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Please remove the annoying hovering splash screen - why would I sign up this service with Twitter/Facebook before I have even tried it out? This method of 'for

by mryan 15y ago

Please remove the annoying hovering splash screen - why would I sign up this service with Twitter/Facebook before I have even tried it out? This method of 'forced signup before viewing content' is something I find incredibly obnoxious and irritating in web apps. My default position on these is that I don't sign up unless I believe the site will offer me some value. If you want my personal info, I must feel like I am getting something in return. Another Pinterest clone does not, IMHO, provide enough value to make me sign up, especially when I am not allowed to view the site's content until I have signed up. If I was going to clone Pinterest, I would be sure to clone their key feature - anonymous users can see all of the content. "Yes sir, entry is just $10. Don't worry, we'll show you what's inside after you have paid your entrance fee, but trust us, it's great." I'm sure the site is fantastic, and what I have seen of the design is very nice. But as I'm sure you guessed, forcing people to sign up before showing the content is a personal bugbear of mine!

Kulisha 15y ago
Thanks for your response! We must have been very unclear, or it might be our bad English :) The thing is that nothing on Kulisha is really Public, since it combines your own personal feeds from Twitter and Facebook. One thing we could do, to make the site better, might be to post a screenshot or make a promo video, how does that sound? Thanks again.
- mryan 15y ago
  Just after I posted, I realised that the content on the site is entirely populated by your Facebook/Twitter connection, so I withdraw my righteous indignation ;-) A promo video would help showing potential users where the value is. Or how about adding some public data for an example user? E.g. when an anonymous user views the homepage, they see the content for this example user. Then the Call To Action could be 'see your personalised content by connecting with FB/Twitter'. This would let new users get some value out of the site (or at least see how it could be valuable) before signing up.

by mryan 15y ago

Kulisha 15y ago

Thanks for your response! We must have been very unclear, or it might be our bad English :) The thing is that nothing on Kulisha is really Public, since it combines your own personal feeds from Twitter and Facebook. One thing we could do, to make the site better, might be to post a screenshot or make a promo video, how does that sound? Thanks again.

mryan 15y ago
Just after I posted, I realised that the content on the site is entirely populated by your Facebook/Twitter connection, so I withdraw my righteous indignation ;-) A promo video would help showing potential users where the value is. Or how about adding some public data for an example user? E.g. when an anonymous user views the homepage, they see the content for this example user. Then the Call To Action could be 'see your personalised content by connecting with FB/Twitter'. This would let new users get some value out of the site (or at least see how it could be valuable) before signing up.