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Humble opinions: 1. Easy to implement, but I don't know if people would be interested in it. Another downside is that twitter can pull the rug under your feet

by lazyant 16y ago

Humble opinions: 1. Easy to implement, but I don't know if people would be interested in it. Another downside is that twitter can pull the rug under your feet at any time. 2. Interesting. I'm not sure if the benefits for testers are big enough. 3. I have no opinion on this; I don't like the referrals in general (except free "word of mouth") anyways. 4. nice but as with any social site it's hard to get the initial people and critical mass. 5. Hard to differentiate enough or see the real benefit when there are so many blogs/facebook/etc applications out there. 6. There are definitively lots of monitoring services of all kinds, prices (from zero) and features. It would be interesting to have one addressing a very particular niche one or at a particular feature set / price point as you said.

famfam 16y ago
I like your feedback, since I am a pessimist and can see the truth in all your criticism :) 1 - totally agreed it's a Twitter feature waiting to be vacuumed up. but it's SO easy to implement. and I know how to make it go way viral. i think? :) 2 - why does anyone beta test anything? i think people just like feeling special, having special access, being early adopters, being influencers, etc. plus, i imagine the site as totally having badges/rewards built into it by design. and version.future - framework to allow companies to reward their testers (name in credits, direct payments, tip jar, whatever) 4 - agreed. maybe i could use #3 to solve this problem :) 5 - i know there's a market for this one, just from being a parent and knowing lots of parents. i don't think facebook is acceptable since there are weird issues with friending your parents etc, and grandmom is probably not even on the site. blog-wise, there are verrry few blogging platforms that have the right security controls. 6 - agreed. it would be easy enough to try something simple: 10 urls, 10 sampling nodes, 10 tests an hour, $10 a month - and just see what kind of interest is out there.

by lazyant 16y ago

famfam 16y ago

I like your feedback, since I am a pessimist and can see the truth in all your criticism :) 1 - totally agreed it's a Twitter feature waiting to be vacuumed up. but it's SO easy to implement. and I know how to make it go way viral. i think? :) 2 - why does anyone beta test anything? i think people just like feeling special, having special access, being early adopters, being influencers, etc. plus, i imagine the site as totally having badges/rewards built into it by design. and version.future - framework to allow companies to reward their testers (name in credits, direct payments, tip jar, whatever) 4 - agreed. maybe i could use #3 to solve this problem :) 5 - i know there's a market for this one, just from being a parent and knowing lots of parents. i don't think facebook is acceptable since there are weird issues with friending your parents etc, and grandmom is probably not even on the site. blog-wise, there are verrry few blogging platforms that have the right security controls. 6 - agreed. it would be easy enough to try something simple: 10 urls, 10 sampling nodes, 10 tests an hour, $10 a month - and just see what kind of interest is out there.