Show HN: Inventing new word

Hello. I am writing to you about a small start-up, with an emphasis on inventing new words, definitions, and phrases for concepts that do not exist - http://crowdt.com/. Also, you can vote on the cool new words or definitions. Users votes range from little value to 10 cents - 50% goes to the author of the word or definition, 5% is spent on development of the site, 30% is allocated to all downstream users to support those who saw the word before you, 15% of the payroll is for deleting votes and unsuccessful content. For self-serve, each day has only 10 users - these users are paid from the fund.

This whole system is setup not for money, but to change the world in an aesthetically beautiful way - with words. Hundreds of thousands of scientific papers, text instructions, and life situations require good, clear and concise images in order to be better remembered and help people became more intelligent.

Re: Show HN: Inventing new word

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Post by techiferous » Sun, Sep 18, 2011, 10:59 PM UTC

fibona wrote: post #5

Hello. I am writing to you about a small start-up, with an emphasis on inventing new words, definitions, and phrases for concepts that do not exist - http://crowdt.com/ . Also, you can vote on the cool new words or definitions. Users votes range from little value to 10 cents - 50% goes to the author of the word or definition, 5% is spent on development of the site, 30% is allocated to all downstream users to support…

Some quick feedback:

* It's not clear what the web app does.

* The design is confusing; it does not lead the user well.

* To add value to the world, you either have to solve a hard problem or create significant delight (entertainment). The idea of creating new words is amusing, but I doubt there is any market for it. One of the most important things about entrepreneurship is choosing your markets well. It's much easier if (1) you choose an existing market instead of creating a new one and (2) the market is hungry.

* I do not have a facebook account.

Re: Show HN: Inventing new word

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Post by 0x12 » Sun, Sep 18, 2011, 11:02 PM UTC

fibona wrote: post #5

Hello. I am writing to you about a small start-up, with an emphasis on inventing new words, definitions, and phrases for concepts that do not exist - http://crowdt.com/ . Also, you can vote on the cool new words or definitions. Users votes range from little value to 10 cents - 50% goes to the author of the word or definition, 5% is spent on development of the site, 30% is allocated to all downstream users to support…

The samples I got ("Your suggestions for a dental clinic for vampires" and a bunch of others, some of those not fit for reprinting here) do not match well with your goal of changing the world in aesthetically beautiful way.

If those are user generated suggestions then maybe you should add an approval process.

Re: Show HN: Inventing new word

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Sep 18, 2011, 11:33 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Inventing new word

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Post by martin_meh » Sun, Sep 18, 2011, 11:34 PM UTC

http://wordwar.ru/#q-408

Re: Show HN: Inventing new word

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Post by prawn » Sun, Sep 18, 2011, 11:49 PM UTC

This makes very little sense as presented, not to mention that I think it solves a problem no one really has. It's more a side project than a start-up. I'm not sure how or why money has entered the equation so soon. Hate to be discouraging, but I couldn't see this existing off anything but viral luck and some ads.

I don't use Facebook, so my experience of the site is likely to have been very limited:

"Let only people that" - let only people that what?

Done link - huh? Done what? I see no responses. If I click the link, I get an error.

Links off to Facebook? Why push your traffic away?

What are the icons before and after the phrase meant to do? The first one looks like a radio button which is very confusing.

Might be because I have ads blocked, but the navbar is illegible. I can't see any branding either.