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Re: Ask HN: how to get back after epic fail.

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Well, you could start with adding some more info about what the site actually does on the homepage. Looking at it, I'm at a loss what to do. You're probably losing a lot of potential users because of that. Just give them a couple of sentences on what they can do and what you can help them achieve.

Like others noted, subtitles sound like a major opportunity.

Re: Ask HN: how to get back after epic fail.

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Why not convert it into a community-powered video translation site (and possibly add subtitling capabilities- allow users to enter text to display at bottom)? Also, why not market the kids and teenagers that want to do MST3000-like overdubbing? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000 ) You might have trouble getting people to pay for it, but maybe you could convert to a non-profit if the goal was…

Oh, thanks about this one. And yeah, definitely, I should put somewhere telling what it does.

As a user, it seems that the main purpose of this site is to consume videos posted by someone. The "Cast now" button tells me nothing. I hope I don't appear too negative, but I think you have missed a lot of potential users. It's little that tells me that this is something other than "break.com" for games.

Re: Ask HN: how to get back after epic fail.

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It sounds like a cool product. So I suppose you could also do just subtitles? Maybe the need for voice translations does not emerge that often, because in most cases, if you are interested in a certain field, you either know the language already, or it is really niche. For example IT conference talks - most people would already speak English, even if they are not native speakers. However, not being a native speaker o…

We are actually repositioning eLive as eDole: the first social Karaoke webservice. Imagine: you just have the largest music catalog for cover songs EVER : Youtube :D And the subtitles thing is definitely a good point. Thanks so much folks !

Re: Ask HN: how to get back after epic fail.

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Oh, thanks about this one. And yeah, definitely, I should put somewhere telling what it does.

As a user, it seems that the main purpose of this site is to consume videos posted by someone. The "Cast now" button tells me nothing. I hope I don't appear too negative, but I think you have missed a lot of potential users. It's little that tells me that this is something other than "break.com" for games.

oh? really? Thanks about this one, I never thought about it but you raised a good point. Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: how to get back after epic fail.

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It sounds like a cool product. So I suppose you could also do just subtitles? Maybe the need for voice translations does not emerge that often, because in most cases, if you are interested in a certain field, you either know the language already, or it is really niche. For example IT conference talks - most people would already speak English, even if they are not native speakers. However, not being a native speaker o…

We are actually repositioning eLive as eDole: the first social Karaoke webservice. Imagine: you just have the largest music catalog for cover songs EVER : Youtube :D And the subtitles thing is definitely a good point. Thanks so much folks !

Perhaps you could take it one step further from karaoke and put an American Idol spin on it. Competitions, prizes, Internet fame. If you could somehow pull in a celebrity partner or sponsor, this could become an even greater possibility.

Re: Ask HN: how to get back after epic fail.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are actually repositioning eLive as eDole: the first social Karaoke webservice. Imagine: you just have the largest music catalog for cover songs EVER : Youtube :D And the subtitles thing is definitely a good point. Thanks so much folks !

Perhaps you could take it one step further from karaoke and put an American Idol spin on it. Competitions, prizes, Internet fame. If you could somehow pull in a celebrity partner or sponsor, this could become an even greater possibility.

LOL, this is what we talked just an hour ago with my CTO! I'm happy one of you guys raised this up, makes me more confident :) eDole or eDol is a good name :p
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