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Show HN: Reddit Grid – A better way to browse subreddits that are very visual
- anton_tarasenko 9y agoVery nice! Imgur allows browsing Reddit subreddits too. For example: * https://imgur.com/r/dataisbeautiful/top/all https://imgur.com/r/dataisbeautiful/top/all * https://imgur.com/r/EngineeringPorn/top/all https://imgur.com/r/EngineeringPorn/top/all * https://imgur.com/r/TechnologyPorn/top/all https://imgur.com/r/TechnologyPorn/top/all It shows only images hosted by Imgur. Supports Reddit-like path requests, like: * https://imgur.com/r/dataisbeautiful/top/all https://imgur.com/r/dataisbeautiful/top/all * https://imgur.com/r/dataisbeautiful/hot/all https://imgur.com/r/dataisbeautiful/hot/all * https://imgur.com/r/dataisbeautiful/new https://imgur.com/r/dataisbeautiful/new * https://imgur.com/r/dataisbeautiful/top/month https://imgur.com/r/dataisbeautiful/top/month
- epenance 9y agoCool, i actually didnt know that. Guess ill be adding a "sort" option too, as soon as I'm done with the other features that has been requested.
- falcolas 9y agoThe imgur albums won't show what's posted directly to Reddit's image hosting though, will they? I'm at work and know Reddit's temperament for images, so I don't feel comfortable comparing the output between the two services.
- lurker- 9y agoThis is really great, and surprisingly fast (images seem to load much faster than on Reddit, at least for me). Can you share more info about how/where it's hosted and the stack used (besides angular)?
- ZeeshanAK 9y agoThis is beautiful. If you could also add the post caption on hovering the image, it would be great.
- mmjaa 9y agoNice .. but alas, it doesn't support chaining subreddits, e.g. reddit.com/r/CabinPorn+LavaPorn .. that's kind of a neat feature in reddit itself, so I'd request this also be possible in redditgrid too ..
- wlkr 9y agoI may completely misunderstand what you mean because I'm not a frequent Redditor but I was able to select multiple options for display in the grid, it just seems some subreddits are not supported. E.g. https://redditgrid.com/r/geologyporn%2BCabinPorn https://redditgrid.com/r/geologyporn%2BCabinPorn
- epenance 9y agoAll reddit that has images should be supported even though it might not show up in the search bar you can just add it to the url manually. Could get the reddit endpoint for autocompleting subreddits to function so ended up making a small database of my own with the the top 6k subreddits
- TN1ck 9y agoCool, really nice execution! In my bachelor thesis I did some internal search-engine frontend some gamification and the like. I recently came around to build a quick and dirty reddit backend for the content, it also can be considered a visual browser for subreddits. For anyone interested: Github: https://github.com/TN1ck/bachelor-thesis https://github.com/TN1ck/bachelor-thesis Runs at: https://bachelor-tom-nick.herokuapp.com/#/ https://bachelor-tom-nick.herokuapp.com/#/ It's in german though, but just click on 'Anmelden' and it should work, there is no auth layer currently.
- SparkyMcUnicorn 9y agoI hate to be a downer, and I really like what you've made... You're currently breaking the Reddit API access rules. In order to follow the rules, you would need to name your app "Grid for Reddit" or something along those lines. https://www.reddit.com/wiki/api https://www.reddit.com/wiki/api Edit: I'm not sure how the API rules play out if you're not using the API directly (like tacking on the json parameter), so maybe you're ok?
- ringaroundthetx 9y agoAside from a general PSA, who cares? Here are the TOS https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezNdDNK1-P8mspSbmtC2r86Ee9ZRbC66u929cG2GX0T9UMyw/viewform https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezNdDNK1-P8mspSbmt... the consequences are basically limited to them disabling API access until compliance is restored. Rules don't exist if there aren't consequences.
- pretendscholar 9y agoIt's polite to follow the rules when you build on top of someone else's work.
- derptron 9y agoReddit doesn't follow their own rules half the time.
- saurik 9y agoI don't know why the API terms of service were even brought up: this is obviously trademark violation. Those API terms of service are just there to give them some more immediate consequences without having to serve ISPs with legal notices and potentially go to court, as well as to leave more of a paper trail to show that the existence of their API is not them condoning people violating their trademarks. It just really isn't that difficult for people to respect trademarks: we should not have sympathy for violations that are this blatant. HN should really not even be leaving it up, and they could themselves be served with notice (and yes: I realize that YCombinator invested in reddit; the result would just be some request in the backend); their strong and intrusive content moderation policy means they don't have any argument that "this was just user information". (And if anyone from reddit is digging for examples of consumer confusion: when I saw "Reddit Grid" as I scrolled by, I absolutely had a first reaction of "oh, reddit is releasing a new feature to improve browsing? cool!" before remembering "oh yeah, people tend to be shitty about respecting trademarks, so watch this just be someone who wanted that official-sounding connotation".)
