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Hello, co-founder of IdeaMarket here. Would love to hear HN's feedback and ways to improve. Also can answer any questions.

by vjanma 12y ago

tomp 12y ago
I'm not sure if it's a problem with my browser/connection or a bug on your side, but I cannot create an account (using the sign-up form, not using an external service). After I click "Create Account", it seems that there is an 500 error in the POST request.
- vjanma 12y ago
  I am not sure it this is related to our account quota issue, which is fixed. Can you try now please?
10QR7s041s1Zc 12y ago
Signup is required to see the various challenges - this sucks. Also, the website appears to require Javascript (so noscript users are forced to whitelist the website). You're far from the only one to have this issue though.
- vjanma 12y ago
 You don't have to signup to see various challenges. You can scroll down to the bottom of this page: http://ideamarket.com/founders.html http://ideamarket.com/founders.html It does require Javascript though :-|
 - 10QR7s041s1Zc 12y ago
 Correct, my apologies. About the JS stuff: sorry if I sounded bitter - I guess it's perfectly acceptable, business-wise, to not support non-JS users given the fact that they are probably a tiny minority of users. I just wish more people would consider us noscript paranoid users :-) As for the website, it is pretty good - I like the idea of having projects for which the investment is already available. I don't like the name that much though - it suggests that ideas are something that have inherent values and that you can sell. In my mind, ideas have no value whatsoever: when you have an idea, you can bet lots of other people already had it too. Realization is what matters. Finally, on a more personnal note, I dislike the big-ass chair picture on the front page - it seems uncorelated to the platform itself. Then again, that's just me :-)
caio1982 12y ago
Please disregard if this is not totally important for a landing page, but I missed very much a "who we are" section. Or anything that's similar to an about page. That may be in the video I guess, but since I can't watch it in the place I'm right now...
sixQuarks 12y ago
How does one submit a new idea?

Hello, co-founder of IdeaMarket here. Would love to hear HN's feedback and ways to improve. Also can answer any questions.

by vjanma 12y ago

Hello, co-founder of IdeaMarket here. Would love to hear HN's feedback and ways to improve. Also can answer any questions.

tomp 12y ago

I'm not sure if it's a problem with my browser/connection or a bug on your side, but I cannot create an account (using the sign-up form, not using an external service). After I click "Create Account", it seems that there is an 500 error in the POST request.

vjanma 12y ago
I am not sure it this is related to our account quota issue, which is fixed. Can you try now please?

10QR7s041s1Zc 12y ago

Signup is required to see the various challenges - this sucks. Also, the website appears to require Javascript (so noscript users are forced to whitelist the website). You're far from the only one to have this issue though.

vjanma 12y ago
You don't have to signup to see various challenges. You can scroll down to the bottom of this page: http://ideamarket.com/founders.html http://ideamarket.com/founders.html It does require Javascript though :-|
- 10QR7s041s1Zc 12y ago
 Correct, my apologies. About the JS stuff: sorry if I sounded bitter - I guess it's perfectly acceptable, business-wise, to not support non-JS users given the fact that they are probably a tiny minority of users. I just wish more people would consider us noscript paranoid users :-) As for the website, it is pretty good - I like the idea of having projects for which the investment is already available. I don't like the name that much though - it suggests that ideas are something that have inherent values and that you can sell. In my mind, ideas have no value whatsoever: when you have an idea, you can bet lots of other people already had it too. Realization is what matters. Finally, on a more personnal note, I dislike the big-ass chair picture on the front page - it seems uncorelated to the platform itself. Then again, that's just me :-)

caio1982 12y ago

Please disregard if this is not totally important for a landing page, but I missed very much a "who we are" section. Or anything that's similar to an about page. That may be in the video I guess, but since I can't watch it in the place I'm right now...

sixQuarks 12y ago

How does one submit a new idea?