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So. There's NO interest in this? Ouch.

• charliepark 16y ago
  Some thoughts: 1. There's no clickable link in your post (HN doesn't auto-link URLs in posts). Generally, people will post a "clickable: http://address.com http://address.com link in a follow-up comment when they post a "check out my site" request. 2. You only gave 20 minutes between your initial post and this follow-up. It is only 7:43 in the morning on the West Coast. People might not have seen it. 3. HackerNews readers might not be the best group for market testing your app. Personally, I'm not interested in either A) noise in my Twitter stream or B) notices of deals I can get. That doesn't mean that there isn't someone out there who would find it useful. 4. "Check out my app" requests are hit-or-miss on HN. Sometimes they get a lot of comments, feedback, and traffic. Sometimes they don't. I haven't pattern-matched the successful requests, so I'm not sure what advice to give on that front. Maybe someone else has some input on that. 5. If there really isn't anyone who's interested in this, it's much better to find out now so you can pivot the app or move on to a different app where you can find a solid userbase.
  • dabent 16y ago
    Thanks for your feedback. The silence was honestly worse than harsh feedback. I'll add a "clickable" next time and time my posts better. "Noise in my Twitter stream" - I'm very interested in avoiding that and worried this app won't help if one follows with it doing unsolicited deal updates right now. I really liked the concept of capturing a user's intent and using that to help them keep an eye on deals as they become available. People don't always buy things the moment they are looking for them. When something is looking for something big like an HDTV or computer, they can afford to wait days to see a big discount come across. That's the idea anyway.