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So actually nobody bothered to Google for that ? https://www.google.com/search?q=user+counter https://www.google.com/search?q=user+counter brings many websites

by Gys 10y ago

So actually nobody bothered to Google for that ? https://www.google.com/search?q=user+counter https://www.google.com/search?q=user+counter brings many websites offering this in various fonts, sizes and colors. But then again, 'good' can be very subjective...

fredrivett 10y ago
There's nearly always existing solutions to problems. From my experience, if they're not well known enough, that's a good enough reason to build something. There's still space in that area. For us, this was just a fun hackathon over the weekend. But who knows where it will go, maybe we'll continue developing it out and it'll become something more. We'll see. You are right though! :)
- jtmarmon 10y ago
  i find it hard to believe google analytics is "not well known enough"...does this do something different?
  - fredrivett 10y ago
    This is a simple way to display the counter to your users. GA is for internal use, whereas this shows how popular your site is at any time.
colinbartlett 10y ago
It's very frustrating to me when people here take the time to build something and then solicit feedback from HN, only to have someone immediately post "That already exists". Sure, it can be nice to solicit explanations of differentiation from the OP to help understand the use cases, but these kind of sweeping comments aren't helpful to anyone.
- fredrivett 10y ago
  I think there's some value to see other options solving a similar problem, but I agree the "that already exists" mantra is pretty limited. For a long time we never shipped anything due to the need to try and make the next Facebook in one go. It crippled our creativity. These days we've learnt that it's ok to build and launch something that's been done before, the most important thing is learning to launch. For us we launched this to get back into the swing of launching stuff after a few months since our last launch. This is entirely an MVP, built and launched in under 15 hours total design/dev time. Thanks for taking the time to comment Colin.
- Gys 10y ago
  The OP explicitly says nobody could find a service like this. I was very surprised, did some research and responded to that. I think its always good to do some fact checking...
  - oneeyedpigeon 10y ago
    The trouble is, you didn't say any of that in your original comment, so it was easier to misunderstand your intentions than not. OP is probably aware of the alternatives, but somewhere along the line, none of them fulfil all their requirements.
dang 10y ago
> So actually nobody bothered to Google for that? Please don't be dismissive of new work on HN, especially in Show HNs: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html. People are allowed to make things even when other things like that already exist, and they're welcome to share them here. The spirit of Show HN is "hey, I made this," not, "I declare a claim to priority". A better way to post a comment like this would be to mention specific other projects in the space and ask how this one differs.

by Gys 10y ago

fredrivett 10y ago

There's nearly always existing solutions to problems. From my experience, if they're not well known enough, that's a good enough reason to build something. There's still space in that area. For us, this was just a fun hackathon over the weekend. But who knows where it will go, maybe we'll continue developing it out and it'll become something more. We'll see. You are right though! :)

jtmarmon 10y ago
i find it hard to believe google analytics is "not well known enough"...does this do something different?
- fredrivett 10y ago
  This is a simple way to display the counter to your users. GA is for internal use, whereas this shows how popular your site is at any time.

colinbartlett 10y ago

It's very frustrating to me when people here take the time to build something and then solicit feedback from HN, only to have someone immediately post "That already exists". Sure, it can be nice to solicit explanations of differentiation from the OP to help understand the use cases, but these kind of sweeping comments aren't helpful to anyone.

fredrivett 10y ago
I think there's some value to see other options solving a similar problem, but I agree the "that already exists" mantra is pretty limited. For a long time we never shipped anything due to the need to try and make the next Facebook in one go. It crippled our creativity. These days we've learnt that it's ok to build and launch something that's been done before, the most important thing is learning to launch. For us we launched this to get back into the swing of launching stuff after a few months since our last launch. This is entirely an MVP, built and launched in under 15 hours total design/dev time. Thanks for taking the time to comment Colin.
Gys 10y ago
The OP explicitly says nobody could find a service like this. I was very surprised, did some research and responded to that. I think its always good to do some fact checking...
- oneeyedpigeon 10y ago
  The trouble is, you didn't say any of that in your original comment, so it was easier to misunderstand your intentions than not. OP is probably aware of the alternatives, but somewhere along the line, none of them fulfil all their requirements.

dang 10y ago

> So actually nobody bothered to Google for that? Please don't be dismissive of new work on HN, especially in Show HNs: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html. People are allowed to make things even when other things like that already exist, and they're welcome to share them here. The spirit of Show HN is "hey, I made this," not, "I declare a claim to priority". A better way to post a comment like this would be to mention specific other projects in the space and ask how this one differs.