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https://seelink.app

Built it because I face the problem of not being able to share links efficiently with friends and family.

As of now, the app has 10 credible organisations.

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It isn't likely Facebook is going to be in favour of such a feature, if it ever comes up. It just seems like it would be something that would give people more of an incentive to move to Signal, since they won't lose their contacts. Not sure how it would work in practice though, and how would Signal ensure the messages aren't going through to WhatsApp. Anyway, this was just a thought.
Re:Signal Fork with WhatsApp Migration on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:11AM (#25746333)
Is it possible for signal to act like a chat client, and allow its users to send messages via Signal to someone using WhatsApp? Not sure what protocol WhatsApp and Signal use to send messages - was just wondering since most Email clients do this using SMTP.
Re:Ask HN: What does mastery look like in software engineering? on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:06AM (#25668524)
Who is John Galt?
Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:20PM (#25586257)
Noted! All of the points you mentioned also seem really interesting, I think this might make it more seamless for users.

Yup, I think Pinterest is great for discovering interesting links, I think the direction SeeLink should go in is the social sharing and work related sharing of links.

Thanks for all the comments!

Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @01:44PM (#25584607)
Haha, thanks!
Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @01:04PM (#25584126)
The original reason behind why I created SeeLink was to share important links with friends and family. SeeLink makes your links shareable, searchable, and easily readable (as it displays each link in the form of a card with a title, description, and image). It also allows you to write text around the links using a tag, and has a ton of link specific features that make it easier to share links. These include creating specific boards through which you can add specific links to share with specific people. I think these are the main advantages that SeeLink has over something like IM clients. Let me know if you have any further questions!
Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @11:37AM (#25583106)
Haha, the pun was a big part of the project's naming process. Glad you appreciate it!
Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @09:12AM (#25581818)
Thanks a lot for the encouraging comments!

No plans to make money as of yet, but I think a freemium model might work in this case.

Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @08:40AM (#25581561)
Wow, I hadn't heard of tab.bz before. It looks somewhat similar to notion too.
Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:59AM (#25581266)
Wahey! Glad you liked it! I've considered adding comments too, but I'm not sure how the process would work. Maybe a modal showing all the comments for each link? I might put it in soon :)
Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @06:51AM (#25580904)
Haha, I'm not sure it should be doing that though :)
Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @06:50AM (#25580898)
Thanks for the encouraging comments!

The saved links section is probably not well-worded. It shows links you have bookmarked within the app for further filtering. You can bookmark a link by clicking on the black bookmark icon at the bottom of the link.

I've been thinking about a similar public boards feature, and I certainly think it would be useful to implement something like that.

Interesting to hear your viewpoint on this, it seems like most people are content with the tools they're using. Do you think something like a webclipper would help the project? This would allow you to add links directly as you are on the page, eliminating the process of actually copy-pasting it. I think this would make the process easier and actually make SeeLink more seamless to use.

Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @06:46AM (#25580874)
Yup, just URLs or webpages from around the web.
Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:48AM (#25580196)
Thanks a lot for the encouraging comments! I have addressed some of your points below.

1. It looks like it wasn't a good idea to use Pinterest as an example link, haha. I think Pinterest is mostly a social network for discovering interesting links from the web, this is more of a tool that people would use to share important links with each other, instead of messaging apps (which is how most people I know share links with each other).

2. Hmmm, I've got mixed feedback on that, but I think the best thing to do would be to change it to white with maybe black or red text in the foreground.

3. You're right, the bookmark icon is for further filtering, something you'd use if you're browsing someone else's board and like a particular link you'd want to read later.

If you don't mind answering a question of my own, do you think you'd actually find a use for this and actively use it?

Thanks a ton for all of your feedback!

Re:Show HN: A new way to share and collaborate on links on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @02:11AM (#25579376)
Hello HN,

I am a 14-year-old developer from Mumbai currently studying in grade 10.

After being frustrated with not being able to share and collaborate on links with friends and family, I created SeeLink, a platform to simplify sharing and collaborating on links with friends and family. After 3 months of work, I have created a complete platform that simplifies link sharing and collaboration, allowing you to seamlessly share, save, and collaborate on links. I built it with Python and Flask, used Bootstrap for the front-end, and am using Heroku for hosting the site. There were a lot of technical difficulties I faced and had to wade through a lot of uncharted territories, but I'm super excited to finally launch SeeLink and get it out to the world! Also, let me know if you have any feedback, suggestions, or questions. Feel free to ask me any questions about how I built the site, and I'd be happy to answer them.

Re:SeeLink – Requesting Feedback from the HN Community on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:16AM (#25150962)
Hello HN!

A few days ago, I released SeeLink. After a lot of encouraging feedback, I've decided to make a public GitHub repository to chat with people who'd want to use SeeLink, and gather suggestions from them on the way.

Thanks!

This is pretty cool! Do you think people will use this as opposed to individually searching forums or just using the 'site' feature on Google?
Re:A curated list of links to post your side project on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:18AM (#25120807)
Thanks! Hope it helps!
Re:FRJKR on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:44AM (#25113785)
Glad you liked this. It'll hopefully help you find a place to show off your side projects!
Re:FRJKR on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:20AM (#25113458)
Love the idea for mysideproject.rocks! I've added my project there too!
Re:FRJKR on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:15AM (#25113398)
Yup, for some reason Reddit does not allow web scrapers, which is primarily how SeeLink gathers data about its links.
Re:FRJKR on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:11AM (#25113350)
That's true. Getting the video out for enough people to see is the hard part. Have added Youtube to the list as well!

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