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Show HN: Some.cafe – an email based message board that looks like a chat app

9 points by akira_y 10y ago

akira_y 10y ago
I think it will be useful for interacting with classmates or coworkers. What it looks like: http://imgur.com/p83fxEV http://imgur.com/p83fxEV Anyone with an email address can talk to other people with addresses on the same domain (address1@school.edu & address2@schools.edu will have a different view from address3@company.com and address4@startup.com). Posts are deleted after 1 week and are not anonymous unless you post in the anonymous section. There are other small features like keyboard shortcuts, opt in notifications, and multiple email addresses as well.
- networked 10y ago
  If you made this, you should mark it as "Show HN". See https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html.
  - akira_y 10y ago
    I've updated the post - thank you for letting me know the proper way to submit self-made content.
    - networked 10y ago
      You're welcome! Note that this is not mandatory: you can submit your project without the "Show HN" label, though it is more likely to be noticed with it.
networked 10y ago
Interesting project. I like the idea of instant organization-specific message boards and the heuristic you chose for creating them. I do, however, suspect that choosing the optimum way to handle subdomains will prove tricky. (Should cs.example.edu be considered the same as psy.example.edu or alumni.example.edu? If not, would it make sense to have a parent example.edu board that is shared between all of them them? The same goes for company departments with subdomains.) Two suggestions on user onboarding: 1) put a log in and a registration link in the hamburger menu; 2) consider clarifying what "email-based" means when you use that term, i.e., point out that you do not actually send your comments via email.
- akira_y 10y ago
  Thanks for the well-considered feedback. For now a match is when everything after'@' is the same. I figured this would be acceptable because many schools and businesses give users multiple addresses (address@domain and address@sub.domain). *also it's possible to add up to 3 email addresses through the settings page, though I haven't done a good job of making that known.
- akira_y 10y ago
  I've edited the hamburger menu like you suggested and have also made some changes to the UI. Link: http://imgur.com/a/cvNRi http://imgur.com/a/cvNRi

9 points by akira_y 10y ago

I think it will be useful for interacting with classmates or coworkers. What it looks like: http://imgur.com/p83fxEV http://imgur.com/p83fxEV Anyone with an email address can talk to other people with addresses on the same domain (address1@school.edu & address2@schools.edu will have a different view from address3@company.com and address4@startup.com). Posts are deleted after 1 week and are not anonymous unless you post in the anonymous section. There are other small features like keyboard shortcuts, opt in notifications, and multiple email addresses as well.

networked 10y ago
If you made this, you should mark it as "Show HN". See https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html.
- akira_y 10y ago
  I've updated the post - thank you for letting me know the proper way to submit self-made content.
  - networked 10y ago
    You're welcome! Note that this is not mandatory: you can submit your project without the "Show HN" label, though it is more likely to be noticed with it.

networked 10y ago

Interesting project. I like the idea of instant organization-specific message boards and the heuristic you chose for creating them. I do, however, suspect that choosing the optimum way to handle subdomains will prove tricky. (Should cs.example.edu be considered the same as psy.example.edu or alumni.example.edu? If not, would it make sense to have a parent example.edu board that is shared between all of them them? The same goes for company departments with subdomains.) Two suggestions on user onboarding: 1) put a log in and a registration link in the hamburger menu; 2) consider clarifying what "email-based" means when you use that term, i.e., point out that you do not actually send your comments via email.

akira_y 10y ago
Thanks for the well-considered feedback. For now a match is when everything after'@' is the same. I figured this would be acceptable because many schools and businesses give users multiple addresses (address@domain and address@sub.domain). *also it's possible to add up to 3 email addresses through the settings page, though I haven't done a good job of making that known.
akira_y 10y ago
I've edited the hamburger menu like you suggested and have also made some changes to the UI. Link: http://imgur.com/a/cvNRi http://imgur.com/a/cvNRi