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Hi, Answer: No, you are not there yet. Let me give you some advice. Forget ALL the features you have added. Don't pimp them on the front page. There is really o

Hi, Answer: No, you are not there yet. Let me give you some advice. Forget ALL the features you have added. Don't pimp them on the front page. There is really only one unique thing about your site, and it is what you should concentrate on: Timeline based albums. Everybody things they are good at everything. There are two things you are not good at - copywriting and design. So long you do not learn that, you will continue to fail with that site. That's why people specialise, so they get good at something. For example: "Your photos are _automatically_ organized by date." What were you thinking? You think that "automatically" is important to most people looking at your site? No, it's not! That's a technical feature, it's not a dream of people. You are not conveying the correct impression. Your title is "Amazingly simple photo sharing". Okay, first of all, "Amazing" has been overused and means nothing. "Simple", well everything is simple once you know how to use it. "Photo sharing". So the focus of your site is sharing? Like, you make the process of "sharing" very simple? I did not read a single one of your features, because there are just too many, and you do not highlight the most important. Back to the point - what I'm trying to say is just stick with pimping and developing a timeline based approach to storing albums. Make this your prime feature and design your site around it. And by the way - you are NOT a designer. Go work in mcdonalds for 2 weeks, you'll make enough money to hire a romanian designer for $200 that will make you a great site. Your site looks like it time travelled from 1998.

far33d 19y ago
While your criticism could be valid, there's no reason to be a jerk. Communication skills are as important as the facts you are trying to convey.
- maxklein 19y ago
  This guy posted this site like 2 months ago, and refused to listen to reason back then. Sometimes you gotta pound sense into a man.
  - brlewis 19y ago
    Each time I've made changes in response to news.yc feedback, though not necessarily yours. I did mod your first comment up and did no downmodding, since I read sincere feedback and it's obvious you did at least look.
brlewis 19y ago
If you ever took a hundred kid photos and tried to organize them into albums on a non-automatic photo-sharing site, you'd understand why I emphasize "automatically." I used to think "amazing" was useless marketingspeak until I saw reddit stories succeed or fail based on the word. Yes, simple is absolutely what I emphasize. Yes, the purpose is to share photos. It isn't a social networking site for photography enthusiasts like flickr, etc.; it's a simple way to share photos. I realize I am not a designer. I'm poor enough at it that I might not recognize good design if I saw it, except in terms of usability. That aspect of the site will have to wait. Luckily, people seem to get a positive experience when attention is drawn to content they're interested in, and the current default style accomplishes that.
- maxklein 19y ago
  You have something in your head, and you mould every feedback you get to fit in with that concept. First rule of interface design - if people are complaining, don't explain to them how what you have in your head is the best approach, change it so they figure it out. You needed a lot of time to do a lot of nothing, and if you ever want succeed, you'll need to change that.
  - brlewis 19y ago
    Please note, maxklein, that your feedback is not the only feedback I'm receiving, and your "first" rule of interface design is what I'm doing. The reason why I'm not changing the page in response to your particular feedback about emphasizing automatic is that it's not coming from a potential customer. Explaining to non-potential-customers why other people would value this feature is not a high priority. Potential customers (people with little free time) will recognize immediately why having something done for them is valuable. This entire round of feedback is for one change made in response to Paul Buchheit's complaint last time. I've made other changes in response to customer feedback, but didn't ask for news.yc feedback on all of them.
    - maxklein 19y ago
      You have a great idea, but you're doing so many things wrong, it's amazing. Look at your hosting plan. Totally obscure. You're adding uncertainty. So many little things here and there are wrong, but I see that you're the type of person who only takes advice if it is given with a bucket of sugar, so this is the last piece of advice I'll give you: Do your thing, bro.

far33d 19y ago

While your criticism could be valid, there's no reason to be a jerk. Communication skills are as important as the facts you are trying to convey.

maxklein 19y ago
This guy posted this site like 2 months ago, and refused to listen to reason back then. Sometimes you gotta pound sense into a man.
- brlewis 19y ago
  Each time I've made changes in response to news.yc feedback, though not necessarily yours. I did mod your first comment up and did no downmodding, since I read sincere feedback and it's obvious you did at least look.

brlewis 19y ago

If you ever took a hundred kid photos and tried to organize them into albums on a non-automatic photo-sharing site, you'd understand why I emphasize "automatically." I used to think "amazing" was useless marketingspeak until I saw reddit stories succeed or fail based on the word. Yes, simple is absolutely what I emphasize. Yes, the purpose is to share photos. It isn't a social networking site for photography enthusiasts like flickr, etc.; it's a simple way to share photos. I realize I am not a designer. I'm poor enough at it that I might not recognize good design if I saw it, except in terms of usability. That aspect of the site will have to wait. Luckily, people seem to get a positive experience when attention is drawn to content they're interested in, and the current default style accomplishes that.

maxklein 19y ago
You have something in your head, and you mould every feedback you get to fit in with that concept. First rule of interface design - if people are complaining, don't explain to them how what you have in your head is the best approach, change it so they figure it out. You needed a lot of time to do a lot of nothing, and if you ever want succeed, you'll need to change that.
- brlewis 19y ago
  Please note, maxklein, that your feedback is not the only feedback I'm receiving, and your "first" rule of interface design is what I'm doing. The reason why I'm not changing the page in response to your particular feedback about emphasizing automatic is that it's not coming from a potential customer. Explaining to non-potential-customers why other people would value this feature is not a high priority. Potential customers (people with little free time) will recognize immediately why having something done for them is valuable. This entire round of feedback is for one change made in response to Paul Buchheit's complaint last time. I've made other changes in response to customer feedback, but didn't ask for news.yc feedback on all of them.
  - maxklein 19y ago
    You have a great idea, but you're doing so many things wrong, it's amazing. Look at your hosting plan. Totally obscure. You're adding uncertainty. So many little things here and there are wrong, but I see that you're the type of person who only takes advice if it is given with a bucket of sugar, so this is the last piece of advice I'll give you: Do your thing, bro.