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Post by drcongo » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 7:14 PM UTC

0des wrote: post #30

dsaffy wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are parallels to Discord; the HN audience knows Discord well and so if we were only trying to appeal to this audience we would probably market it that way. A large chunk (possibly the majority) of our existing users don't know about Discord though and it doesn't make sense to purely market it in relation to that. There are also some noticeable differences, particularly: - integrations are focused on work produc…

I'm sensing that I'm speaking to the person that wrote the overly verbose copy I lamented above. Please hear my cries, just get to the point ok? I'm not trying to be mean or angry or anything like that, but I'm a person with money who buys things, often just to support them. Your website actively thwarted my attempts to support it by the laborious interface. Had this been 3 or 4 years ago, sure I'd be captivated by t…

Post by dsaffy » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 7:17 PM UTC

0des wrote: post #30

dsaffy wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are parallels to Discord; the HN audience knows Discord well and so if we were only trying to appeal to this audience we would probably market it that way. A large chunk (possibly the majority) of our existing users don't know about Discord though and it doesn't make sense to purely market it in relation to that. There are also some noticeable differences, particularly: - integrations are focused on work produc…

I'm sensing that I'm speaking to the person that wrote the overly verbose copy I lamented above. Please hear my cries, just get to the point ok? I'm not trying to be mean or angry or anything like that, but I'm a person with money who buys things, often just to support them. Your website actively thwarted my attempts to support it by the laborious interface. Had this been 3 or 4 years ago, sure I'd be captivated by t…

Post by e12e » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 7:33 PM UTC

dsaffy wrote: post #19

0des wrote: post #12

None of this stuff speaks to me, just looking at your website. Yeah its cute and it's on-par with trends but just give it to me straight in the first sentence- im busy, and already in my workplace so lets start there. If it's chat with a bupbupbup attached, then tell me its a chat with a bupbupbup attached, if you're trying to do 'its a discord, but for programmers and startuppy types ' then say that directly. Shoot…

There are parallels to Discord; the HN audience knows Discord well and so if we were only trying to appeal to this audience we would probably market it that way. A large chunk (possibly the majority) of our existing users don't know about Discord though and it doesn't make sense to purely market it in relation to that. There are also some noticeable differences, particularly: - integrations are focused on work produc…

Post by abletonlive » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 7:44 PM UTC

markstos wrote: post #34

Just because you come to work dressed as an avatar doesn't make it professional attire to wear a dog on your head.

Post by MarcelOlsz » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 7:55 PM UTC

0des wrote: post #12

None of this stuff speaks to me, just looking at your website. Yeah its cute and it's on-par with trends but just give it to me straight in the first sentence- im busy, and already in my workplace so lets start there. If it's chat with a bupbupbup attached, then tell me its a chat with a bupbupbup attached, if you're trying to do 'its a discord, but for programmers and startuppy types ' then say that directly. Shoot…