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Things Real People Don't Say About Your App

34 points by jamesjyu 16y ago

antidaily 16y ago
"I love verifying my email address." Sigh... I know, man. I know.
- idtest512 16y ago
  Yeah, that one is the best so far probably.
- bemmu 16y ago
  Hmm, I wonder what the solution to this could be.
  - bad_user 16y ago
    Not having an email account?
Charuru 16y ago
Meh, I call BS on some of this. I've def lazyed out on deleting my account because I couldn't find the button on the site.
- jauco 16y ago
  But did that make you a returning customer, or did you still just abandon the site?
  - Charuru 16y ago
    It was thinkvitamin, I'm still a member paying 25 a month. Also the same situation on 1and1... Actually I should do something about that.
    - loewenskind 16y ago
      If you'll pay me 20 a month (and give me the account info), I'll delete it for you.
brianwillis 16y ago
>I'm really glad all these ads are keeping this site in business. You know what would suck? Paying for Gmail and Facebook.
- rimantas 16y ago
  Why would it suck? What's wrong in paying for the product?
- zachrose 16y ago
  It's an email address and a personal website. How expensive should it be to have a quality version of both?
- Udo 16y ago
  A few years ago I'd have agreed with that, but recently I changed my mind: why not pay directly for things you like? Ads on the web a scourge, they really do make the whole experience of using a site worse for the customer. And they can't really be a good deal for advertisers either. I can't remember the last time I ever clicked on an ad, and I definitely never purchased anything after clicking on a banner. Ads are a scam business. Sure, Facebook and Google are basing their business on it, but how long until this house of cards finally collapses? However, alternative models are scarce. Subscription-based sites mostly don't work. Donation-based models can be somewhat successful, but only with huge user bases and even then they'll never be as financially successful as the ad-based fantasy businesses of Facebook et al. I think a karma-based economy is worth exploring. For example, if everyone allocated an arbitrary sum each month to spend on services they like, then we would just need one or more payment services that distributed this sum among all the sites you gave "karma" to in a given month.
- mcantor 16y ago
  You know what would be totally awesome? Paying for Gmail and Facebook so I don't have to deal with any fricking ads, and so I can expect a commensurate amount of commitment from the companies that run them.
  - pfedor 16y ago
pak 16y ago
Kind of funny, but as I predicted, not quite as good as tpdsaa. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2106021 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2106021
swombat 16y ago
"Why yes, I'll give you offline access to all my Facebook info" Isn't that said by millions of (real, non-geek) people every day?
vokoda 16y ago
This couldn't be much less funny.
mcantor 16y ago
Look, I know it's gauche to admit that you laughed at something on the internet, but the "modal dialogue" one got me fair and square. I LOL'd, Hacker News. I LOL'd.

34 points by jamesjyu 16y ago

antidaily 16y ago

"I love verifying my email address." Sigh... I know, man. I know.

idtest512 16y ago
Yeah, that one is the best so far probably.
bemmu 16y ago
Hmm, I wonder what the solution to this could be.
- bad_user 16y ago
  Not having an email account?

Charuru 16y ago

Meh, I call BS on some of this. I've def lazyed out on deleting my account because I couldn't find the button on the site.

jauco 16y ago
But did that make you a returning customer, or did you still just abandon the site?
- Charuru 16y ago
  It was thinkvitamin, I'm still a member paying 25 a month. Also the same situation on 1and1... Actually I should do something about that.
  - loewenskind 16y ago
    If you'll pay me 20 a month (and give me the account info), I'll delete it for you.

brianwillis 16y ago

>I'm really glad all these ads are keeping this site in business. You know what would suck? Paying for Gmail and Facebook.

rimantas 16y ago
Why would it suck? What's wrong in paying for the product?
zachrose 16y ago
It's an email address and a personal website. How expensive should it be to have a quality version of both?
Udo 16y ago
A few years ago I'd have agreed with that, but recently I changed my mind: why not pay directly for things you like? Ads on the web a scourge, they really do make the whole experience of using a site worse for the customer. And they can't really be a good deal for advertisers either. I can't remember the last time I ever clicked on an ad, and I definitely never purchased anything after clicking on a banner. Ads are a scam business. Sure, Facebook and Google are basing their business on it, but how long until this house of cards finally collapses? However, alternative models are scarce. Subscription-based sites mostly don't work. Donation-based models can be somewhat successful, but only with huge user bases and even then they'll never be as financially successful as the ad-based fantasy businesses of Facebook et al. I think a karma-based economy is worth exploring. For example, if everyone allocated an arbitrary sum each month to spend on services they like, then we would just need one or more payment services that distributed this sum among all the sites you gave "karma" to in a given month.
mcantor 16y ago
You know what would be totally awesome? Paying for Gmail and Facebook so I don't have to deal with any fricking ads, and so I can expect a commensurate amount of commitment from the companies that run them.
- pfedor 16y ago

pak 16y ago

Kind of funny, but as I predicted, not quite as good as tpdsaa. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2106021 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2106021

swombat 16y ago

"Why yes, I'll give you offline access to all my Facebook info" Isn't that said by millions of (real, non-geek) people every day?

vokoda 16y ago

This couldn't be much less funny.

mcantor 16y ago

Look, I know it's gauche to admit that you laughed at something on the internet, but the "modal dialogue" one got me fair and square. I LOL'd, Hacker News. I LOL'd.