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Your feedback is valid and you may be right. In fact, you probably are right--most new things fail to get traction, and I don't dispute that live standup is going to be very tough to approximate virtually. But if you've ever tried to build a product for others before, you know that what users end up liking and using often seems inexplicable and is almost impossible to guess before you start putting iterations of an i…
My argument boils down to "don't call it stand-up." And I think this basic argument still jives with your counters. What's the title? "Live Stand-Up Comedy from Home" What's the domain name? comedyfromhome.com If years ago you were to call this "TikTok" and the idea is that people would do funny videos from home, I would be all for it. Come up with a name and a marketing angle which isn't trying to tell me that this…
Re: Show HN: Live Stand-Up Comedy from Home
#41Again, fair enough, but you are just one person with a strong opinion. Are you sure that your feelings about the word "standup" can be generalized to comedy fans as a whole? Maybe others will see it differently. It doesn't need to get 100% of live comedy fans to be a success.