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Re: Threewords.me is up for private auction

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Me too, but I only had 30 minutes to make that page. Ton of work today.

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You'd be surprised how far Blueprint (http://www.blueprintcss.org/) and sparing use of text-shadow/gradients (http://css3please.com) will get you.

Re: Threewords.me is up for private auction

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You'd be surprised how far Blueprint ( http://www.blueprintcss.org/ ) and sparing use of text-shadow/gradients ( http://css3please.com ) will get you.

I'm sorry, I had a duplicate comment and deleted the wrong one before I saw yours. Thank you very much for these, hopefully my new projects won't look like mulch.

Re: Threewords.me is up for private auction

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Glad to see this already submitted :) Yeah, I'm working on way too much stuff, and threewords.me started up as a side project that I didn't have any interest in continuing it long-term (more interested in developing http://supportbreeze.com and others). The press curve has slowed, but a lot of users are still hitting the site (new and returning) — every new feature I get is hugely adopted within minutes.

Hey, one quick thing I noticed about supportbreeze. I noticed a lack of clear confirmation when hovering the button "Get started for free" I can tell a faint color change however there is no clear indication of my selection.

Whereas hovering other links gives a visual mouse indication and a visual indication over the link.

Is that by design?

Re: Threewords.me is up for private auction

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How can you sell something with no terms and conditions mentioned that he is selling, "Sale includes data, domain, brand." And then continue to say, "We promise we won't spam" on the signup page? How does that work then?

Well, I take it that /he's/ promising not to spam. The same that I can promise that no crimes will happen in my home- it's only as good as long as it's _my_ home, not someone else's, and I can reasonably manage things.

Even with a friendly-reading T&C he'd be free to break it any time, as would any future purchaser. I'm not a laywer but I'd believe T&Cs exist more to protect a site than its users, presenting the general terms and conditions the users can expect a site to be presented under, not a guarantee of of the same.

Re: Threewords.me is up for private auction

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Glad to see this already submitted :) Yeah, I'm working on way too much stuff, and threewords.me started up as a side project that I didn't have any interest in continuing it long-term (more interested in developing http://supportbreeze.com and others). The press curve has slowed, but a lot of users are still hitting the site (new and returning) — every new feature I get is hugely adopted within minutes.

Hey, one quick thing I noticed about supportbreeze. I noticed a lack of clear confirmation when hovering the button "Get started for free" I can tell a faint color change however there is no clear indication of my selection. Whereas hovering other links gives a visual mouse indication and a visual indication over the link. Is that by design?

It would be better to add cursor:pointer; to a#mk2_gs selector.

Re: Threewords.me is up for private auction

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If I was a digital agency/consultancy, I'd snap this up. I think it would be fairly easy to fork and customize for big brands that want to do Facebook promotions, reviews, focus groups, etc.

"Tell us your 3 favorite items at Applebee's ..."

"Thanks for trying the new filet mignon chalupa at Taco Bell. Describe it in 3 words ... "

"What 3 things are most important when choosing your next car? ..."

(I'm sure someone more creative could do better, but you get the idea)

Re: Threewords.me is up for private auction

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Glad to see this already submitted :) Yeah, I'm working on way too much stuff, and threewords.me started up as a side project that I didn't have any interest in continuing it long-term (more interested in developing http://supportbreeze.com and others). The press curve has slowed, but a lot of users are still hitting the site (new and returning) — every new feature I get is hugely adopted within minutes.

Hey, one quick thing I noticed about supportbreeze. I noticed a lack of clear confirmation when hovering the button "Get started for free" I can tell a faint color change however there is no clear indication of my selection. Whereas hovering other links gives a visual mouse indication and a visual indication over the link. Is that by design?

Yeah, one of the things that I'm still trying to figure out is the exact amount of visual feedback that hovered elements should have... too much is gaudy, too little is not feedback-y enough. That button fell into the latter category, but I haven't had the time to rework it. Thanks for dropping me a note :)

Re: Threewords.me is up for private auction

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If I was a digital agency/consultancy, I'd snap this up. I think it would be fairly easy to fork and customize for big brands that want to do Facebook promotions, reviews, focus groups, etc. "Tell us your 3 favorite items at Applebee's ..." "Thanks for trying the new filet mignon chalupa at Taco Bell. Describe it in 3 words ... " "What 3 things are most important when choosing your next car? ..." (I'm sure someone mo…

Good ideas. Some brands and celebrities have a threewords.me with cool results, like Smashing Magazine: http://threewords.me/smashingmag

Also celebrities (thanks to @Mazy) like Young Money's Lil Twist - http://threewords.me/liltwist

I also did a test for using sentiment analysis as a monetization point, using the Amazon Kindle (question was, "What do you think of the Amazon Kindle?") which was displayed on top of the dashboard for all users, and it got something like 7,000 responses. The responses weren't amazing, but it is possible to improve them. There was zero targeting on whether or not the "sponsored listing" was displayed, whereas Smashing Mag's results are clean since the only people submitting words are people that know what Smashing Magazine is.

Re: Threewords.me is up for private auction

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Hey, one quick thing I noticed about supportbreeze. I noticed a lack of clear confirmation when hovering the button "Get started for free" I can tell a faint color change however there is no clear indication of my selection. Whereas hovering other links gives a visual mouse indication and a visual indication over the link. Is that by design?

It would be better to add cursor:pointer; to a#mk2_gs selector.

Ah, great point. I'll have to do that.
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