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Most people who comment have something critical to say. Most people who up-vote don't have something critical to say and so they don't comment. I up-voted the s

Most people who comment have something critical to say. Most people who up-vote don't have something critical to say and so they don't comment. I up-voted the submission and hate mailto links. You can't really judge the landscape here based on a few comments.

MichaelApproved 13y ago
I'd agree with you if most comments were critical and some were positive but were zero positive reviews. Also, often I see people shoot off one liner comments praising a website. So it's easy for people to praise when they like a post.
- coderdude 13y ago
  Indeed, I could be wrong. I think this service has a lot of potential and his site looks fantastic. He might go on to save a lot of people from headaches. Particularly, non-coders. He even has the free/paid issue worked out that so many others simply ignore until later. I was just too lazy to say anything.
  - MichaelApproved 13y ago
    "Indeed, I could be wrong." I might be the one who was wrong. As a programmer, this seems like a small solution that's already been solved with wufoo, contact forms 7 and the like but it's number 1 on HN so, even if the votes were faked (which was my initial suspicion), it looks like many people appreciate the product or want to discuss it. "Particularly, non-coders." Maybe as a programmer, my bias of how simple this solution is and how it's been "solved" by others, lead me to be even more suspicious about something like this getting this much attention.
    - waterapp 13y ago
      Hi Michael, I can guarantee you there's no hidden thing going on -- at least as far as we're concerned. We've taken all the feedback even though 90% was negative but I'm sure the people voting it up saw that a lot of people have this problem, maybe even themselves. I don't know how most comments could be negative while it got that many upvotes, but I can only tell we have absolutely nothing to do with it other than posting the Show HN.
      - MichaelApproved 13y ago
        My last comment tends to agree with you. It seems there are many people who need this solution even with the products already out there. I hope you find lots of them and solve their problem with your product. One thing that could help with getting more customers is to create a Wordpress plug-in so more people can find you. Good luck!

MichaelApproved 13y ago

I'd agree with you if most comments were critical and some were positive but were zero positive reviews. Also, often I see people shoot off one liner comments praising a website. So it's easy for people to praise when they like a post.

coderdude 13y ago
Indeed, I could be wrong. I think this service has a lot of potential and his site looks fantastic. He might go on to save a lot of people from headaches. Particularly, non-coders. He even has the free/paid issue worked out that so many others simply ignore until later. I was just too lazy to say anything.
- MichaelApproved 13y ago
  "Indeed, I could be wrong." I might be the one who was wrong. As a programmer, this seems like a small solution that's already been solved with wufoo, contact forms 7 and the like but it's number 1 on HN so, even if the votes were faked (which was my initial suspicion), it looks like many people appreciate the product or want to discuss it. "Particularly, non-coders." Maybe as a programmer, my bias of how simple this solution is and how it's been "solved" by others, lead me to be even more suspicious about something like this getting this much attention.
  - waterapp 13y ago
    Hi Michael, I can guarantee you there's no hidden thing going on -- at least as far as we're concerned. We've taken all the feedback even though 90% was negative but I'm sure the people voting it up saw that a lot of people have this problem, maybe even themselves. I don't know how most comments could be negative while it got that many upvotes, but I can only tell we have absolutely nothing to do with it other than posting the Show HN.
    - MichaelApproved 13y ago
      My last comment tends to agree with you. It seems there are many people who need this solution even with the products already out there. I hope you find lots of them and solve their problem with your product. One thing that could help with getting more customers is to create a Wordpress plug-in so more people can find you. Good luck!