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If the concept here is a social network which brings us closer to people who have similar interests and are geographically close to us then that is really cool.
by apatters 10y ago
If the concept here is a social network which brings us closer to people who have similar interests and are geographically close to us then that is really cool. But a couple things don't feel right to me.
1) No web app - honestly I'm over installing apps and being bound to my phone. You lost me here.
2) A bit of 'wall of text' explaining what this is and I appreciate that the orkut.com bit is heartfelt, but this is not the best way to pull me in.
3) No actual content from the network that I can browse on the web to understand through immersion (this is what is needed instead of or to supplement the about text).
4) 'loves not likes' - Without delivering on the other bullets here I didn't connect with the product and therefore this sounded tacky.
5) The best of the jots - makes me feel maybe this is instagram?
It just feels that the product planner is checked out or there hasn't been much conversation with the market or something. I guess I'd understand a lot better if I installed the app and signed up, but not going to, I shouldn't have to jump through those hoops just to understand the product.
Admittedly I am just an average curious passerby with a short attention span here so my $0.02 is worth just that, $0.02. But hello.com could be onboarding people a lot more effectively in my opinion.
Hate to just parrot everyone else but having no web app is the root of all of these issues I think.
Orkut was great and I'm over FB/Twitter, hope this does well.
- vidarh 10y agoRe #2, consider that hello.com is the landing page for the app. The page linked here is a page with a different purpose that most potential users won't see.