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I think people are taking the lean startup method of throwing a landing page up to gain intrest a little too far, this feels quite deceiving and to be honest ha

I think people are taking the lean startup method of throwing a landing page up to gain intrest a little too far, this feels quite deceiving and to be honest has annoyed me that oh.. I'm just signing up to a mailing list and have to actually invite my friends to be 'front of the line'.. makes me feel like nothing has actually being built at all apart from a pretty landing page.

adraper 14y ago
As the designer/developer behind this I promise you plenty is being build, we'll be ready to start inviting people to use it in the next couple of days. Sorry to have annoyed you, but there's really no better way to gauge interest/insight into what your doing early than this type of approach, it really does work out for the better in the long run.
- thehodge 14y ago
  "Sign up & Get Started Now!" Thats exactly what your call to action says.. but thats blatantly a lie.. It gives the expectation of instant access. "Sign up to learn more, Coming Soon, Be the first to know" all alternative CTA's that are less deceitful.
  - gokhan 14y ago
    Kinda. The popup after that says "Be first in line! We're launching soon.", before you give your email. Exciting service. I would still be giving my email if it said "be the first to know".
  - francov88 14y ago
    I agree that based on the CTA you're expecting to go directly into the app, but to be fair that's the bottom CTA (I never saw it as it was below the fold of my screen). Instead of taking the negative route, you could just tweet about it and ask for early access...
  - sgricci 14y ago
    I too believed I would be signing up for a service that was already launched and thought twice when I realized I was being deceived.
nopassrecover 14y ago
Yeah, and using the lean startup method on a HN post like this is particularly deceiving (considering HN is usually for stuff that's been built).
mzuvella 14y ago
Standard HN comment these days. Bitch about signing up or sharing something and not make a single comment about the product itself.

adraper 14y ago

As the designer/developer behind this I promise you plenty is being build, we'll be ready to start inviting people to use it in the next couple of days. Sorry to have annoyed you, but there's really no better way to gauge interest/insight into what your doing early than this type of approach, it really does work out for the better in the long run.

thehodge 14y ago
"Sign up & Get Started Now!" Thats exactly what your call to action says.. but thats blatantly a lie.. It gives the expectation of instant access. "Sign up to learn more, Coming Soon, Be the first to know" all alternative CTA's that are less deceitful.
- gokhan 14y ago
  Kinda. The popup after that says "Be first in line! We're launching soon.", before you give your email. Exciting service. I would still be giving my email if it said "be the first to know".
- francov88 14y ago
  I agree that based on the CTA you're expecting to go directly into the app, but to be fair that's the bottom CTA (I never saw it as it was below the fold of my screen). Instead of taking the negative route, you could just tweet about it and ask for early access...
- sgricci 14y ago
  I too believed I would be signing up for a service that was already launched and thought twice when I realized I was being deceived.

nopassrecover 14y ago

Yeah, and using the lean startup method on a HN post like this is particularly deceiving (considering HN is usually for stuff that's been built).

mzuvella 14y ago

Standard HN comment these days. Bitch about signing up or sharing something and not make a single comment about the product itself.