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Re: Ask HN: Please Review My New Site.

#23

Post by silentbicycle »

JoelSutherland wrote: post #19
oakmac wrote: post #6

I would change the text: "If you do decide to drink, DO NOT Drive. Drink Safely." to simply "Always drink responsibly." and have that section of the text be a link to a new page with a paragraph about drinking and driving. You also might include some external links on that page (MADD, AA, etc). It is more direct to use a command instead of a conditional and use a positive instead of a negative.

It is worth noting that "Always drink responsibly" is the alcohol industry's PSA slogan. It was almost certainly chosen because it contains "Always drink" as opposed to being effective. This is why you see it in industry supported ads instead of the MADD ads.

Good observation.

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My New Site.

#24

Post by Silentio »

bemmu wrote: post #9

My attention was drawn to the tag cloud first, and that made me confused as to what the site was about. Only later I noticed there was a description on the left. Personally I am also a bit skeptical of the usefulness of tag clouds. It seem to me they are mostly interesting to techie types who like to think about raw data. I would rather see some specific examples of recently hot drinking games from the site.

Same experience here. I'd rather look at a list.

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My New Site.

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Post by moxy »

I can't say I'm too fond of the color scheme. However, I left the site feeling impressed, primarily because I'm quite fond of the site's purpose.

It might be beneficial to replace the tag cloud with something a bit less abstract and considerably more specific -- possibly even a "recommended games" or "top games" page. Though you could always use the tag cloud to supplement the interface.

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My New Site.

#26

Post by oakmac »

JoelSutherland wrote: post #19
oakmac wrote: post #6

I would change the text: "If you do decide to drink, DO NOT Drive. Drink Safely." to simply "Always drink responsibly." and have that section of the text be a link to a new page with a paragraph about drinking and driving. You also might include some external links on that page (MADD, AA, etc). It is more direct to use a command instead of a conditional and use a positive instead of a negative.

It is worth noting that "Always drink responsibly" is the alcohol industry's PSA slogan. It was almost certainly chosen because it contains "Always drink" as opposed to being effective. This is why you see it in industry supported ads instead of the MADD ads.

The industry may have created that phrase in a conveniently ambiguous way; still, in English, positives are always better than negatives when giving a command. Consider the difference between "I don't eat junk food" and "I always eat healthy foods." The first contains the proposition that you have the capability of eating junk foods; the second does not.

Perhaps "Always Drive Safely" or "Always be Responsible" as the link text would be better?

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My New Site.

#27

Post by noahlt »

When you click a tag and see a listing of activities, the headers ("equipment" and "rules") are inline with the text. Where it should read like:

  Equipment
    foo bar and baz
  Rules
    blah blah blah.
it looks like

  Equipment foo bar and baz Rules blah blah blah.
That is hard to read, and ugly.

Also, the colors aren't so pretty.

Neat site though. Clever premise.

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My New Site.

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Post by spoiledtechie »

noahlt wrote: post #27

When you click a tag and see a listing of activities, the headers ("equipment" and "rules") are inline with the text. Where it should read like: Equipment foo bar and baz Rules blah blah blah. it looks like Equipment foo bar and baz Rules blah blah blah. That is hard to read, and ugly. Also, the colors aren't so pretty. Neat site though. Clever premise.

The problem with this is users are allowed to enter in data so I will never be able to control what is in the site and not.
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