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It all seems a bit vague. For instance, why would something be listed on here? What are the standards? If there are different standards for different categor
by cmos 18y ago
It all seems a bit vague. For instance, why would something be listed on here? What are the standards? If there are different standards for different categories then put these in a summary at the top of the page.
For instance, with fashion, are you trying to be on the cutting edge or price sensitive? Are you seasonal?
If you want your audience to relate to the site then they need to know what your standards are. You can't just go for 'all women'. Figure out your exact demographics and tailor your selections for them. If it's 20's and 30's professionals then have 'fashionable working wear' and 'friday night on the town' stuff. (and you don't need a 'myspace' icon since they are all on facebook)
The descriptions are moderately witty, but it would be good if there were a 'person' behind it, even their initials. Then later on when you are getting submissions from your user base they can sort + find authors with whom they have similar taste's.
And when I clicked on the 'obama cupcakes' there is an odd picture under 'related posts'... apparently it's for a music festival, though just showing the image under 'related posts' with no caption underneath is, well, just kinda odd. Mixing events that are location based can be tricky and alienating because most of your audience won't live in austin and probably won't travel to a music festival, though again it depends on the demographic you are trying to reach (college road trip?).
The 'buy it' and 'originator' links are mostly the same. I thought 'originator' would link me to the person who is recommending this.. again, then I would have more of a 'warm and fuzzy' if I knew the interests of the person behind it appearing here. And because they are on the search pages, I didn't actually click on a box until a bit later when was wondering where the 'related posts' section was that a previous person had commented on.
- wushupork 18y agoThat's great feedback. Putting a person behind it is a very good idea. Also figuring out what we want to be is something I am working on. I'm the idea guy who created the site - but being a man, I really have no place in picking and choosing what goes on there. As far as related posts go, I agree that it needs to fit. The site is still early - you guys are getting a very early look at it so there's not a whole lot of content and even less related posts.