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Originally said "coming soon" to see if anyone was interested. Turns out they are!

by hemancuso 8y ago

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gdfasfklshg4 8y ago
Can you explain a little more what you mean by this?
- pvinis 8y ago
  It means that is was not actually "coming soon". It said that, just to see if many people are interested in that feature. If there were many people interested, development of that feature would start. If not many people were interested, I guess the text would have been just removed. Makes sense?
  - arthurcolle 8y ago
    Pretty convoluted to me...
    - giancarlostoro 8y ago
      But at least they've been working on it for a good minute: https://twitter.com/expandrive/status/1000012200612950017 https://twitter.com/expandrive/status/1000012200612950017
    - hemancuso 8y ago
      We took a beta list to gauge interest. No sense in all the work if nobody cares.
      - ktm5j 8y ago
        Yeah but why not just ask if people were interested? Instead of saying something that wasn't true..
        tekromancr 8y ago
        Because everyone and their dog would say they want it, or are interested in it, even if they don't actually want it. This puts up a (small) barrier that helps gauge true interest. It's the same idea as setting up a landing page for a product that doesn't exist and seeing if people click "pricing" or "buy now" to determine if there is a market for it.
    - konschubert 8y ago
      No, it's simple, it's just a lie. (Sorry, don't mean to attack anyone or put too much blame, but let's call it what it is.)
      - hemancuso 8y ago
        Technically the lie really only extends to the "soon" part, since it is coming. And software regularly has a list of future features that often don't ship. Would love to chat if you were ever interested!
        konschubert 8y ago
        Hi, I am always up for a chat, my email is mail@konstantinschubert.com. :) To get back to our argument: By the time you said "coming soon" you didn't know if it was coming at all, so I would call that a bit of a lie.

Originally said "coming soon" to see if anyone was interested. Turns out they are!

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gdfasfklshg4 8y ago

Can you explain a little more what you mean by this?

pvinis 8y ago
It means that is was not actually "coming soon". It said that, just to see if many people are interested in that feature. If there were many people interested, development of that feature would start. If not many people were interested, I guess the text would have been just removed. Makes sense?
- arthurcolle 8y ago
  Pretty convoluted to me...
  - giancarlostoro 8y ago
    But at least they've been working on it for a good minute: https://twitter.com/expandrive/status/1000012200612950017 https://twitter.com/expandrive/status/1000012200612950017
  - hemancuso 8y ago
    We took a beta list to gauge interest. No sense in all the work if nobody cares.
    - ktm5j 8y ago
      Yeah but why not just ask if people were interested? Instead of saying something that wasn't true..
      - tekromancr 8y ago
        Because everyone and their dog would say they want it, or are interested in it, even if they don't actually want it. This puts up a (small) barrier that helps gauge true interest. It's the same idea as setting up a landing page for a product that doesn't exist and seeing if people click "pricing" or "buy now" to determine if there is a market for it.
  - konschubert 8y ago
    No, it's simple, it's just a lie. (Sorry, don't mean to attack anyone or put too much blame, but let's call it what it is.)
    - hemancuso 8y ago
      Technically the lie really only extends to the "soon" part, since it is coming. And software regularly has a list of future features that often don't ship. Would love to chat if you were ever interested!
      - konschubert 8y ago
        Hi, I am always up for a chat, my email is mail@konstantinschubert.com. :) To get back to our argument: By the time you said "coming soon" you didn't know if it was coming at all, so I would call that a bit of a lie.