co/radio
- podcastrank 10y agothanks for your suggestions! by adding the player you mean embedding if possible?
- vehementi 10y agoDoes anyone have an efficient way to consume podcasts? If I want to quickly read an article I can skim certain sections and skip others etc., but there is rarely such indexing for a podcast and I would have to skip forward, listen for a lot of seconds to get context before I know if it's somewhere to skip past or not.
- jhh 10y agosome podcasts have chapter marks. They allow you to do just that. Anyway, check it out. I use the Overcast podcast client (iOS), which supports this (among others). Some podcasts even provide full transcripts (e. g, Freakonomics). If the podcast provides neither of these then it's not feasible to skim it efficiently, in my opinion.
- vehementi 10y agoDoes anyone have an efficient way to consume podcasts? If I want to quickly read an article I can skim certain sections and skip others etc., but there is rarely such indexing for a podcast and I would have to skip forward, listen for a lot of seconds to get context before I know if it's somewhere to skip past or not.
- jmadsen 10y agoWhy is there no downvoting? Or do you feel your algorithm handles that? There was an episode of on podcast I listen to I thought was really poor, and would have voted down. left a comment instead
- podcastrank 10y agodownvoting will be added soon!
- qnnlu 10y agoNo RSS?
- metaos 10y agomake an RSS feed, please!
- derekja 10y agoNo science category?
- cagmz 10y agoCan you add a favicon? I bookmarked the site but the icon is blank.
- mcgrath_sh 10y agoThis looks really interesting. One thing I noticed is that you do not have a section for sports podcasts. Is that not your target demographic or just nothing was submitted in that area yet?
- TheLugal 10y agoI really like this idea. But I find it somewhat annoying that the "new" tab also sort by popularity. Shouldn't it only sort by posting date?