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Thanks a lot edo, really great feedback. I am the creator of that site. 1. Any specific suggestions out of curiosity? 2. Realtime Digg is not really unique, i

Thanks a lot edo, really great feedback. I am the creator of that site. 1. Any specific suggestions out of curiosity? 2. Realtime Digg is not really unique, if you have any other suggestions, lol I would love to hear them because it takes me forever to think of these things, and I really want to involve intelligent people like yourself in the building process. 3. If I remove the login requirement, don't you think it could get way too chaotic, and invite spammers to have their way with the site?

edo 16y ago
1. Start with the minimum viable product and expand your idea from there. It is really hard to improve a product if you don't know where to start. Radically slim down your app to do and show only the bare neccessities, the core, the meat of your service. From there, you can always slowly start to expand the feature base as long as you remember that it will never be the extra features that get you your users, it is the core that matters. I strongly suggest you to(at least temporarily) remove: Display of people online, all the sorting buttons, the red in yellow notification, the need to sign up or login, the amount of views per post. Next to each post, only show amount of viewers, don't discriminate between guests or users. After you have done this, start working on color-schemes, and read online guides on typography to make the interface less confusing and complex. Make sure a visitor's eye is drawn towards important elements, and that less important elements are in the background more ( smaller, less bright typography/elements). 2. If realtime Digg is not unique, why create one? It doesn't matter if it's unique or not, as long as your users get what you are offering them. "Interact with Others" is a slogan that could apply to an alcoholics anonymous group or a dating website. What does your website do that is appealing to me, in a maximum of 5 words? 3. Your first and foremost concern right now is to get users, if the site gets too chaotic- at least it will be used. In the event that you start to get serious spamming issues, you are most likely successfull already and you will have plenty of time to fix the problem. Don't think that far ahead. Cheers, -Edo
- Scarface 16y ago
  Edo, you have provided really great feedback for me and I appreciate it more than you know. I am going to work hard to get this going and build on all these suggestions. Will you be checking this post in the future, (tommorow or the day after for example) so I can check back in with you when I have made the changes? Your feedback is highly useful for me, since this is the first site I have ever made.

edo 16y ago

1. Start with the minimum viable product and expand your idea from there. It is really hard to improve a product if you don't know where to start. Radically slim down your app to do and show only the bare neccessities, the core, the meat of your service. From there, you can always slowly start to expand the feature base as long as you remember that it will never be the extra features that get you your users, it is the core that matters. I strongly suggest you to(at least temporarily) remove: Display of people online, all the sorting buttons, the red in yellow notification, the need to sign up or login, the amount of views per post. Next to each post, only show amount of viewers, don't discriminate between guests or users. After you have done this, start working on color-schemes, and read online guides on typography to make the interface less confusing and complex. Make sure a visitor's eye is drawn towards important elements, and that less important elements are in the background more ( smaller, less bright typography/elements). 2. If realtime Digg is not unique, why create one? It doesn't matter if it's unique or not, as long as your users get what you are offering them. "Interact with Others" is a slogan that could apply to an alcoholics anonymous group or a dating website. What does your website do that is appealing to me, in a maximum of 5 words? 3. Your first and foremost concern right now is to get users, if the site gets too chaotic- at least it will be used. In the event that you start to get serious spamming issues, you are most likely successfull already and you will have plenty of time to fix the problem. Don't think that far ahead. Cheers, -Edo

Scarface 16y ago
Edo, you have provided really great feedback for me and I appreciate it more than you know. I am going to work hard to get this going and build on all these suggestions. Will you be checking this post in the future, (tommorow or the day after for example) so I can check back in with you when I have made the changes? Your feedback is highly useful for me, since this is the first site I have ever made.