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I had the same impression about the hello.webwide subdomain, thinking that a person had to sign up to see everything. I'm certain that impression is intentiona
by adventured 7y ago
I had the same impression about the hello.webwide subdomain, thinking that a person had to sign up to see everything.
I'm certain that impression is intentional. They're using it as a conversion page, which is of course why it was the page posted to HN. Dark pattern in action.
- xadz 7y agoHi, sorry! Didn't want to mislead. I am of the impression that not knowing it's all in the open is a bad thing so definitely not something I wanted to hide away. Of course the page was built with conversions in mind, for the good of the project I want to spell out the benefits and convince people to sign-up but certainly not in a dark way. I've added some more links including the logo, a view all discussions button and a browse as guest down by the bottom CTA to communicate this better.
- mekane8 7y agoI noticed the "browse as guest" link as I was about to (begrudgingly) sign up. Thanks for adding that. After poking around a bit, I felt like I could use a very brief introduction, like "what should you do first" suggestions.