by richardbrevig on 7/29/15, 11:21 AM
Great resource, though I've noticed 2 issues:
* New entries start with a vote of 0, the poster has to actually up-vote their own submission to get it to 1 (as opposed to automatically making it 1 like on reddit).
* The ranking appears to be a sum of up votes, only. Links that are added later (like now), show up at the very bottom and it's unlikely will reach the top. In a situation like this, to get attention, you're creating a race to post first. Consider some type of rank deterioration similar to reddit/HN.
by danr4 on 7/29/15, 10:44 AM
It baffles me that some people put so much into the video but don't actually put effort to read or adhere to the guidelines [1] for it. They clearly ask - no script, no background music, no postproduction.
Good luck to everybody though!
[1] http://www.ycombinator.com/video
by throwaysa on 7/29/15, 12:11 PM
Throwaway account here. I saw this on twitter and almost got a heart attack thinking for a second that YC made all the founder videos public.
by geekuillaume on 7/29/15, 9:50 AM
I've just understood that you submitted TopChart for the Fellowship. Great idea to post it here on HN ;)
by geekuillaume on 7/29/15, 1:40 PM
I think some of the votes are fake. Look at the names on some submissions.
You should implement a way to verify each vote, right now the scores can be easily manipulated.
by FormFollowsFunc on 7/29/15, 10:22 AM
It's interesting to see what kind of groups applied for this. I'm working on a product at the moment and was thinking of applying but without co-founders I didn't think it was a good idea. Also from the application form I get the feeling you would be "encouraged" to move to the Bay area if not during the 2 months at least after it, which I can't do.
by giarc on 7/29/15, 2:21 PM
I'm confused - I've watched the top two videos and neither really talk about the product at all. CauseSignals is more of a video resume for the team and doesn't even mention the product. I never really read the instructions but was the video to introduce the team and not the product?
by danugolini on 7/29/15, 12:13 PM
by 55555 on 7/29/15, 10:59 AM
by abetusk on 7/29/15, 12:41 PM
There's currently a post that has '-19' votes (as of this writing) that appears at the bottom. Since there are only up votes, I assume this is a bug. That's really too bad because it looks like that chart item would be second from the top but because it's negative it's sunk to the bottom.
It would probably be a good idea to have an email displayed somewhere, a 'contact us' section and, ideally, a way to leave feedback easily (without logging in, etc.).
TopChart looks good! It took me a second to realize the chart wasn't a Y-Combinator site.
by afoot on 7/29/15, 12:13 PM
I really hope that in years to come we have a great, goofy video of a guy jumping on a bed pitching for funding that eventually went on to create a billion dollar company.
by huhtenberg on 7/29/15, 9:58 AM
What's up with requiring a Facebook account for upvoting?
by ericjang on 7/29/15, 2:35 PM
As of 10:30 EST, there's no server-side validation, so it's possible to vote multiple times.
I guess this is an allegory of the modern financial system, huh?
by nfc on 7/29/15, 3:10 PM
by tomjacobs on 7/29/15, 9:51 AM
Alright! This is just what I was looking for when I submitted my video to YCF2015: What other applications sounded like.
by chasemiller on 7/29/15, 2:09 PM
Looks like cool product! I hope to be part of your cohort! ;)
Just a heads up- your signup/login forms are unencrypted.
It's fine for a demo, but if you're going to put it out there like this, you should really throw some SSL on there.
by Tinyyy on 7/29/15, 11:59 AM
by omouse on 7/29/15, 3:02 PM
Heh, well that's pretty good validation for my idea; another startup is doing it; CauseSignal, hope they do well!
by peterkaoud on 7/29/15, 10:00 PM
Thanks everyone for comments bugs have been fixed we really appreciate your tips and envolvement you guys are awesome
by ducuboy on 7/29/15, 12:28 PM
Cool hack you TopChart guys!
Btw do they say how many teams will be accepted in YCF?
by confiscate on 7/29/15, 9:57 AM
Nice idea!
by yangterrence on 7/29/15, 3:26 PM
Cool
