Show HN: Welcome to dropsauce.com

6 pointsgautaml15y ago15 comments

Hey all,

Well after months of hard work (and even more months of dreaming about doing this), I've finally got around to finishing something I've started. :D

http://dropsauce.com

It's a file upload service where you upload your files into named drops. Sure, this is pretty much similar to some sites you may have seen before and although the internet is saturated with upload services, I still made this more as a learning experience for myself.

Hopefully you find some unique value to it and easy to use. If not, check the http://dropsauce.com/faq

If it becomes successful, great, I'll continue improving on it. If not, ah well, it was a great learning experience and I'll keep it around for a while.

I'm no star web programmer but I think I've done a pretty decent job with this (so far).

All comments and feedback welcome. Hopefully the site doesn't get taken down in the next few days. :)

Enjoy.

Show HN: Welcome to dropsauce.com

6 pointsgautaml15y ago15 comments

Hey all,

Well after months of hard work (and even more months of dreaming about doing this), I've finally got around to finishing something I've started. :D

http://dropsauce.com

Hopefully you find some unique value to it and easy to use. If not, check the http://dropsauce.com/faq

If it becomes successful, great, I'll continue improving on it. If not, ah well, it was a great learning experience and I'll keep it around for a while.

I'm no star web programmer but I think I've done a pretty decent job with this (so far).

All comments and feedback welcome. Hopefully the site doesn't get taken down in the next few days. :)

Enjoy.

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martey15y ago· 2 in thread

The site looks nice, but it would probably be a good idea to add a privacy policy. There is no way that I would upload personal files (much less sign up for an account) to a site that did not have one.

Since your site is based around uploaded content (and seems to be hosted in the United States, based on my amateur sleuthing), it would probably be a good idea to talk about the DMCA in your Terms of Service, and maybe even register a notification agent at the Copyright Office: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/dmca-righthaven-loo...

gautamlOP15y ago

Thanks martey, I'll definitely look into that.

I did add a terms page (although it's not readily noticeable - it's a bar along the bottom with copyright).

martey15y ago

I saw the Terms page, but it is not very clear (note that I am not a lawyer):

- the first sentence suggests that all copyrighted material cannot be uploaded to the service. In the United States, since all works are copyrighted by default, this would suggest that nothing Americans create can be uploaded.

- it would be a good idea to state that you / dropsauce are the final arbiter of whether uploaded content is acceptable. Unless you are limiting accounts by geographic area, it is conceivable that an uploader might upload content is acceptable in their jurisdiction, but not acceptable in yours or the area where you are hosting the site.

- the last sentence seems to confer a right of ownership upon the uploader that they might not be entitled to.

It might be a good idea to base your Terms of Service upon that of a similar service. Wordpress.com has user-uploaded content on their service, and they have a Terms of Service with a Creative Commons license that you could use as a template: http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

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revorad14y ago· 2 in thread

Say what it does on the page and don't use red text on a red background (it's invisible).

gautamlOP14y ago

I'm not sure i follow. What's red text on red background?

revorad14y ago

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/2433/selection003.png

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MatthieuStone14y ago· 1 in thread

I did something like this 5 or so years back just for fun - it was so I could move music files around (plugins etc..) I only told a few friend about. Had to take it down as I found some hideous stuff on it. Good Luck!

Yours is much easier to use & prettier than mine was.

gautamlOP14y ago

I actually created something a lot more simpler for forums to use on and once others found out about it, 99% of the content uploaded on it was porn. The domain expired late last year and that;s when I decided to start dropsauce.com

It was something like imgur but a lot more simpler (it was a single index.php file that handled everything)

At least now this time, the content is not browsable by anyone else unless you keep it public and someone knows the random name (or the name you typed).

gautamlOP14y ago

Updated the website with an updated Terms page and the inclusion of a Privacy Policy page (both based on WordPress ToS and Automattic's Privacy).

Next on the change list is to make the add files and upload icons on the main homepage a little more obvious.

Let me know what you think.

gautamlOP14y ago

Also updated the buttons on the main page.

Click here to see the before and after: http://dropsauce.com/changelog

Thanks for all the feedback!

gautamlOP14y ago

Clickable link: http://dropsauce.com

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11 comments · 6 top-level

martey15y ago· 2 in thread

gautamlOP15y ago

Thanks martey, I'll definitely look into that.

I did add a terms page (although it's not readily noticeable - it's a bar along the bottom with copyright).

martey15y ago

I saw the Terms page, but it is not very clear (note that I am not a lawyer):

- the last sentence seems to confer a right of ownership upon the uploader that they might not be entitled to.

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revorad14y ago· 2 in thread

Say what it does on the page and don't use red text on a red background (it's invisible).

gautamlOP14y ago

I'm not sure i follow. What's red text on red background?

revorad14y ago

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/2433/selection003.png

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MatthieuStone14y ago· 1 in thread

Yours is much easier to use & prettier than mine was.

gautamlOP14y ago

It was something like imgur but a lot more simpler (it was a single index.php file that handled everything)

At least now this time, the content is not browsable by anyone else unless you keep it public and someone knows the random name (or the name you typed).

gautamlOP14y ago

Updated the website with an updated Terms page and the inclusion of a Privacy Policy page (both based on WordPress ToS and Automattic's Privacy).

Next on the change list is to make the add files and upload icons on the main homepage a little more obvious.

Let me know what you think.

gautamlOP14y ago

Also updated the buttons on the main page.

Click here to see the before and after: http://dropsauce.com/changelog

Thanks for all the feedback!

gautamlOP14y ago

Clickable link: http://dropsauce.com

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse