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Hackpad shutting down

Resurfaced independently across 2 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
4
submitters
4
observed span
2012–2017
peak thread · 79 comments
209 pts
latest 20+ return · 2017-04-25
144 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

First comments on top threads

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I really don't like that I have to sign in with Google or Facebook to try it in read/write mode. Read-only mode is not good enough for me to tell if it's something I want to use, and having to use Google or Facebook just to try it is a dealbreaker for me, sorry. Which is a shame, because it looks neat. Fix that, then I'd be interested in giving it a try. Edit: I missed the ability to sign…

All these "generic" apps like notes, photo, project management etc will all be bought once they become successful and be consumed by one of the existing giants in the space. On one hand I would love to try out all the latest and greatest apps. On the other hand, I already know that they will either a) shutdown OR b) sell my data OR c) show ads or some such nonsense. Why can't people just build products and ask for…

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
361

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
156

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2012-01-17Show HN: HackPad is the best wiki everFirst breakout · Best threadorph20977
2012-01-25Hackpad: a simple Wiki system for your projectsllambda20
2017-04-20Hackpad shutting down. All pads to be migrated to Dropbox Paperrodhan60
2017-04-25Hackpad shutting downLatest 20+ point returngeuis14479