Great resource, though I've noticed 2 issues:<p>* 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).<p>* 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.
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.<p>Good luck to everybody though!<p>[1] <a href="http://www.ycombinator.com/video" rel="nofollow">http://www.ycombinator.com/video</a>
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.
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.
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?
Is it possible to downvote? I uploaded my video (lacerba.io) and it dropped from 14 votes to -21 votes in 10 seconds... <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/u8s3tdqqjy7x4bn/topchart.mp4?dl=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/s/u8s3tdqqjy7x4bn/topchart.mp4?dl=0</a>
UI bug: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/duue3q8brs7d467/Screenshot%202015-07-29%2017.58.34.png?dl=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/s/duue3q8brs7d467/Screenshot%202015-...</a> chrome 44 on os x
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.<p>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.).<p>TopChart looks good! It took me a second to realize the chart wasn't a Y-Combinator site.
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.
As of 10:30 EST, there's no server-side validation, so it's possible to vote multiple times.<p>I guess this is an allegory of the modern financial system, huh?
I created an alternative list where you can link your project website rather than your videos since I thought that could be more interesting <a href="http://www.topchart.io/lists/ycombinator-fellowship-2015-websites" rel="nofollow">http://www.topchart.io/lists/ycombinator-fellowship-2015-web...</a>
Looks like cool product! I hope to be part of your cohort! ;)<p>Just a heads up- your signup/login forms are unencrypted.<p>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.
Nice hack OP, reminds me of <a href="http://thehustle.co/the-linkedin-hack-that-made-me-120000" rel="nofollow">http://thehustle.co/the-linkedin-hack-that-made-me-120000</a>