- cgati 9y agoNice work! I once made a similar page (although for a specific subreddit) to show an endless page of perfectly looping gifs. It's certainly not perfect and just a quick afternoon hack when I was first getting into JavaScript.. you may have to resize the page to get the images to fill the screen at first. https://cgati.com/loops/ https://cgati.com/loops/
- ballenf 9y agoThis basically turns reddit into Tumblr. One request, a small border between images. Multi-image posts get so confusing when you don't know where they stop until clicking. ("Is that cat part of the joke above, because if so I don't get it?") Name idea: greddit griddit
- epenance 9y agoActually wanted those names, but both domains were taken :(
- antihero 9y agogriddet? grettid?
- pavel_lishin 9y agoAt that point, it's better to move off the "grid" idea; if I'm looking for grid + reddit, I will not remember "griddet" or "grettid" (or was it grottid? regreddit? griblets?)
- pbhjpbhj 9y agotetris + reddit = tetredd.is || tetredd.it ?? grid + reddit = gridddit.com || griddd.it [all available at time of writing, checked on https://who.is https://who.is]
- overcast 9y agoSlick interface, needs subreddit chaining. Though I question the use of "reddit" in the name. Not sure how hardcore they are with protecting trademarks, but I wouldn't chance it. Probably also violating API rules.
- epenance 9y agoIt's already possible to chain subreddit just add a + between the names in the url or use the search. About the trademark ill definitely have to look into it, wanted griddit but it was taken..
- kowdermeister 9y agoThis is brilliant :) Simple idea with great execution. One feature request would be to add an autoplay functionality so I could display it on a large projector for example.
- gallerdude 9y agoAwesome experience, but I do wish you could do some level of sorting.
- epenance 9y agoIts in the pipeline :) What kind of sorts would you like?
- gallerdude 9y agoPersonally, I only browse reddit using the top sorts (day, week, month, all), and it's a cool way to know you're seeing the absolute best at different scales.
- winkywooster 9y agoCool idea, but it'd be nice to be able to click on an image to take you back to the comments page for it.
- jzymbaluk 9y agoDefinitely. This is a very pretty redesign, but I think the real secret sauce of Reddit is post titles, and comments, and you definitely lose something not being able to see either of those.
- Mahn 9y agoLet's be honest though, this grid-like interface is going to be used mostly for the NSFW subreddits, where the title and the comments aren't really that important.
- Uw7yTcf36gTc 9y agohow about for some sauce? yes, nsfw is the real use of this website, but I think having a way to get to the comments that usually have the source is missing a key part.
- davidivadavid 9y agoIf it's made for NSFW, you'll want to be able to see other posts by the same user. Some essential interactions are missing. Nice work, though.
- epenance 9y agoBoth the title and the comments link is the next feature im working on atm.
- jumbopapa 9y agoETA?
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- kevando 9y agohahah I love Reddit.. SFW: 1 row. NSFW: 3 rows
- Kaladin 9y agoIs the source code open source? It would be a great learning method for me. Thank you.
- epenance 9y agoAt the moment the source is not open for the public, I might release it in the future though
- iamben 9y agoCan I second the request for gaps between the images - would really help identify images that are split into frames. I'd also like a link to the comments, and/or the title of the post - sometimes those are really relevant (or required for part of the joke / explanation). Otherwise really slick! Well done!
- epenance 9y agoMaybe ill add that as a feature you can enable, it was actually there in my prototype but i ended up removing it.
- antihero 9y agoOoh, it's like Panoptikos but supports HTTPS. It would be cool if gif autoplay was an option.
- epenance 9y agoI'll be adding that as a toggle feature :)
- rjplatte 9y agoYet another hack to make porn on reddit easier.
- koolba 9y agoThis is pretty cool. The NSFW side reminds me of PaintBottle[1]. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5569546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5569546
- guohuang 9y agogreat idea! just one UI suggestion, can you blur the background when popping up the image? that will make my eyes feel better. other than that, great job!
- mfoy_ 9y agoHow can you get to the related reddit discussion from a picture in your grid? If I'm like 50+ images deep and I want to see what people said about it... odds are browsing the actual subreddit is going to take ages.
- mistermann 9y agoWow, this is really a simple concept but so visually impressive! Hope you add some of the functionality people have listed here (easy chaining, ability to click through, auto-scroll, I'd suggest adding even more transition types over time). Seems like it chokes on certain subreddits, except if included as a chain for some reason, but I imagine there are some bugs here and there to work out. Very good job!
- bllguo 9y agoWeird, I was just looking for something like this. Have you seen scrollldit? Both that and this are missing the ability to go back to the comments though
- epenance 9y agoSimply pressing the back button on your device should take you back, and also just removing the subreddits in the top also takes you back. As for the comments that is the feature im currently working on adding.
- jesalg 9y agoNice execution! I made something like this a long time ago: http://www.ruddl.com/ http://www.ruddl.com/ Although I haven't maintained it in a while. Curious what kind of tech stack you are using?
