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I'm writing this as I go: I hate having to log in to things to try them. 99% of the time I use a fake e-mail and junk password just to get past the barrier.

I'm writing this as I go: I hate having to log in to things to try them. 99% of the time I use a fake e-mail and junk password just to get past the barrier. If I like the service, then I rejoin with information I'm likely to remember. Tried it with junk e-mail then realized you send an e-mail validation. Why? So annoying. Will attempt to re-register and use mailinator. Success, finally! If I happened upon this site, I wouldn't be confident enough in what it does to ever create an account. Too much hassle to create an account for something that I have very little idea of what it does. It takes notes and lets me share them? I don't see the value. Ok, I'm signed in... now I finally get to see wtf this thing does. It's basically a way for me to create tiny discussions about stuff. Kind of neat... except for the fact that people are going to have to log in to comment and view any of my scribbles. If you could make things more open by alleviating any need to log in, I might use it.

terryjsmith 16y ago
Yea, I get that and this was a call I had to make. The service allows you to uploads files, share links, etc. so I wanted to have some accountability for that. You can however check out the public scribbles in the Scribbles section at the top; maybe I should make that more clear? Maybe I should add a tour/features/walkthrough page to highlight what it does? There are certain things I definitely want accountability for but I could add the ability to do some things anonymously (comment maybe?). I should mention that you can invite people to participate in your scribbles which will alleviate their need to validate the e-mail address since the invite has to go to a valid e-mail. I like the simplification of "a way to create tiny discussions"; I may use that in the future if that's okay with you :)
- photon_off 16y ago
  "A way to create tiny discussions" was an idea I had for a start-up 3 years ago that I simply never got around to doing. I think there is a massive potential for such a thing, given that there currently isn't any easy way (that I know of) to create a tiny little forum somewhere quickly and easily. Right now, the closest thing is creating a post, or a note, or a group on Facebook and having really crappy discussions ensue. The Facebook discussion system is just awful, and it's a walled garden. I think you should go with the "tiny discussions" idea, since I regrettably haven't. There's no maybe about a tour/features/walkthrough... you need it. You need to adequately describe what your service does and why I should use it. Like I said before, I've been thinking about the commenting space for about 3 years now. I've watched things like Disqus, Facebook Pages, and Ning pop up well beyond the time I had the idea of simplifying and unifying discussion. And, still, it seems nobody has managed to nail down the massive market of tiny forums. To put this in perspective, google for virtually any type of forum. iPod forum. Nissan forum. Twilight Forum. Etc. The top results you'll get for each of this will be massively popular and lucrative message boards. Basically, they'll be a good domain name with PHPBB loaded up in them, and that's sufficient to get a critical mass of people using it. Now, think to yourself: in the next x years, what new products, movies, brands, etc will be created that will have potential for these similar types of lucrative forums? You can't know the answer. But as the future unfolds, the market will know. And if you could capture some of this market, you'd be in for a lot of traffic. My conclusion is that the best way to go about this is to have users create the forums. I think there is a lot of money to be made in discussion forums, and user-generated forums is how you guarantee you are the first to capture the market's need for a particular forum. Think: A wikipedia of forums. I realize this post might be pretty incoherent and barely related to your weekend project. Sorry, I haven't eaten breakfast yet.
revorad 16y ago
Tried it with junk e-mail then realized you send an e-mail validation. Why? So annoying. If a website asks for an email address and then doesn't validate it, people could be using anyone else's email address.

terryjsmith 16y ago

Yea, I get that and this was a call I had to make. The service allows you to uploads files, share links, etc. so I wanted to have some accountability for that. You can however check out the public scribbles in the Scribbles section at the top; maybe I should make that more clear? Maybe I should add a tour/features/walkthrough page to highlight what it does? There are certain things I definitely want accountability for but I could add the ability to do some things anonymously (comment maybe?). I should mention that you can invite people to participate in your scribbles which will alleviate their need to validate the e-mail address since the invite has to go to a valid e-mail. I like the simplification of "a way to create tiny discussions"; I may use that in the future if that's okay with you :)

photon_off 16y ago
"A way to create tiny discussions" was an idea I had for a start-up 3 years ago that I simply never got around to doing. I think there is a massive potential for such a thing, given that there currently isn't any easy way (that I know of) to create a tiny little forum somewhere quickly and easily. Right now, the closest thing is creating a post, or a note, or a group on Facebook and having really crappy discussions ensue. The Facebook discussion system is just awful, and it's a walled garden. I think you should go with the "tiny discussions" idea, since I regrettably haven't. There's no maybe about a tour/features/walkthrough... you need it. You need to adequately describe what your service does and why I should use it. Like I said before, I've been thinking about the commenting space for about 3 years now. I've watched things like Disqus, Facebook Pages, and Ning pop up well beyond the time I had the idea of simplifying and unifying discussion. And, still, it seems nobody has managed to nail down the massive market of tiny forums. To put this in perspective, google for virtually any type of forum. iPod forum. Nissan forum. Twilight Forum. Etc. The top results you'll get for each of this will be massively popular and lucrative message boards. Basically, they'll be a good domain name with PHPBB loaded up in them, and that's sufficient to get a critical mass of people using it. Now, think to yourself: in the next x years, what new products, movies, brands, etc will be created that will have potential for these similar types of lucrative forums? You can't know the answer. But as the future unfolds, the market will know. And if you could capture some of this market, you'd be in for a lot of traffic. My conclusion is that the best way to go about this is to have users create the forums. I think there is a lot of money to be made in discussion forums, and user-generated forums is how you guarantee you are the first to capture the market's need for a particular forum. Think: A wikipedia of forums. I realize this post might be pretty incoherent and barely related to your weekend project. Sorry, I haven't eaten breakfast yet.

revorad 16y ago

Tried it with junk e-mail then realized you send an e-mail validation. Why? So annoying. If a website asks for an email address and then doesn't validate it, people could be using anyone else's email address.