[LunarAurora]

On HN months ago, I made a list [1] on publishing small databases, and I remember that I could not find a good service under "List sharing" (maybe one). Yours fills that slot perfectly.

I have some suggestions: For initiating the DB, offering import (csv/sheets...) would help creators jump in. Then, for collaboration, you could offer the option to add without any account at all (just send the "under review" form to the moderators), or maybe also add more signup alternatives.

As for monetization, I suggest in the future you limit only "private" DBs (= me and other moderators) , so people can still create unlimited public ones (good for spreading the word).

Good luck!

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34561292

[Trayja-Peter]

I remember that post! I had commented on it, back when this project was still very early and using a different name.

I agree with all your suggestions, and we've considered most of them. Importing CSVs presents some challenges, particularly with trying to infer the type and valid values of each column.

[ObscureScience]

Since you did not address the monetization suggestion; I hope that there will be some mechanism to prevent open DBs to just become closed/paywalled over night. If such a premium content is implemented, similar to free software there should be clear limits to how an initiator can take the work of volunteer collaborators and privatize it.

Not sure if viable, but I would much rather prefer a kind of donation system with some kickback to valued collaborations.

[bcjordan]

Right, maybe Airtable is to Slack as Sortabase is to Discord