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Happened to me. Frustrating experience but afterwards you learned very well that you need to create a product and/or business model with a strong lock-in, not j
by greenspot 11y ago
Happened to me. Frustrating experience but afterwards you learned very well that you need to create a product and/or business model with a strong lock-in, not just a nice site or app.
- bflesch 11y agoGood point, so you propose we don't lose focus. The only thing is that they are adding value for our Chinese users by being Chinese-language, thereby filling a gap we currently can't address.
- studentrob 11y agoIs Chinese language so hard to add? I'm living in Taiwan, perhaps I can help.
- bflesch 11y agoThanks for offering your help! We ditched our translations because i18n takes so much time and we learned that most players apart from Russians and Chinese don't really need it. Also, the implementation using i18n-next was a huge PITA. It'd be great if I could ping you in the next days if we decide to move into that direction again.
- studentrob 11y agoSure, you can reach me at stillastudent on google's email service. I'm not familiar with i18n-next but have tried things like crowdin [1] before and it seemed straightforward from the translator's side. [1] https://crowdin.com/ https://crowdin.com/
- awinter-py 11y agoyes -- 'what stops a third party from duplicating your model' is a good question to ask before starting a company.
- bflesch 11y agoPeople will put money into their accounts on our site and have an online balance, that is a huge factor in stickyness imo (same as with online poker). We haven't tested their backend logic which is a huge part of our competitive advantage to other platforms, and mainly assessed the thread by visually comparing the sites.