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Other people have pointed out that your marketing approach seems to be "hey everybody, my site is awesome, come to my site and just try it out to see what it do

Other people have pointed out that your marketing approach seems to be "hey everybody, my site is awesome, come to my site and just try it out to see what it does -- I'm only going to give vague descriptions of it so the only way to find out whether it's worth your time is to come try out the demo". We're not in charge of how you run your project, but you seriously need to sit down with someone else who is more experienced at actually writing UX / workflow descriptions of what it would be like to use your site, so people can know more about it without trying the demo. You are hiding your light under a bushel basket.

JLGilly 2y ago
Thank you for the feedback. This is my first project, so i’m no where near perfect at this yet! I’m gunna try and improve this, this is just a passion project so I can’t hire anyone or anything like that. But i will do a bit more research into it, so thank you. But i’m confused. Who are these other people? I don’t seem to have got any feedback about this before? Maybe I’m being silly, or just don’t know how to work this site properly. Again, I am really really thankful and appreciative. I love feedback and I hope it makes me a better developer, marketer in the future. However, i don’t like the idea that I don’t improve and take on feedback. I just don’t personally believe I have received this feedback before!
- ahazred8ta 2y ago
  Kudos on being someone who actually brews coffee for a living. √ I think I misremembered jennbethdiamond's remark to the effect of not clear what the maker wants the site to do; my attention was on the availability of useful information about how the site works in practice, rather than the appearance. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976702 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976702 I note that you wrote some nice 'compare and contrast' summaries about BrewLog versus other apps. https://old.reddit.com/search?q=brewlog.coffee&include_over_18=on https://old.reddit.com/search?q=brewlog.coffee&include_over_... thought: Could you get a couple of people to make 6-8 posts, and then highlight their journals as examples of 'this is what your stuff will look like'? related: YC/HN is big on condensing rhetoric down to a pitch deck that gives people actionable information up front, in paragraphs. confession: I only drink store brand instant. No taste buds. Stick a fork in me, I'm done.

JLGilly 2y ago

Thank you for the feedback. This is my first project, so i’m no where near perfect at this yet! I’m gunna try and improve this, this is just a passion project so I can’t hire anyone or anything like that. But i will do a bit more research into it, so thank you. But i’m confused. Who are these other people? I don’t seem to have got any feedback about this before? Maybe I’m being silly, or just don’t know how to work this site properly. Again, I am really really thankful and appreciative. I love feedback and I hope it makes me a better developer, marketer in the future. However, i don’t like the idea that I don’t improve and take on feedback. I just don’t personally believe I have received this feedback before!

ahazred8ta 2y ago
Kudos on being someone who actually brews coffee for a living. √ I think I misremembered jennbethdiamond's remark to the effect of not clear what the maker wants the site to do; my attention was on the availability of useful information about how the site works in practice, rather than the appearance. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976702 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976702 I note that you wrote some nice 'compare and contrast' summaries about BrewLog versus other apps. https://old.reddit.com/search?q=brewlog.coffee&include_over_18=on https://old.reddit.com/search?q=brewlog.coffee&include_over_... thought: Could you get a couple of people to make 6-8 posts, and then highlight their journals as examples of 'this is what your stuff will look like'? related: YC/HN is big on condensing rhetoric down to a pitch deck that gives people actionable information up front, in paragraphs. confession: I only drink store brand instant. No taste buds. Stick a fork in me, I'm done.