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Re: Ask HN: Review my website

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Post by sachinag »

You know, I don't get the hate here. 1) These are public profile pictures. Anyone can see them anyway. 2) There's no list of "not" - that's the harsh part. Yeah, people might be a little disappointed that they're not hot, but no one is being called out for being unattractive.

I love that I can start picking my hotties - not rating everyone - without logging in at all; that's very nice. And it's so much quicker to pick up to three hotties than rate and rate over and over again.

I do think there should be a "I'm interested in guys/girls" switch before rating, but other than that, I'm actually incredibly impressed. Whatever you think of the merits of the app, it's incredibly well-executed and well-designed. Everything works exactly the way I thought it would.

Re: Ask HN: Review my website

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Post by thorax »

sanj wrote: post #9
wushupork wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

point taken. this is a super beta app and many of the desired features were not developed. I wanted to release early and get feedback right away. Would an opt-out be satisfactory?

No.

Major upvotes for a single word answer? Please clarify your perspective so he understands why you're so adamant.

Re: Ask HN: Review my website

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Post by colinplamondon »

LOVE the idea, but apparently Twitterers are too damn ugly for this to work- Hot Or Not worked because every few people someone actually hot would come on. Went three pages before marking someone... pimply middle aged geeks kinda ruin the concept.

Re: Ask HN: Review my website

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Post by thorax »

To be fair, I recommend taking the "doomed" comments here with a grain of salt-- HN readers aren't likely to be the sort to enjoy a service like this, so there could be a lot more pessimism than you'd see in wider audiences.

In general (and I agree with them) HN users seem to look down on superficiality more than casual internet users would. We got a lot of pessimistic comments here on HN for our site yumbunny.com but we ended up with surprising press coverage (e.g. TechCrunch) and our users really are enjoying the obviously-superficial fun.

That doesn't mean your site will do well even if the HN audience dislikes the site-- just keep in mind the potential differences. A lot of the practical advice on this thread is good, even if it's toned a bit pessimistically.

Re: Ask HN: Review my website

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Post by thorax »

tptacek wrote: post #24
thorax wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Major upvotes for a single word answer? Please clarify your perspective so he understands why you're so adamant.

Do you disagree? Why?

I neither disagree or agree-- which is why I'd love more clarification, actually, to understand the positions.

Overall, I prefer not to see 1-word answers at the top of any comment chain-- they're upvote bait that are typical of sites that are a lot less useful than HN. They certainly don't promote good discussion!

For example, the comment from thesethings helps us understand better the position: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=603676

Re: Ask HN: Review my website

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Post by tdonia »

exupery wrote: post #17

Personally, this disgusts me. We should express admiration for people who earn it, by doing admirable things and being admirable people. Being "hot" is not a valid criterion for judging people. And, no, it's not "just fun." I don't see how anyone could enjoy participating in this kind of misjustice.

can you then objectively define what's admirable? it seems like a subjectively slippery slope - your admirable might be different than my admirable. admirable is also very context-dependent: on HN, admirable is commonly agreed to adhere to the site guidelines & reflected in earned karma and so here, "hot" != admirable because that's not HN's scope. on a site like the OP though, the common agreement is that the site is used to distill that which the community determines to be 'hot'. if 'hot' means nothing to you, then you probably can't contribute to that community's body of knowledge and as such, you may want to avoid such places. here, though, you can contribute admirable feedback on how a site like this, regardless of the body of knowledge, is implemented/executed/marketed.

if you want to rant about aesthetic injustice and the ills of an over judgmental society, write a blog post about it and submit the link. if there's an interesting conversation to be had on that topic here, this community is relatively good at recognizing those opportunities and you'll get your forum for elucidation.

Re: Ask HN: Review my website

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Post by george_morgan »

exupery wrote: post #17

Personally, this disgusts me. We should express admiration for people who earn it, by doing admirable things and being admirable people. Being "hot" is not a valid criterion for judging people. And, no, it's not "just fun." I don't see how anyone could enjoy participating in this kind of misjustice.

Being hot is, however, a valid criterion for judging 'hot tweeters', which is what the site appears to be attempting.

It would be a 'misjustice' if they were being called the best/most amusing/interesting/insightful users, but were still only ranked on their pictures.

As it stands, it's shallow but no great injustice.

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