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I was very excited by the link title and disappointed by the site. Here were my reactions, roughly in order: * Why would they show a hobo on the home page? (I'

I was very excited by the link title and disappointed by the site. Here were my reactions, roughly in order: * Why would they show a hobo on the home page? (I'm not trying to be funny here, that is honestly what popped into my head.) * I'm at the office, therefore I'm not going to play that video. * Sign up for an invite? No thanks. I wish you had told me in text and images what silk is. * I should go back to HN and write about how incredibly disappointed I am to not get any useful info from the home page. Data visualization is near and dear to my heart, and I would have liked very much to see a new app for that domain.

coderdude 15y ago
We had almost completely opposite reactions to the same landing page. * I enjoyed all three videos. I thought they were informative and even funny at times. I didn't think the narrator was a hobo. * I'm at the office, and I didn't mind watching the videos. * Sign up for an invite? Honestly, I didn't either, but not because they had videos instead of text. The service does look neat though.
- nickythegreek 15y ago
  I didn't even know there were multiple videos until you said something. I wasn't expecting a built in playlist, and the website design is so minimal that I bet people will skip over the other videos just out of not knowing they were there. I'd be interested in seeing the view stats for each video in a couple weeks to see how this approach has worked for them. I imagine though that there will be considerable dropoff for video 2 and even lower on 3.
keen 15y ago
I don't think most people would associate casual clothes and long hair with hobo. I understand that's your reaction, but it doesn't seem fair.
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- nonrecursive 15y ago
  I'm not trying to imply that it's a socially/morally correct reaction. I just wanted to write candidly in case it's helpful to the folks who made the site.

coderdude 15y ago

We had almost completely opposite reactions to the same landing page. * I enjoyed all three videos. I thought they were informative and even funny at times. I didn't think the narrator was a hobo. * I'm at the office, and I didn't mind watching the videos. * Sign up for an invite? Honestly, I didn't either, but not because they had videos instead of text. The service does look neat though.

nickythegreek 15y ago
I didn't even know there were multiple videos until you said something. I wasn't expecting a built in playlist, and the website design is so minimal that I bet people will skip over the other videos just out of not knowing they were there. I'd be interested in seeing the view stats for each video in a couple weeks to see how this approach has worked for them. I imagine though that there will be considerable dropoff for video 2 and even lower on 3.

keen 15y ago

I don't think most people would associate casual clothes and long hair with hobo. I understand that's your reaction, but it doesn't seem fair.

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nonrecursive 15y ago
I'm not trying to imply that it's a socially/morally correct reaction. I just wanted to write candidly in case it's helpful to the folks who made the site.