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Show HN: Findyour.blog – Get your blog rated and reviewed by authors/readers

107 points by sgeorge96 6y ago

searchableguy 6y ago
Great work on the site. It's way easier to use than mine. After reflecting a bit from my old approach of using [0]json files in a directory + everything on git for easy forkability. I have been experimenting with activitypub or other protocol by which these little sites can share entries with each other. It's would be less work for the bloggers as they only need to add their blog once but for user and curators as well. No segregation. It removes centralisation and one bad actor from harming the others by pushing for profitability at the cost of intended purpose. (This doesn't mean they can't monetize their curation effort. Just not in excess or becoming a closed wall) technology.blog, political.blog, cookingrecipe.blog etc. 0] https://github.com/searchableguy/awesomeblog-club/tree/master/blogs https://github.com/searchableguy/awesomeblog-club/tree/maste...
- sgeorge96 6y ago
  That sounds interesting, i've added you on Discord.
maayank 6y ago
Anyone knows of anything similar for portfolio websites? Aimed at front end developers
- ryanyl 6y ago
  awwwards.com has been getting pretty popular
foxhop 6y ago
Please consider un-gating the submission. I tried the password test123 which was too short and test1234 which wasn't accepted either. Please add my blog in my profile to the corpus is possible. : )
- sgeorge96 6y ago
  Sorry, the submission needs to be reviewed right now as there's a chance your blog might appear in the front page and someone might post something inappropriate. I'm currently working on a submission filter that should automate the gating and it should be merged by the end of the week. I also approved a bunch of blogs just then, so hopefully yours is public.
  - INTPenis 6y ago
    I had no issue with the password at all. I tend to set long passphrases with unicode characters and it worked like a charm.
mooreds 6y ago
Note that you can't sign up or login on a mobile device (tested on mobile android chrome and firefox).
- phaitour 6y ago
  I just did through safari. maybe only safari works?
- sgeorge96 6y ago
  Hey, that's really strange I just tried IOS chrome and safari. Do you mind telling me what error you are getting? The navbar icon is hidden automatically and needs to be expanded by clicking the top right blue icon. Maybe i need to hire a UI designer..
  - mooreds 6y ago
    Here are two screenshots from my phone. I don't see an error. I don't see any way to sign up from the navbar. Maybe the problem is user error, but I tried for a bit. https://i.imgur.com/Fv5YcDq.png https://i.imgur.com/Fv5YcDq.png https://i.imgur.com/dpIIQnh.png https://i.imgur.com/dpIIQnh.png
    - sgeorge96 6y ago
      Ah yes, might not be too intuitive but if you click the blue icon with the three dashes on the top left and scroll down a bit you should be able to see the signup/login option. I'll note that this is a ui bug and will try and get it fixed asap. I didnt intend for the footer to be a sticky
iBotPeaches 6y ago
This is really cool. Just clicking around to various blogs and scanning for articles that perk my interest. It would be pretty cool for blog authors to pick like a top 3 articles or something to help me quickly gauge on top of their description.
jlbnjmn 6y ago
Ah yes, David Lebovitz. I had forgotten about him. Thanks for putting this together, it was worth it to me just reminding me of his blog.
y42 6y ago
A language property would be nice to encourage e.g. German bloggers to add their blogs, too.

107 points by sgeorge96 6y ago

Great work on the site. It's way easier to use than mine. After reflecting a bit from my old approach of using [0]json files in a directory + everything on git for easy forkability. I have been experimenting with activitypub or other protocol by which these little sites can share entries with each other. It's would be less work for the bloggers as they only need to add their blog once but for user and curators as well. No segregation. It removes centralisation and one bad actor from harming the others by pushing for profitability at the cost of intended purpose. (This doesn't mean they can't monetize their curation effort. Just not in excess or becoming a closed wall) technology.blog, political.blog, cookingrecipe.blog etc. 0] https://github.com/searchableguy/awesomeblog-club/tree/master/blogs https://github.com/searchableguy/awesomeblog-club/tree/maste...

sgeorge96 6y ago
That sounds interesting, i've added you on Discord.

maayank 6y ago

Anyone knows of anything similar for portfolio websites? Aimed at front end developers

ryanyl 6y ago
awwwards.com has been getting pretty popular

foxhop 6y ago

Please consider un-gating the submission. I tried the password test123 which was too short and test1234 which wasn't accepted either. Please add my blog in my profile to the corpus is possible. : )

sgeorge96 6y ago
Sorry, the submission needs to be reviewed right now as there's a chance your blog might appear in the front page and someone might post something inappropriate. I'm currently working on a submission filter that should automate the gating and it should be merged by the end of the week. I also approved a bunch of blogs just then, so hopefully yours is public.
- INTPenis 6y ago
  I had no issue with the password at all. I tend to set long passphrases with unicode characters and it worked like a charm.

mooreds 6y ago

Note that you can't sign up or login on a mobile device (tested on mobile android chrome and firefox).

phaitour 6y ago
I just did through safari. maybe only safari works?
sgeorge96 6y ago
Hey, that's really strange I just tried IOS chrome and safari. Do you mind telling me what error you are getting? The navbar icon is hidden automatically and needs to be expanded by clicking the top right blue icon. Maybe i need to hire a UI designer..
- mooreds 6y ago
  Here are two screenshots from my phone. I don't see an error. I don't see any way to sign up from the navbar. Maybe the problem is user error, but I tried for a bit. https://i.imgur.com/Fv5YcDq.png https://i.imgur.com/Fv5YcDq.png https://i.imgur.com/dpIIQnh.png https://i.imgur.com/dpIIQnh.png
  - sgeorge96 6y ago
    Ah yes, might not be too intuitive but if you click the blue icon with the three dashes on the top left and scroll down a bit you should be able to see the signup/login option. I'll note that this is a ui bug and will try and get it fixed asap. I didnt intend for the footer to be a sticky

iBotPeaches 6y ago

This is really cool. Just clicking around to various blogs and scanning for articles that perk my interest. It would be pretty cool for blog authors to pick like a top 3 articles or something to help me quickly gauge on top of their description.

jlbnjmn 6y ago

Ah yes, David Lebovitz. I had forgotten about him. Thanks for putting this together, it was worth it to me just reminding me of his blog.

y42 6y ago

A language property would be nice to encourage e.g. German bloggers to add their blogs, too.