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Yes. Don't be afraid to post your real URL here. A TinyURL looks unprofessional, shady and gives the impression that you're not quite sure about the success of

Yes. Don't be afraid to post your real URL here. A TinyURL looks unprofessional, shady and gives the impression that you're not quite sure about the success of your startup.

jakewolf 17y ago
Auto rejecting tinyurl links would be nice.
bdmac97 17y ago
You are right I would love to post the real URL but HN seems to auto-reject them even if the posts are weeks apart. I don't think it's too outlandish to ask for a second round of feedback as long as you're not abusing/overdoing it. I have made legitimate changes to the site as a direct result of the initial feedback I got here. I simply want to see if the people that looked the first time like the changes I have made and have any more feedback. How else should I do this?
- kajecounterhack 17y ago
  If every startup did this, News.YC would no longer be about news. Personally I saw your site once, didn't quite like it, then was basically tricked into clicking it again because of the URL. I don't appreciate that either. If you want feedback, feedbackarmy.com is a good place, or start with your friends and family. When your product is nearing release, then ask News.YC. Or do what you did -- see if it's a viable product by asking once -- but no more. Any more is overdoing it.
  - bdmac97 17y ago
    My appologies for tricking you into clicking it again. I see many requests for feedback that appear to be early in a site's lifecycle. Might it not make more sense for HN to just allow you to repost a URL after a certain amount of time has elapsed? It could even add something to the title indicating it's the n-th request for feedback. Start-ups are an iterative process so to only get feedback one time is a bit short-sighted, isn't it? Is there another site that provides something like this? If not, maybe that's something else I should create! :-)

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Yes. Don't be afraid to post your real URL here. A TinyURL looks unprofessional, shady and gives the impression that you're not quite sure about the success of

by GeneralMaximus 17y ago

Yes. Don't be afraid to post your real URL here. A TinyURL looks unprofessional, shady and gives the impression that you're not quite sure about the success of your startup.

jakewolf 17y ago
Auto rejecting tinyurl links would be nice.
bdmac97 17y ago
You are right I would love to post the real URL but HN seems to auto-reject them even if the posts are weeks apart. I don't think it's too outlandish to ask for a second round of feedback as long as you're not abusing/overdoing it. I have made legitimate changes to the site as a direct result of the initial feedback I got here. I simply want to see if the people that looked the first time like the changes I have made and have any more feedback. How else should I do this?
- kajecounterhack 17y ago
  If every startup did this, News.YC would no longer be about news. Personally I saw your site once, didn't quite like it, then was basically tricked into clicking it again because of the URL. I don't appreciate that either. If you want feedback, feedbackarmy.com is a good place, or start with your friends and family. When your product is nearing release, then ask News.YC. Or do what you did -- see if it's a viable product by asking once -- but no more. Any more is overdoing it.
  - bdmac97 17y ago
    My appologies for tricking you into clicking it again. I see many requests for feedback that appear to be early in a site's lifecycle. Might it not make more sense for HN to just allow you to repost a URL after a certain amount of time has elapsed? It could even add something to the title indicating it's the n-th request for feedback. Start-ups are an iterative process so to only get feedback one time is a bit short-sighted, isn't it? Is there another site that provides something like this? If not, maybe that's something else I should create! :-)