Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

Re:Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub by danfromberlin on Thursday April 27, 2017 @07:38AM (#14210721)

I quote from your website: "Don't worry if you don't know what GitHub is, you only need to create an account." You don't appear to make any assumptions that your users understand that their notes will be published and readable by anyone on the internet.

Furthermore, your clarification: "Currently, Kobble stores all user data in secret GitHub Gists, under your account. Secret gists are not private." does not help because it does not explicitly state the fact that notes will be readable by anyone on the internet.

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Re:Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub by jscott313 on Thursday April 27, 2017 @08:08AM (#14210832)

It really sounds like the creators of the app didn't know that anyone could read the Gists...

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Re:Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub by kobble on Thursday April 27, 2017 @12:08PM (#14212572)

Please read the comments above about the multiple ways that Kobble can be used. Our use of gists for openly sharing content was entirely intentional.

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Re:Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub by jscott313 on Thursday April 27, 2017 @12:33PM (#14212791)

Having read through the information on your site now it's been updated, it's much clearer than it was before. I feel like it should have been closer to this before submitting to HN, but the changes ("Gists are not private, and are suitable for content that you want to share", "control" rather than "own") are definitely a step in the right direction.

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Re:Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub by kobble on Thursday April 27, 2017 @12:47PM (#14212906)

Cheers! We're grateful for all the comments.

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