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1) The word "microblogging" threw me off -- for some reason, I hear "blogging", and don't realize it's meant to be a twitter clone. 2) Maybe it's just me, but

1) The word "microblogging" threw me off -- for some reason, I hear "blogging", and don't realize it's meant to be a twitter clone. 2) Maybe it's just me, but the full page image of the woman on your landing page makes me want to close out rather than engage and find out what the product is. I'd rather see top peeps immediately, with a partial landing banner for new users. 3) I think the most critical task for a product like yours is curating a good community. With twitter already existing, how do you intend to avoid turning into a boring graveyard of crypto shills (like Steem) or a Gab-like place filled with only people offensive enough to have been banned elsewhere? 4) Otherwise -- it looks great! I'm on the waitlist...how long before you send out more invite? :)

bevan 9y ago
Thanks! 1) Yeah, it's a weird word. Other suggestions appreciated. 2) Good feedback. 3) Branding is a top priority. This front-end is meant to polarize for a certain type of user. That becomes more clear during on-ramp and usage. Copy/messaging needs work. Suggestions appreciated. 4) Thank you. Best way is to DM me on Twitter at @bevanbarton with the email address you signed up with and I'll approve you ASAP.
- CrackpotGonzo 9y ago
  signed up for the waitlist too, excited to try it out!
- deleted 9y ago
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- icc97 9y ago
  Could just copy Wikipedia [0]: > online news and social networking service [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
- gregknicholson 9y ago
  On the word “microblogging”: I think this may actually be the fundamental problem with all Twitter clones (so I'm not singling out your project; you just happen to be here). For a mass-market tool, it should be possible to describe the purpose your tool using words that have existed for more than a couple of decades. At the moment, the shorthand is always “like Twitter, except not quite”. So is it public chat? personal status updates? a public short-form diary? crap poetry? a personal news feed? a way to contact companies with short messages? All of these are valid, and maybe it's several, but perhaps choosing one use-case to focus on will lead to a clearer offering.
- jelpern 9y ago
  Technically "microblogging" is the generic term for Twitter's service, as I'm sure you know, but given how quickly they dominated the space it's a bit obscure (like saying "ice pop" for a Popsicle). I'm curious about the polarizing. I've never seen the word used that way before; does it refer to screening certain types out, or to attracting only certain types in? Is the idea to avoid the misogynist and alt right types who have ruined Twitter for a lot of people?
ahazred8ta 9y ago
Dumping large volumes of nonessential content into the Ethereum blockchain sounds like an antipattern.
- johnnylambada 9y ago
  Um... cryptokitties? But seriously a lot of people don't think Twitter is non essential. Once in the block chain a message can't be deleted, which could prove to make better discourse.
  - HenryBemis 9y ago
    And this is why no politician, celebrity may never join it. Too much at stake! As for microblogging, from the title I thought of a Tumblr/Twitter alternative, but I guess not :) I own crypto but not ETH, and respectfully I don't want to get into ETH just for this. On the upside thought, making people "work for it" will keep away trolls and time-wasters/haters. I hope it grows to see it how you like!
    - icebraining 9y ago
      Politicians already have https://politwoops.eu/ https://politwoops.eu/

bevan 9y ago

Thanks! 1) Yeah, it's a weird word. Other suggestions appreciated. 2) Good feedback. 3) Branding is a top priority. This front-end is meant to polarize for a certain type of user. That becomes more clear during on-ramp and usage. Copy/messaging needs work. Suggestions appreciated. 4) Thank you. Best way is to DM me on Twitter at @bevanbarton with the email address you signed up with and I'll approve you ASAP.

CrackpotGonzo 9y ago
signed up for the waitlist too, excited to try it out!
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icc97 9y ago
Could just copy Wikipedia [0]: > online news and social networking service [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
gregknicholson 9y ago
On the word “microblogging”: I think this may actually be the fundamental problem with all Twitter clones (so I'm not singling out your project; you just happen to be here). For a mass-market tool, it should be possible to describe the purpose your tool using words that have existed for more than a couple of decades. At the moment, the shorthand is always “like Twitter, except not quite”. So is it public chat? personal status updates? a public short-form diary? crap poetry? a personal news feed? a way to contact companies with short messages? All of these are valid, and maybe it's several, but perhaps choosing one use-case to focus on will lead to a clearer offering.
jelpern 9y ago
Technically "microblogging" is the generic term for Twitter's service, as I'm sure you know, but given how quickly they dominated the space it's a bit obscure (like saying "ice pop" for a Popsicle). I'm curious about the polarizing. I've never seen the word used that way before; does it refer to screening certain types out, or to attracting only certain types in? Is the idea to avoid the misogynist and alt right types who have ruined Twitter for a lot of people?

ahazred8ta 9y ago

Dumping large volumes of nonessential content into the Ethereum blockchain sounds like an antipattern.

johnnylambada 9y ago
Um... cryptokitties? But seriously a lot of people don't think Twitter is non essential. Once in the block chain a message can't be deleted, which could prove to make better discourse.
- HenryBemis 9y ago
  And this is why no politician, celebrity may never join it. Too much at stake! As for microblogging, from the title I thought of a Tumblr/Twitter alternative, but I guess not :) I own crypto but not ETH, and respectfully I don't want to get into ETH just for this. On the upside thought, making people "work for it" will keep away trolls and time-wasters/haters. I hope it grows to see it how you like!
  - icebraining 9y ago
    Politicians already have https://politwoops.eu/ https://politwoops.eu/