1 Sentence is an experimental concept in simplified explanations. Would love to get your feedback.
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#21 Sentence is an experimental concept in simplified explanations. Thanks for trying it out!
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#4Based on a very short look around I can't see this really being interesting att all.
However, here's an idea I would like. The same website, fully moderated to the point that answers are not community-contributed, but sought out by website staff. For examplee, "In one sentence, explain what's great about SF for tech companies" you might reach out for an answer from pg, and a couple of other similar people.
And doesn't have to be all tech, or even all well-known. For example one on there was "Explain why Justin Bieber is popular". The answer "because teenage girls exist" is entirely worthless, however perhaps there is someone in the music industry who could give an actual interesting thought, in one sentence, on that topic.
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#5Based on a very short look around I can't see this really being interesting att all. However, here's an idea I would like. The same website, fully moderated to the point that answers are not community-contributed, but sought out by website staff. For examplee, "In one sentence, explain what's great about SF for tech companies" you might reach out for an answer from pg, and a couple of other similar people. And doesn'…
I like this idea, but I think you'd have a really hard time making money off of it. People won't be spending enough time on the site to extract enough value from their visit, and the moderators and contributors you talk about would need compensation for their work in making sure the content is spot on.
The fact that this is intentionally microcontent-based makes this both interesting as well as VERY hard to monetize.
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#6Based on a very short look around I can't see this really being interesting att all. However, here's an idea I would like. The same website, fully moderated to the point that answers are not community-contributed, but sought out by website staff. For examplee, "In one sentence, explain what's great about SF for tech companies" you might reach out for an answer from pg, and a couple of other similar people. And doesn'…
I appreciate your serious and well thought out feedback. I truly intended this to be a "meh, go for it" website while I focus on building my startup http://barkles.com.
It has definitely attracted the 'crazy' ones who post random and pointless info, but that is what I was aiming for.
I can lock it down for login only, and do exactly what you suggest and it could actually become a great resource. However the full moderation that is needed will take me away from Barkles, which is not what was intended.
Great to see that people are using it anyway, and having a lot of fun with it.
Although, if you do have a look around you will see some great answers amongst the stupidity, which actually helps the people who posted that (everything links back to their websites).
Again, thanks for the well thought out feedback, really appreciated.
Diesel
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#7I like the concept. Has the potential to be very addictive! Needs some moderation though, I see spams.
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#8Based on a very short look around I can't see this really being interesting att all. However, here's an idea I would like. The same website, fully moderated to the point that answers are not community-contributed, but sought out by website staff. For examplee, "In one sentence, explain what's great about SF for tech companies" you might reach out for an answer from pg, and a couple of other similar people. And doesn'…
I like this idea, but I think you'd have a really hard time making money off of it. People won't be spending enough time on the site to extract enough value from their visit, and the moderators and contributors you talk about would need compensation for their work in making sure the content is spot on. The fact that this is intentionally microcontent-based makes this both interesting as well as VERY hard to monetize.
You're right, my comment was based more on a "I'd love to read this site" than "here's a good business plan". Who knows, maybe it would be possible to either extract enough revenue from it to at least compensate moderators, or perhaps just become an interesting enough place that clever people are willing to pitch in and help out for free.
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#9Based on a very short look around I can't see this really being interesting att all. However, here's an idea I would like. The same website, fully moderated to the point that answers are not community-contributed, but sought out by website staff. For examplee, "In one sentence, explain what's great about SF for tech companies" you might reach out for an answer from pg, and a couple of other similar people. And doesn'…
I appreciate your serious and well thought out feedback. I truly intended this to be a "meh, go for it" website while I focus on building my startup http://barkles.com . It has definitely attracted the 'crazy' ones who post random and pointless info, but that is what I was aiming for. I can lock it down for login only, and do exactly what you suggest and it could actually become a great resource. However the full mod…
Was your aim just to see how people respond, or are you hoping that in 3 months, a year's time it's being actively used? And, if the latter, still as a random "look what I made in a weekend" way, or a "woah, check out how much money this brings me"?
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#10Based on a very short look around I can't see this really being interesting att all. However, here's an idea I would like. The same website, fully moderated to the point that answers are not community-contributed, but sought out by website staff. For examplee, "In one sentence, explain what's great about SF for tech companies" you might reach out for an answer from pg, and a couple of other similar people. And doesn'…
I like this idea, but I think you'd have a really hard time making money off of it. People won't be spending enough time on the site to extract enough value from their visit, and the moderators and contributors you talk about would need compensation for their work in making sure the content is spot on. The fact that this is intentionally microcontent-based makes this both interesting as well as VERY hard to monetize.
Another great point - monetization. It is not impossible to monetize this website via ad words etc, however for proper moderation you would definitely need real funding/cashflow.
I didn't clarify this anywhere, however I would like to now: I never intended to make money off this website - at all.
It is just a fun challenge and a problem I wanted to solve for myself: How can I find an explanation of something in only one sentence (currently, it's all over the internet and not in one central location). So 1Sentence was my quick attempt to fulfil this need.