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Thanks for the helpful feedback. I really appreciate it. I think you're right that I need to think about things that you would be able to do uniquely on this s
by stollercyrus 15y ago
Thanks for the helpful feedback. I really appreciate it.
I think you're right that I need to think about things that you would be able to do uniquely on this site that you can't do other places. This was originally a side project so that I could have something fun to do with family after Thanksgiving dinner. It's already done way more than I expected.
I agree with you that I need to come up with something to make it different, if I'm going to keep working on this. The frustrations that I've had with reddit/stumbleupon/youtube is that there are a lot of distractions. So I just tried to make things as minimalist as possible. Stumbling for videos on StumbleUpon hasn't always worked well for me either - I often get thrown back into a "normal" website after more than a few stumbles and the ratio of videos that I actually like is kinda low. I like your idea of sharing lists of videos. I'm all ears to other ideas.
I understand the rationale for why you wouldn't come back. Honestly, I was kinda surprised to see so many people return. I'd say 20 unique people (those 20 people are different each day) are coming back to the site on any given day. I've emailed them to ask what they like and what'd they'd like to see me make. The main critique I got was the one about carrying over the session data after you create an account. I'll work on doing that. I've just been storing that in the session, which gets reset after you sign up. Good advice.
I like your idea about adding reviews/comments. It also gives people a reason to sign up.
I'll be sure to add a pronunciation guide in the about page.
These are all great suggestions about how to keep people on my site. I'm also curious about how to get more people to visit in the first place.