This looks amazing (concept, not UI/site which I could not test due to signup requirements) - I had this idea for years but, of course, never got around to implement this. Now give me this as a self-hosted solution that is not phoning home and I could see many organizations using it.
I've been part of various privacy and drug policy groups and we regularly share comments/annotations on sites in private databases. I can imagine that others want the same - let it be hackers, scientists, bizdev folks in a company or just a group of friends who want to debate a topic.
I just don't want this information to be stored "somewhere else" because I don't want to be denied entry to a country just because my opinions are not what oppressive governments don't like.
Very functional, but I stick to private annotations and haven't noticed very many by others. They're also entirely open-source and there are components isolated for those who want to embed a custom instance in their website.
I've used various bookmarking / annotation services for the past 7-8 years, some as bookmarklets, others as extensions. None of them ever evolved into a great community.
What's different about this one ? It looks like an MVP but without a mention of how it stands out.
The irony of needing a Facebook account to use a web annotation service... It needs some other way to sign in/up.
I recently started using Pinboard after hearing the praise for its no-nonsense simplicity and impressive functionality. Couldn't be happier. Sure it's a paid service, but it just does what it does without trying to be too cool for school: pinboard.in/tour/
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 31.7 ms ] threadI've been part of various privacy and drug policy groups and we regularly share comments/annotations on sites in private databases. I can imagine that others want the same - let it be hackers, scientists, bizdev folks in a company or just a group of friends who want to debate a topic.
I just don't want this information to be stored "somewhere else" because I don't want to be denied entry to a country just because my opinions are not what oppressive governments don't like.
Very functional, but I stick to private annotations and haven't noticed very many by others. They're also entirely open-source and there are components isolated for those who want to embed a custom instance in their website.
http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q2/0416.ht...
What's different about this one ? It looks like an MVP but without a mention of how it stands out.
Here are a few from the endless list ...
https://www.diigo.com/
https://hypothes.is/
http://annotateit.org/
https://annotary.com/
https://www.scrible.com/
http://genius.com/web-annotator
I recently started using Pinboard after hearing the praise for its no-nonsense simplicity and impressive functionality. Couldn't be happier. Sure it's a paid service, but it just does what it does without trying to be too cool for school: pinboard.in/tour/