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Show HN: Bookmark and Annotate Webpages with Others

23 points by bulavard 10y ago

jlg23 10y ago
This looks amazing (concept, not UI/site which I could not test due to signup requirements) - I had this idea for years but, of course, never got around to implement this. Now give me this as a self-hosted solution that is not phoning home and I could see many organizations using it.
- siculars 10y ago
  Would you like some fries with that?
  - jlg23 10y ago
    I don't understand your comment. I've been part of various privacy and drug policy groups and we regularly share comments/annotations on sites in private databases. I can imagine that others want the same - let it be hackers, scientists, bizdev folks in a company or just a group of friends who want to debate a topic. I just don't want this information to be stored "somewhere else" because I don't want to be denied entry to a country just because my opinions are not what oppressive governments don't like.
Mahn 10y ago
Sounds interesting but definitely needs some tour, demo, screenshots, or something to get a basic idea of what to expect beforehand.
nhaliday 10y ago
There's some prior work in this area: https://hypothes.is/ https://hypothes.is/ Very functional, but I stick to private annotations and haven't noticed very many by others. They're also entirely open-source and there are components isolated for those who want to embed a custom instance in their website.
- johansch 10y ago
  Here's some more prior work in this area: http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q2/0416.html http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q2/0416.ht...
dotcoma 10y ago
Give Facebook your bookmarks, too! ;-)
chdir 10y ago
I've used various bookmarking / annotation services for the past 7-8 years, some as bookmarklets, others as extensions. None of them ever evolved into a great community. What's different about this one ? It looks like an MVP but without a mention of how it stands out. Here are a few from the endless list ... https://www.diigo.com/ https://www.diigo.com/ https://hypothes.is/ https://hypothes.is/ http://annotateit.org/ http://annotateit.org/ https://annotary.com/ https://annotary.com/ https://www.scrible.com/ https://www.scrible.com/ http://genius.com/web-annotator http://genius.com/web-annotator
exodust 10y ago
The irony of needing a Facebook account to use a web annotation service... It needs some other way to sign in/up. I recently started using Pinboard after hearing the praise for its no-nonsense simplicity and impressive functionality. Couldn't be happier. Sure it's a paid service, but it just does what it does without trying to be too cool for school: pinboard.in/tour/

23 points by bulavard 10y ago

jlg23 10y ago

This looks amazing (concept, not UI/site which I could not test due to signup requirements) - I had this idea for years but, of course, never got around to implement this. Now give me this as a self-hosted solution that is not phoning home and I could see many organizations using it.

siculars 10y ago
Would you like some fries with that?
- jlg23 10y ago
  I don't understand your comment. I've been part of various privacy and drug policy groups and we regularly share comments/annotations on sites in private databases. I can imagine that others want the same - let it be hackers, scientists, bizdev folks in a company or just a group of friends who want to debate a topic. I just don't want this information to be stored "somewhere else" because I don't want to be denied entry to a country just because my opinions are not what oppressive governments don't like.

Mahn 10y ago

Sounds interesting but definitely needs some tour, demo, screenshots, or something to get a basic idea of what to expect beforehand.

nhaliday 10y ago

There's some prior work in this area: https://hypothes.is/ https://hypothes.is/ Very functional, but I stick to private annotations and haven't noticed very many by others. They're also entirely open-source and there are components isolated for those who want to embed a custom instance in their website.

johansch 10y ago
Here's some more prior work in this area: http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q2/0416.html http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q2/0416.ht...

dotcoma 10y ago

Give Facebook your bookmarks, too! ;-)

chdir 10y ago

I've used various bookmarking / annotation services for the past 7-8 years, some as bookmarklets, others as extensions. None of them ever evolved into a great community. What's different about this one ? It looks like an MVP but without a mention of how it stands out. Here are a few from the endless list ... https://www.diigo.com/ https://www.diigo.com/ https://hypothes.is/ https://hypothes.is/ http://annotateit.org/ http://annotateit.org/ https://annotary.com/ https://annotary.com/ https://www.scrible.com/ https://www.scrible.com/ http://genius.com/web-annotator http://genius.com/web-annotator

exodust 10y ago

The irony of needing a Facebook account to use a web annotation service... It needs some other way to sign in/up. I recently started using Pinboard after hearing the praise for its no-nonsense simplicity and impressive functionality. Couldn't be happier. Sure it's a paid service, but it just does what it does without trying to be too cool for school: pinboard.in/tour/