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I'm working on an alternative to Disqus called Remarkbox - http://www.remarkbox.com http://www.remarkbox.com One of my early design decisions is to be as light

by foxhop 10y ago

I'm working on an alternative to Disqus called Remarkbox - http://www.remarkbox.com http://www.remarkbox.com One of my early design decisions is to be as lightweight and fast as possible. This means no oauth, no ads, and only core features that you would expect to find in a comment system.

ploggingdev 10y ago
Just tried it out, very cool man. My suggestion would be to make the design more appealing, it looks a little bland now. And also promote the privacy oriented mission of the service a lot more. Currently there is no mention of privacy/tracking, you only mentioned no ads. And https is a must in 2017. Just a few question: * When do you plan to launch? * What is the backend built with? Good luck man.
- foxhop 10y ago
  * When do you plan to launch? I'm soft launching with beta users right now. * What is the backend built with? Python, Pyramid, SQLAlchemy (which supports PostgreSQL, Mysql, and SQLite3), uWSGI, Nginx, Ubuntu
d2p 10y ago
For me, the problem is that the smaller a service is, the less reputation they have to lose by screwing everyone over. I don't know who you are or that you won't inject ads or affiliate links into my site in a few months (or sell your domain to someone for a few quid that will). (This doesn't mean I think your intentions are bad; I just think it's a bad idea to trust people you don't know on the internet!). I don't mind included scripts on my page from huge orgs that have a lot to lose by doing bad things but there aren't that many companies that fall into this (Disqus did, but possible shouldn't ;))
- foxhop 10y ago
  That is an interesting point you bring up. The stigma that small businesses have to overcome when being, well small. I think for the most part recently the bigger companies are the ones putting one over on end users. (changing terms, shutting down services). I'm planning on building a business around this service, and reputation will matter. I don't plan to sell out because I eat my own dog food. I built Remarkbox for a personal itch, an itch I feel other people may also have.
  - d2p 10y ago
    > I think for the most part recently the bigger companies are the ones putting one over on end users. (changing terms, shutting down services). For some things, this is true. However you can be sure an entity like Microsoft or Google isn't going to accept a few thousand quid to inject ads or affiliate links into customers websites. A one-man-band that's struggling to turn a profit though, it's less certain. There are a lot of people trying to make a quick buck online and most people have a price. There are definitely some great things out there being built by small teams that I might miss out on, but that's how it is unless we can tightly control what third party scripts can do on our pages. Sometimes a service will be "so good" that I'll do it anyway, but it's always a trade-off. I don't think most people are as anal about this as me though!

by foxhop 10y ago

ploggingdev 10y ago

Just tried it out, very cool man. My suggestion would be to make the design more appealing, it looks a little bland now. And also promote the privacy oriented mission of the service a lot more. Currently there is no mention of privacy/tracking, you only mentioned no ads. And https is a must in 2017. Just a few question: * When do you plan to launch? * What is the backend built with? Good luck man.

foxhop 10y ago
* When do you plan to launch? I'm soft launching with beta users right now. * What is the backend built with? Python, Pyramid, SQLAlchemy (which supports PostgreSQL, Mysql, and SQLite3), uWSGI, Nginx, Ubuntu

d2p 10y ago

For me, the problem is that the smaller a service is, the less reputation they have to lose by screwing everyone over. I don't know who you are or that you won't inject ads or affiliate links into my site in a few months (or sell your domain to someone for a few quid that will). (This doesn't mean I think your intentions are bad; I just think it's a bad idea to trust people you don't know on the internet!). I don't mind included scripts on my page from huge orgs that have a lot to lose by doing bad things but there aren't that many companies that fall into this (Disqus did, but possible shouldn't ;))

foxhop 10y ago
That is an interesting point you bring up. The stigma that small businesses have to overcome when being, well small. I think for the most part recently the bigger companies are the ones putting one over on end users. (changing terms, shutting down services). I'm planning on building a business around this service, and reputation will matter. I don't plan to sell out because I eat my own dog food. I built Remarkbox for a personal itch, an itch I feel other people may also have.
- d2p 10y ago
  > I think for the most part recently the bigger companies are the ones putting one over on end users. (changing terms, shutting down services). For some things, this is true. However you can be sure an entity like Microsoft or Google isn't going to accept a few thousand quid to inject ads or affiliate links into customers websites. A one-man-band that's struggling to turn a profit though, it's less certain. There are a lot of people trying to make a quick buck online and most people have a price. There are definitely some great things out there being built by small teams that I might miss out on, but that's how it is unless we can tightly control what third party scripts can do on our pages. Sometimes a service will be "so good" that I'll do it anyway, but it's always a trade-off. I don't think most people are as anal about this as me though!