Show HN: DreamCoin: Anonymously Share Your Ideas and Profit

Post by aaronmhatch » Sat, Aug 06, 2016, 3:51 PM UTC

allanderek wrote: post #8

aaronmhatch wrote: post #6

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Hi, please elaborate on what you don't understand. Is the layout confusing for you? Were you able to find the "How This Works" page; and if so, do you have a recommendation on making it more clear? Thanks

So in IMHO the fact that this person cannot see any of the dreams prevents them from understanding. If you really do not want to show non-users any dreams, why not just have a couple of made-up example ones?

Post by aaronmhatch » Sun, Aug 07, 2016, 2:03 PM UTC

bradknowles wrote: post #13

So, I'd be happy to share some ideas for free, if that meant I could get a look at some real entries. Maybe that would be a way to collect more dreams/ideas that you could then help monetize?

Post by allanderek » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 7:51 AM UTC

aaronmhatch wrote: post #10

allanderek wrote: post #9

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That's a very noble approach, but I don't understand how it relates to not showing non-users current dreams? Is it that you have to pay to even view dreams? I didn't get that from the home page. I think at the very least you need to demonstrate to potential users what the product does, otherwise (I think ) few people will sign-up for something they don't really understand.

Yes, to view a dream, users pay the price shown on the left. I thought I explained how the site works well enough in the "How This Works" section, but it seems like that approach isn't working. Do you have any suggestions on how I could better explain this to people? Might it be a good idea to have the "How This Works" section pop up automatically when people visit the site? Is the interface confusing to you? If so,…

Post by aaronmhatch » Mon, Aug 08, 2016, 1:21 PM UTC

allanderek wrote: post #16

aaronmhatch wrote: post #10

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Yes, to view a dream, users pay the price shown on the left. I thought I explained how the site works well enough in the "How This Works" section, but it seems like that approach isn't working. Do you have any suggestions on how I could better explain this to people? Might it be a good idea to have the "How This Works" section pop up automatically when people visit the site? Is the interface confusing to you? If so,…

I'm afraid I have no real expertise in user-experience so I cannot really say. I definitely think you want, as you suggest, a "How it works" at the very top, centre of the landing page. Preferably in graphic form. I also still think you want example dreams to be viewable by anyone. I believe that few people sign-up without a good idea of the kind of thing they are signing-up for.

Post by aaronmhatch » Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 2:32 PM UTC

tdeck wrote: post #19

aaronmhatch wrote: post #10

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Yes, to view a dream, users pay the price shown on the left. I thought I explained how the site works well enough in the "How This Works" section, but it seems like that approach isn't working. Do you have any suggestions on how I could better explain this to people? Might it be a good idea to have the "How This Works" section pop up automatically when people visit the site? Is the interface confusing to you? If so,…

One comment I would share; I completely missed the "How This Works" link because it's in the part of the page where people usually put the name of the site, and doesn't look like a link. I might be the only person who ignores the upper left hand corner of a page but it is one data point.