Show HN: A smarter way to share links

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by kevt • 16 years ago

7 5 16 years ago

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Hey everyone,

Readdis is a project that I've been working on recently and I would love to get your feedback on it. I originally wrote it for internal use to help my team and I better track the links that we send to each other. We found it quite useful so I decided to open it up and see if anyone else was interested. It definitely is at the MVP stage right now with lots of things left to be done. I would greatly appreciate any feedback, ideas, and most importantly, comments on whether or not you find it useful. Thanks!

Kevin

iworkforthem2• 16 years ago

clickable: http://readdis.com

iworkforthem2• 16 years ago

I think you should have a bookmarklet, that's how everyone bookmark/share links nowadays. It really improves the usability of the app, not to mention easier for new users to adopt the app.

kevt2• 16 years ago

Totally agree with you. Thanks for the feedback.

caswabi• 16 years ago

Nice, but I could have sworn bit.ly and other link shorteners also do this.

For instance, it tells me how many times it's been opened / clicked.

But are you trying to tell me, THIS PERSON clicked it? Vs, how many clicks it received.

Just curious on the difference?

kevt2• 16 years ago

Thanks for the comment. So with Readdis I can send a link out to my team in preparation for a meeting, and before the meeting, I can check who (which user) has read it, who hasn't, and take the appropriate action (ie. send a reminder). I find bit.ly is made for mass sharing where you make a post and there's very little feedback on the people consuming it. All you really know is how many people click on it. What I am trying to do with Readdis is make it more like real life sharing where you know who's consuming it, when, and take action accordingly (which is what the instant notification and weekly updates are trying to do).

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