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7 employees and 2 of them guys, one a programmer. huh.
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His point is that's insane :). The general consensus on Hacker News is a good brand new start-up is 2-3 people, who are all coders. I tend to agree with this, except for exceptional projects like search engines. Most websites can be handled by a hacker or two at the beginning. This site could be done by just one mostly incompetent programmer in short order. What the other six guys could possibly be doing is a mystery…
I probably should have been more clear - I was more curious about why he felt the need to bring up genders.
7 employees and 2 of them guys, one a programmer. huh.
What's your point? Granted, I have no idea what they're doing that requires 7 people (and only 2 coders ...).
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His point is that's insane :). The general consensus on Hacker News is a good brand new start-up is 2-3 people, who are all coders. I tend to agree with this, except for exceptional projects like search engines. Most websites can be handled by a hacker or two at the beginning. This site could be done by just one mostly incompetent programmer in short order. What the other six guys could possibly be doing is a mystery…
You folks may have missed the boat in assuming this is a startup. I think it's more about the idea/message/whatever. These people have other (good) jobs. Cindy Gallop (Founder/CEO) is a (quasi)retired ad exec. Her last web experiment: makelovenotporn.com. She talked about it at TED last year. No revenue model there. Oonie Chase is creative director at Blast Radius. The list goes on. Plus, not less than 3 people on th…
Usability was great until I tried finding a listing of IfIRanTheWorld answers.
We launched the site a few weeks ago in the interest of getting it out there and see how people are using it and what they want. So yea, there's a lot of stuff that's not there/broken/weird. But that's kind of the point!
We didn't stick a huge beta icon in the corner, but we think people need to stop being apologetic about what they're putting out there and more receptive to feedback and real-world use cases.
So, please, if you have any ideas about what could make this more useful to you, let us know! You can ping me here, or on getsatisfaction.
Fix your site so that it works oN the iPhone
Usability was great until I tried finding a listing of IfIRanTheWorld answers.
I'm the developer for the site, although I've only been on the project for a few weeks. The initial vision, as I understand it, was to not bombard people with what they _could_ do, but let people find it themselves. We've since gotten a lot of comments about just wanting to see an index, which we're put up at /action_platforms for the curious. This page is in the works, which is why there's no link to it.
a) everyone i've shown this to clicks on the "fake" input box and initially ignores the "i'm game" link.
b) is the "i'm game" section supposed to overlap the newly posted statements? i'm using safari.
c) i wish i could use my browser's back button to return to the list of items based on my statement.
This site is beautiful, obviously. I also love the idea of challenging people to think big, like what they'd do if they ran the world. For me, this question involves ethical considerations, prevention of global conflict, the battle of hunger and poverty and the maximization of happiness. I don't understand how their microactions relate to that question at all. They seem to be asking two questions at the same time. On…
The workflow as we have envisioned it is that you answer the question, and we show you similar action platforms and microactions, so that you can get involved right now with the platform you care about. Or, if nothing matches what you have in mind, you can start your own.
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I'm the developer for the site, although I've only been on the project for a few weeks. The initial vision, as I understand it, was to not bombard people with what they _could_ do, but let people find it themselves. We've since gotten a lot of comments about just wanting to see an index, which we're put up at /action_platforms for the curious. This page is in the works, which is why there's no link to it.
i like this. some thoughts: a) everyone i've shown this to clicks on the "fake" input box and initially ignores the "i'm game" link. b) is the "i'm game" section supposed to overlap the newly posted statements? i'm using safari. c) i wish i could use my browser's back button to return to the list of items based on my statement.
A&B - we have a redesigned home page to get rid of the wall of text and the confusing overlay coming very soon.
C- This is one of my least favorite things about the site. I'll +1 to this issue.
Thanks!!