Ask YC: Any Feedback on new web app ratings site appreciated

Post by moorage » Tue, Aug 05, 2008, 7:55 PM UTC

tstegart wrote: post #20

johns wrote: post #14

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I got it now. But at first, I didn't recognize it was from you. Put "Wapp'ied" somewhere in the subject and change the from address to be support@wappied.com. Wapp'ied isn't mentioned anywhere in the email until after "Regards,". It looks like a phishing email up until that point.

I love how a simple post on HN can catch all these little things that make a big difference. Its really a great way to iron out the kinks. I'm very impressed with your response on all this stuff, moorage, its pretty amazing.

Post by moorage » Tue, Aug 05, 2008, 8:03 PM UTC

benjamincanfly wrote: post #16

I like this better than most web 2.0 directories I've seen ( http://www.listio.com etc.), but it has to feel pretty exhaustive before I'll depend on it. If I don't expect it to give me better results than just plain Googling, I won't bookmark it to give it a chance. Link directly to each site from the browse/search results page. I want the option to skip your site summary page and quickly open ten blogging sites in n…

Post by richtaur » Tue, Aug 05, 2008, 8:25 PM UTC

Post by ks » Tue, Aug 05, 2008, 9:08 PM UTC

moorage wrote: post #4

tstegart wrote: post #2

It looks good. I do have one minor suggestion. Part of what you're about is helping people find apps. From About Page: "What if, ... you could find the best webapp for your needs, at any given time, and instantly compare it to all of its competitors?" I really like that idea, and it would be useful to me. Currently, no one has got them all in one place and compared them. In fact, just a short time ago I did a post on…

Hey, Thanks tstegart. I whole-heartedly agree. The categories, aside from high quality reviews are the most important part. When you want to find the best app for a particular use, you don't really care about how good it is for some other use. To me, it's kind of like Yelp - sometimes I want to just know what has the best food, and don't care about the service. Sometimes I want to know both. What I'm still trying to…

Post by moorage » Wed, Aug 06, 2008, 6:16 AM UTC

tstegart wrote: post #38

moorage wrote: post #25

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Probably 2-3 weeks of on and off development work. I've got a lot of other things going on, so I didn't keep track too well. I did hire another ruby on rails contractor to augment some of my development work, which I highly recommend (if you're good at finding them).

How many people are working on it now? You say "we" in your comments. Is there a team involved, or is this a solo project. Either way, it looks great.