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Mind telling us what problem you are trying to solve? Neither your description nor your homepage (nor anywhere else I can see) describes what your app does. An

by bravura 16y ago

Mind telling us what problem you are trying to solve? Neither your description nor your homepage (nor anywhere else I can see) describes what your app does. And given the updates, I can't assume it has the same focus as when you previously launched.

dannyr 16y ago
Yeah. I need to put something on the frontpage to describe it. Here's how I describe it to friends: ================================== It's like Twitter but instead of following people, you follow projects. I'm focusing just on fellow hackers who have side projects. There are a number of apps (most are small) that are developed but would never get coverage from big tech blogs. Launchset is aims to help people discover these projects. For the developer, it's a way of measuring interest on your app by the number of people following you. You can also keep them engaged by providing progress updates to your followers.
- bravura 16y ago
  How does notification occur? Do I log in to the site to see what is new? Or are notifications pushed to me in some way?
  - dannyr 16y ago
    If you are a project owner, you'll get notifications if somebody followed your project, posted on your project wall or commented on a post. I'm still trying to figure out notifications for the projects you follow. Right now, the only way to view them is thru your home page. My plan is email. I'll probably send daily digests of the projects you follow.
user24 16y ago
I had the same problem when I signed up; it really needs a tagline and a non-blank homepage. But when you register and add a project it becomes clearer - it's a facebook/twitter hybrid populated only by developers doing interesting things. As far as I can tell, anyway.
- dannyr 16y ago
  user24, Yeah, you got it right. I know I have to put a description on the front page. I'm primarily targeting the HN crowd so hopefully, they'll pick it up right away.

by bravura 16y ago

dannyr 16y ago

Yeah. I need to put something on the frontpage to describe it. Here's how I describe it to friends: ================================== It's like Twitter but instead of following people, you follow projects. I'm focusing just on fellow hackers who have side projects. There are a number of apps (most are small) that are developed but would never get coverage from big tech blogs. Launchset is aims to help people discover these projects. For the developer, it's a way of measuring interest on your app by the number of people following you. You can also keep them engaged by providing progress updates to your followers.

bravura 16y ago
How does notification occur? Do I log in to the site to see what is new? Or are notifications pushed to me in some way?
- dannyr 16y ago
  If you are a project owner, you'll get notifications if somebody followed your project, posted on your project wall or commented on a post. I'm still trying to figure out notifications for the projects you follow. Right now, the only way to view them is thru your home page. My plan is email. I'll probably send daily digests of the projects you follow.

user24 16y ago

I had the same problem when I signed up; it really needs a tagline and a non-blank homepage. But when you register and add a project it becomes clearer - it's a facebook/twitter hybrid populated only by developers doing interesting things. As far as I can tell, anyway.

dannyr 16y ago
user24, Yeah, you got it right. I know I have to put a description on the front page. I'm primarily targeting the HN crowd so hopefully, they'll pick it up right away.