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Hi HN, my name is Jacob, I'm the guy that made wtfnasa. Here's my tl;dr reaction to the virality that this project has seen: wtfnasa was not made to go viral,

Hi HN, my name is Jacob, I'm the guy that made wtfnasa. Here's my tl;dr reaction to the virality that this project has seen: wtfnasa was not made to go viral, it was made to be a simple intro to CodeIgniter & a reaction to people upset with NASA, I put ~zero thought into having 'fuck' in the title, it was built in about 10 hours (design, build, data entry, & launch) last Wednesday & Thursday, it had 9 unique visitors as of Friday at noon & right now it has just under 40k. I'm considering removing the 'f word' based on the loads of kickback I've gotten from it, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

Kerrick 14y ago
Don't remove the word "fuck." If you must, provide a censored alternative, but the "fuck" helps things like this grow popular. See: http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/ http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/ versus the PG version: http://whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com/ http://whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com/
- jcbmllgn 14y ago
  Nice! I haven't seen these before, but that's a great idea... 10 minutes later... take a look at What The NASA http://wtnasa.com/ http://wtnasa.com/
mcantelon 14y ago
Nice work. What do the two buttons do? Some kind of ranking algorithm behind the scenes in play?
- jcbmllgn 14y ago
  Yeah, besides reloading the page it's also doing some very simple ranking in the background.
possibilistic 14y ago
Great job! I absolutely love this, and you deserve a huge pat on the back. A few questions: How many items are in the database, and is there a chance we could get an itemized dump of them? School starts back for me on Wednesday and I would love to print off a dozen or two to post around campus. I'll gladly include a link to your site--it's fantastic.
- jcbmllgn 14y ago
  Thanks! Right now there are 51 items in the database, I'll be increasing that number throughout the week with the goal of doubling it. Creating an itemized dumb is also on my to-do list for this week, I'll post something in here and link to it on the wtfnasa page once it's done. -Jacob
adam_freidin 14y ago
you're not as crude as, say, http://whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com http://whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com I think this site doesn't need the crude language, it doesn't detract for me. In fact, I probably wouldn't have looked at it if it were PG, but ... I think I'm a minority in that respect.

Kerrick 14y ago

Don't remove the word "fuck." If you must, provide a censored alternative, but the "fuck" helps things like this grow popular. See: http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/ http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/ versus the PG version: http://whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com/ http://whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com/

jcbmllgn 14y ago
Nice! I haven't seen these before, but that's a great idea... 10 minutes later... take a look at What The NASA http://wtnasa.com/ http://wtnasa.com/

mcantelon 14y ago

Nice work. What do the two buttons do? Some kind of ranking algorithm behind the scenes in play?

jcbmllgn 14y ago
Yeah, besides reloading the page it's also doing some very simple ranking in the background.

possibilistic 14y ago

Great job! I absolutely love this, and you deserve a huge pat on the back. A few questions: How many items are in the database, and is there a chance we could get an itemized dump of them? School starts back for me on Wednesday and I would love to print off a dozen or two to post around campus. I'll gladly include a link to your site--it's fantastic.

jcbmllgn 14y ago
Thanks! Right now there are 51 items in the database, I'll be increasing that number throughout the week with the goal of doubling it. Creating an itemized dumb is also on my to-do list for this week, I'll post something in here and link to it on the wtfnasa page once it's done. -Jacob

adam_freidin 14y ago

you're not as crude as, say, http://whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com http://whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com I think this site doesn't need the crude language, it doesn't detract for me. In fact, I probably wouldn't have looked at it if it were PG, but ... I think I'm a minority in that respect.