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Re: Show HN: Sexycrets 2.00

#11

Post by jared314 »

JamesCasanova wrote: post #2

Any ideas, constructive criticism and comments are more than welcome. I created this thinking that a good way to improve your sex life is to know what your partners would actually like and so I gave them a place where to write it and vote it. Hope you like it! I want to improve it now

Hot or Not for written sex tips?

It looks like this would survive based on the number of people interacting with it, and hiding your content behind a signup form might limit that. Hot or Not added a matchmaking service, which might work in your case better than advertising alone. The additional service is where you would want them to sign up. (Freemium)

Forcing the reader to rank them, before seeing the next one, makes me wonder if people would just vote something random instead of actual feedback, like hot or not, which makes the numbers irrelevant. They might be better expressed as just a general percentage sexy ranking.

Re: Show HN: Sexycrets 2.00

#12

Post by mynameisme »

JamesCasanova wrote: post #9
mynameisme wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you will have a very hard time getting people to use this by making them sign up. You should use a captcha instead. I also don't think most people would find unsolicited, anonymous sex tips that useful, but Cosmo sells, so there could be an audience. edit: Or is it supposed to more like a post secret type thing?

Actually I was hoping to create something more interactive, like two people who have sex (or want to) in the real life and are too shy to share their fantasies. So with this you could vote them and, apart from getting new ideas, you would be notified just of the tips your partner DOES like and he/she of the ones you DO like.

http://mojoupgrade.com/ does what you describe. They don't allow users to enter their own, but they have a pretty comprehensive list.

Re: Show HN: Sexycrets 2.00

#13

Post by kaoD »

> Please login to get free full access to the whole list.

Naaaaah... not that interested, especially since I just saw two crappy "secrets" (the guy wants to be blown every morning!? I wouldn't have guessed.) Maybe a few more secrets would've enticed me to join, but this is too little as an incentive and looks kind of staged/spammy.

Hiding your content behind a signup form won't make me sign. You might want to leave the form for later (perhaps additional content?)

Also, when I pasted that, I got an ugly

  - See more at: http://www.sexycrets.com/users/sign_in#sthash.UfpvAPnI.dpuf
Those things just make users angry.

Re: Show HN: Sexycrets 2.00

#14

Post by JamesCasanova »

jared314 wrote: post #11
JamesCasanova wrote: post #2

Any ideas, constructive criticism and comments are more than welcome. I created this thinking that a good way to improve your sex life is to know what your partners would actually like and so I gave them a place where to write it and vote it. Hope you like it! I want to improve it now

Hot or Not for written sex tips? It looks like this would survive based on the number of people interacting with it, and hiding your content behind a signup form might limit that. Hot or Not added a matchmaking service, which might work in your case better than advertising alone. The additional service is where you would want them to sign up. (Freemium) Forcing the reader to rank them, before seeing the next one, mak…

Good point.

When I implemented the votes I was thinking to use them on a single tip in this way you have your own list of tips you DO like, you DO NOT like and you MIGHT try. So the ranking is not between a tip and the other but an quality indicator of if you like that particular tip or not. Does it make sense?

Re: Show HN: Sexycrets 2.00

#15

Post by JamesCasanova »

kaoD wrote: post #13

> Please login to get free full access to the whole list. Naaaaah... not that interested, especially since I just saw two crappy "secrets" (the guy wants to be blown every morning!? I wouldn't have guessed.) Maybe a few more secrets would've enticed me to join, but this is too little as an incentive and looks kind of staged/spammy. Hiding your content behind a signup form won't make me sign. You might want to leave t…

Damn, that is the ShareThis plugin. Thanks for notifying it

Re: Show HN: Sexycrets 2.00

#16

Post by rosser »

mynameisme wrote: post #5
JamesCasanova wrote: post #2

Any ideas, constructive criticism and comments are more than welcome. I created this thinking that a good way to improve your sex life is to know what your partners would actually like and so I gave them a place where to write it and vote it. Hope you like it! I want to improve it now

I think you will have a very hard time getting people to use this by making them sign up. You should use a captcha instead. I also don't think most people would find unsolicited, anonymous sex tips that useful, but Cosmo sells, so there could be an audience. edit: Or is it supposed to more like a post secret type thing?

A "PostSecret type thing" would make having a signup even less appropriate...

Re: Show HN: Sexycrets 2.00

#17

Post by JamesCasanova »

mynameisme wrote: post #12
JamesCasanova wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually I was hoping to create something more interactive, like two people who have sex (or want to) in the real life and are too shy to share their fantasies. So with this you could vote them and, apart from getting new ideas, you would be notified just of the tips your partner DOES like and he/she of the ones you DO like.

http://mojoupgrade.com/ does what you describe. They don't allow users to enter their own, but they have a pretty comprehensive list.

I did not know this service, great you told me

Re: Show HN: Sexycrets 2.00

#18

Post by kaoD »

JamesCasanova wrote: post #15
kaoD wrote: post #13

> Please login to get free full access to the whole list. Naaaaah... not that interested, especially since I just saw two crappy "secrets" (the guy wants to be blown every morning!? I wouldn't have guessed.) Maybe a few more secrets would've enticed me to join, but this is too little as an incentive and looks kind of staged/spammy. Hiding your content behind a signup form won't make me sign. You might want to leave t…

Damn, that is the ShareThis plugin. Thanks for notifying it

Glad to hear it wasn't intentional.

Also: I edited the parent comment while you replied (yes, I know, it's a very bad habit of mine).

Re: Show HN: Sexycrets 2.00

#19

Post by JamesCasanova »

kaoD wrote: post #13

> Please login to get free full access to the whole list. Naaaaah... not that interested, especially since I just saw two crappy "secrets" (the guy wants to be blown every morning!? I wouldn't have guessed.) Maybe a few more secrets would've enticed me to join, but this is too little as an incentive and looks kind of staged/spammy. Hiding your content behind a signup form won't make me sign. You might want to leave t…

If you click the "No, thanks" link under the subscription button you will get access to the tips. The difference when you subscribe is you can vote them, search them by tags, and see them all in one infinite scrolling page.
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