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Everything about this passes the smell test but that pitch video. Dom Perignon, gorgeous babe, party, "bro"... yuck. That's half the audience tuning out in 30

by jpxxx 14y ago

Everything about this passes the smell test but that pitch video. Dom Perignon, gorgeous babe, party, "bro"... yuck. That's half the audience tuning out in 30 seconds, and some more bailing due to the low-fi cartoon look, contrived 'problem', and ratty video compression. It's all out of place with the otherwise solid site design. Checking it out nonetheless. Thank you!

tolmasky 14y ago
I felt the exact same way. The product looked great from the screenshots and I was hoping the video would show it in action, but instead I was presented with some pretty contrived scenarios that made me feel like this was some sort of NY party app or something. I'm not sure why you'd start with the "how this helps you get laid" scenario. But yeah, I'll still give it the benefit of the doubt. Edit: Also why is the Mac app a .pkg and not just a regular ol' app?
Harkins 14y ago
Huh. I started with the video and closed the site. Didn't realize until I saw your comment that this wasn't a dudebro stalker thing like Girls Around Me. I don't get it. The rest of the site is trying to be respectable.... which just comes off as really unsettling now after imagining it coming from the barhopping bro.
- jpxxx 14y ago
  I get the core idea: alerts services are essentially ego-stroking services unless your corporation is big enough to reach PR critical mass. But finding out who's talking about you is a graymarket use for this service. For a company to properly rationalize $240->$1200 a year for alerts, they have to feel this is a business tool.
notahacker 14y ago
Yeah, the video is verging on parody. You want PR, marketing and sales people to pay for your business tool more than you want free users to waste your bandwidth collecting false positive reports on their name... right? And the likes of Meltwater and (to a certain extent) Factiva should be your competition, not good-enough and free Google Alerts
j_s 14y ago
Maybe they took it down; now I want to see this video of awesomeness but can't find it!
- kayge 14y ago
  I didn't see it on the homepage, but I'm assuming it's this one http://vimeo.com/50765644 http://vimeo.com/50765644

by jpxxx 14y ago

tolmasky 14y ago

I felt the exact same way. The product looked great from the screenshots and I was hoping the video would show it in action, but instead I was presented with some pretty contrived scenarios that made me feel like this was some sort of NY party app or something. I'm not sure why you'd start with the "how this helps you get laid" scenario. But yeah, I'll still give it the benefit of the doubt. Edit: Also why is the Mac app a .pkg and not just a regular ol' app?

Harkins 14y ago

Huh. I started with the video and closed the site. Didn't realize until I saw your comment that this wasn't a dudebro stalker thing like Girls Around Me. I don't get it. The rest of the site is trying to be respectable.... which just comes off as really unsettling now after imagining it coming from the barhopping bro.

jpxxx 14y ago
I get the core idea: alerts services are essentially ego-stroking services unless your corporation is big enough to reach PR critical mass. But finding out who's talking about you is a graymarket use for this service. For a company to properly rationalize $240->$1200 a year for alerts, they have to feel this is a business tool.

notahacker 14y ago

Yeah, the video is verging on parody. You want PR, marketing and sales people to pay for your business tool more than you want free users to waste your bandwidth collecting false positive reports on their name... right? And the likes of Meltwater and (to a certain extent) Factiva should be your competition, not good-enough and free Google Alerts

j_s 14y ago

Maybe they took it down; now I want to see this video of awesomeness but can't find it!

kayge 14y ago
I didn't see it on the homepage, but I'm assuming it's this one http://vimeo.com/50765644 http://vimeo.com/50765644