MelSchlemming

Thanks :)

As in post comments/threads back to Reddit/HN? Possibly in the future. We were originally all about our own comment system (which we've temporarily removed) and we wanted to limit users to our ecosystem. But we've recently started questioning a lot of our approach (we'd been hoping to apply for YC, but are really struggling with traction), so we could very well do that.

Posting links to Reddit would be a little iffy in that users would need to pick a subreddit. HN should be fine.

(We have a subreddit too in case you want updates: https://reddit.com/r/Epiverse/)

Yes, that's literally what it does.. (in addition to allowing users to comment on webpages)

Well it doesn't actually replace the other comments I guess, it just lets you view the Reddit ones as well. There's a demo on the home page, you don't even need to install it to try it.

So I posted this around 9 months ago, and was given some great feedback. Specifically that to attract users, it helps to have some content in place already.

The extension is a web discussion tool that allows users to view and post comments on all webpages. I've now included the ability to view the corresponding Reddit comments as well, which I think is pretty useful.

Please let me know what you think, any feedback is greatly appreciated.

E: Unfortunately it doesn't work well on HackerNews threads, due to the way items are presented as URLs. I can make an exception which would fix it, if people are interested?

Cheers. Sorry, I haven't given mobile use much thought since Chrome extensions aren't supported and I've only just rolled out the Firefox extension.

Hmm. Alright, you might have just talked me into it.

I'll do a rewrite first since it's getting scrappy, and then add a couple of important features (e.g. reply notifications). I'll start sourcing from reddit comments, since that's going to be the easiest to scrape, has a significant amount of content and is probably enough to start with.

Open source syndication is an interesting idea and not one I'd thought of.

Thanks for the suggestions, really helpful.

Thanks. Yeah you're absolutely right about content, that has come up in discussion. Basically AlienTube for the entire internet, sourcing multiple comment systems, with my own on top too. If I can't get enough users organically I might have to turn to that. I'd prefer not to because it might be a pretty big undertaking, and I'd prefer to have users in my own ecosystem.

So tough getting early users!

Nope, first I've heard of hypothesis! However I have seen a few things like it/Epiverse (Genius is doing something very similar to hypothesis). Apparently during the conception of the internet web annotations were planned as a feature. I think we're still a way off web annotations (very ambitious), but a good bridge is a comments system, which I think we are ready for.

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll look into it. I am wary of asking permission from host sites because then it's not necessarily user controlled (plus there wouldn't be a huge difference between us and something like Disqus). There are potentially ways I could integrate things like host verification for comments though.

Hey, this is a project I've been working on. The homepage has a demo of what the sidebar looks like (which overlays to the right of your browser when you open the extension). Feedback/questions appreciated!