- epenance 9y agoAngular Frontend, Laravel backend with Memcache to control my caching
- digi_owl 9y agoSeems to not pick up the images hosted directly by Reddit under their i.reddit.com url.
- epenance 9y agoThat is not unlikely, atm I'm writing models for each image host to make sure i get all the edge cases, they are not very polite in how they return their data :P
- ubershmekel 9y agoI made something similar though not as good. http://redditile.com/r/food http://redditile.com/r/food https://github.com/ubershmekel/redditile https://github.com/ubershmekel/redditile
- gremlinsinc 9y agoWondering if/how you plan on monetizing this?
- epenance 9y agoCurrently the idea is to add enough features for people to think it's worth something, other than that I've been thinking of adding coin-hive with a option to opt out in case you are on a mobile or such
- varikin 9y agoI would add some sort of nsfw filter. I click on SFW and Album Art (/r/AlbumArtPorn) and the top post right now has the NSFW tag. Grid showed that nice and big right at the top. Would be better to default to blurring/hiding NSFW tagged posts.
- epenance 9y agoGood point, I'll look into checking the NSFW tag on each post too
- 5_minutes 9y agoIt’s just great to see those NSFW there.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoOut of curiosity, how are you generating the subreddit suggestions? I added two game-centered ones, and all of my suggestions for more subreddits are NSFW: https://i.imgur.com/PWoBSg3.png https://i.imgur.com/PWoBSg3.png
- Waterluvian 9y agoI went to the site, clicked "Earth", got a grid of cool images. Clicked "Select Subreddits" to see what other options there are under this category. All I get is a long list of porn subreddits. From a user experience POV that's both not what I would expect the behaviour to be, nor would I ever want that to be. Porn is fine, but it shouldn't be so prevalent unless I specifically choose to go into the NSFW area of your website.
- logicallee 9y agoI completely agree with this. There is also a very prominent NSFW selector at the top; I think it should default to OFF. It really does a disservice to the web site to have it default to on.
- zaidf 9y agoHooked! Btw, I notice a bunch of subreddits have the word "porn" at the end of their name. Trimming that from the name may help you expand your audience. To give you an example, I shared a link to https://redditgrid.com/r/AbandonedPorn https://redditgrid.com/r/AbandonedPorn with a friend on fb only to have them reply: "I’m guessing this is not safe for work".
- marzell 9y agoThe one that cracks me up is r/HumanPorn. It's totally SFW, but sounds like a subreddit that space-robots might use to view NSFW posts from human Earthlings.
- rs232 9y agoAll -porn subreddits are mirrored as -fans: https://redditgrid.com/r/AbandonedFans https://redditgrid.com/r/AbandonedFans although sorting may vary.
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- mrfusion 9y agoWow this is way more useful: https://redditgrid.com/r/comics https://redditgrid.com/r/comics Feels like reading the fumnys.
- logicallee 9y agono kidding. WOW!!! IMO this ( https://redditgrid.com/r/comics https://redditgrid.com/r/comics ) needs to be the frontpage of redditgrid. It immediately sells it 100%. then some text saying what else you can look at. so nice.
- epenance 9y agoI'll make sure to add it tonight to the dashboard
- logicallee 9y agoHmmmm, I actually didn't mean "put it ON the front page" I was thinking "make it the front page". As in, that should be the view that opens when visiting the root - https://redditgrid.com https://redditgrid.com should actually open https://redditgrid.com/r/comics https://redditgrid.com/r/comics and require a click to get to the current dashboard. Of course, you know best. I was thinking about how insanely well this view sells your interface. At the moment if someone visits the root page, there is at least 1 click/tap before an example is visible. It's really obvious there is a lot more (since the current tags are very prominent) so I recommend it. But great job :)
- digi_owl 9y agoMaybe i am out of touch, but the only one i found anything funny was the Chicken Wings one.
- anotheryou 9y agoI want an option for rows or just one collumn. I always get confused scanning without a clear view-order.
- epenance 9y agoIll make sure to add that option as a feature in the future!
- insomniacity 9y agoYour SSL cert breaks on www.redditgrid.com. Obviously it's not what you linked, but people will end up there eventually.
- epenance 9y agoThanks for pointing it out! Updated the certificate and now redirecting to non-www always :)
- metamole 9y agoOh! I have been working on something so extremely similar to this that I'm sure I'll get accused of copying you. Congratulations on launching, and this looks really sleek. Can't pretend not to be disappointed, but I guess the idea must have some merit!
- Dowwie 9y agoSo essentially discard the community and hoard its content
- kup0 9y agoWow, I didn't realize how much I would like this, but for browsing art, webcomics, and photography, it's perfect.
- epenance 9y agoI'm really glad you liked it!
- ElectronShak 9y agoThis is nice!
- senectus1 9y agoawful to use on mobile...
- epenance 9y agoWhat makes you say that?
- chrixian 9y agoI like it.. you could probably apply a similar thing to Tumblr...