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I'd like to offer a small observation about how you are pitching your idea to this group: I know you are thinking about how to unseat the competition, but aski
by newsio 17y ago
I'd like to offer a small observation about how you are pitching your idea to this group:
I know you are thinking about how to unseat the competition, but asking people to try out your tool with an eye toward abandoning something that we like is not the best approach, in my opinion.
I don't want to "replace" Hacker News. I assume that I am not alone -- many people are very loyal to HN, and like the community and the information found here. We're not looking to dump it in favor of something else, although if it's a compelling product I might use it in addition to HN.
- lincolnq 17y agoHmm. I can see what you're saying. (I'm actually kind of loyal to HN too, but I visit mainly for the comments.) Thanks for the idea -- it's much appreciated!
- ynniv 17y agoYes - suggesting that your product might "replace" HN creates preconceptions in my mind before I get there. I see the link, I imagine startup relevant topics, I see dinosaur comics. WTF? Fail.
- lincolnq 17y agoWhoops, sorry to give you the wrong preconceptions. If you train it by voting a bunch, you can make it give you whatever topics you like, startup news definitely included. If you don't have the patience to train it, I've heard that feedback before, and that's an axis along which we don't have a good answer yet -- though hopefully we will soon!
- ynniv 17y agoThats okay, marketing is a learned skill. You might try making some profile templates that I can start with. The landing page could say, if you like Hacker News, click here, if you like XKCD, click here, etc. Clicking would copy the profile of a user that you have pre-trained with items that are like that site.