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6 points by barmstrong 15y ago

This is a project I just launched - would love to get any feedback and see how/if it would be useful for people. Thanks! http://ribbot.com

barmstrong 15y ago
Clickable http://ribbot.com http://ribbot.com The support page on the site is also a demo of the product: http://support.ribbot.com/ http://support.ribbot.com/
jw84 15y ago
I see we've come to a full circle now. Reddit has been remade.
sachleen 15y ago
Very nice. Not really related to what you've created but I'm really liking the use of Bootstrap in many of these kinds of projects. Back to ribbot, I created an account but my name is "New User" and I see no way of changing this. Edit: I see going to profile shows an option to change the user name. You should consider sending the user there to set a user name upon first sign in.
lpolovets 15y ago
Nice! Feedback: - You should link to a demo page and/or have screenshots. As you mention in the HN comments, the Support page is a demo page, but that's not obvious from the site itself. Also, the demo page should have a decent amount of sample content, comments, etc; the Support page currently has one entry and zero comments. - There should be a sign up button on every page (e.g. the Pricing page). The header is one possible location. - On the one hand it makes sense that Ribbot Support's Home page is Ribbot Support, on the other hand it feels weird that after I click on Ribbot Support, there's no way to go back to Ribbot.com without hitting the back button. - On the pricing page, change "Num Users" to "Number of Users". - The pricing seems a little excessive at the upper tiers, but that's just a personal opinion. Usually when prices go above a few hundred dollars, pricing charts will say something like "call us!" - For ad-supported vs paid, it's not clear what kind of ads there are, how obtrusive they are, etc. - Nice domain name. It's screaming for a cute frog logo =) - Just a personal opinion, but you should add a little background color to the site. Nothing glaring... but there's too much white right now, IMO.
- barmstrong 15y ago
  This is great advice, thanks!
anujkk 15y ago
I can suggest some features(I need them for one of my site) : 1. Wordpress/buddypress integration through some plugin. I want it to use my wordpress site accounts for login. 2. own domain/sub domain support(like tumblr) 3. Custom theme(like tumblr) 4. User role and authorization(make some users moderator) 5. I feel pricing is too high for ad-free versions. Paying $49/month for 1000 users look like too much investment without enough returns. You may want to reconsider pricing.
revorad 15y ago
Nice! Bug report: Submitting a new post with just a title, and without the text gave me a 500 error. When I clicked back to fill in the text, the submit button was still disabled showing the "Submitting" text. So I had to reload the page.

6 points by barmstrong 15y ago

This is a project I just launched - would love to get any feedback and see how/if it would be useful for people. Thanks! http://ribbot.com

barmstrong 15y ago

Clickable http://ribbot.com http://ribbot.com The support page on the site is also a demo of the product: http://support.ribbot.com/ http://support.ribbot.com/

jw84 15y ago

I see we've come to a full circle now. Reddit has been remade.

sachleen 15y ago

Very nice. Not really related to what you've created but I'm really liking the use of Bootstrap in many of these kinds of projects. Back to ribbot, I created an account but my name is "New User" and I see no way of changing this. Edit: I see going to profile shows an option to change the user name. You should consider sending the user there to set a user name upon first sign in.

lpolovets 15y ago

Nice! Feedback: - You should link to a demo page and/or have screenshots. As you mention in the HN comments, the Support page is a demo page, but that's not obvious from the site itself. Also, the demo page should have a decent amount of sample content, comments, etc; the Support page currently has one entry and zero comments. - There should be a sign up button on every page (e.g. the Pricing page). The header is one possible location. - On the one hand it makes sense that Ribbot Support's Home page is Ribbot Support, on the other hand it feels weird that after I click on Ribbot Support, there's no way to go back to Ribbot.com without hitting the back button. - On the pricing page, change "Num Users" to "Number of Users". - The pricing seems a little excessive at the upper tiers, but that's just a personal opinion. Usually when prices go above a few hundred dollars, pricing charts will say something like "call us!" - For ad-supported vs paid, it's not clear what kind of ads there are, how obtrusive they are, etc. - Nice domain name. It's screaming for a cute frog logo =) - Just a personal opinion, but you should add a little background color to the site. Nothing glaring... but there's too much white right now, IMO.

barmstrong 15y ago
This is great advice, thanks!

anujkk 15y ago

I can suggest some features(I need them for one of my site) : 1. Wordpress/buddypress integration through some plugin. I want it to use my wordpress site accounts for login. 2. own domain/sub domain support(like tumblr) 3. Custom theme(like tumblr) 4. User role and authorization(make some users moderator) 5. I feel pricing is too high for ad-free versions. Paying $49/month for 1000 users look like too much investment without enough returns. You may want to reconsider pricing.

revorad 15y ago

Nice! Bug report: Submitting a new post with just a title, and without the text gave me a 500 error. When I clicked back to fill in the text, the submit button was still disabled showing the "Submitting" text. So I had to reload the page.