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Re: Show HN: textlaundry.com

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Post by biftek »

jpulgarin wrote: post #25
jmcannon wrote: post #16

Dividing by quality "Good, Great, and Excellent" is weird to me. What metric distinguishes the different options? If I only check "Good," will you edit my text while watching television instead of devoting your full attention to it? I would get rid of the quality gradient altogether, instead ensuring your users that all of your work is "excellent." If you still want an extra tier to your pricing, I guess you could do…

The quality gradients are actually tied to number of revisions/number of people who proofread the text. We'll put up more information about the way we proofread and how they relate to the different options for quality.

I would word it differently then. Using the term quality in a sliding scale manner leaves doubt in my mind. I want to know all your work is excellent.

Re: Show HN: textlaundry.com

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Post by textlaundry »

prawn wrote: post #35

- Empty TITLE tag. - Favicon is a "P" icon? - Put 5-10px padding on the textarea. - 100% satisfaction guaranteed icon needs transparency. The design is fine but very, very generic. Nothing relates to a laundry. Why not a clothes line with text documents cleaned, pegged and sparkling in the sun? If you get some resistance in the HN feedback, IMO it is because the service seems slapped together. I like the automatic pr…

We just launched recently, and we rushed this out to validate our idea. So far, it's going pretty well and love all the feedback we've gotten. We've added those things to our list of things to fix. Thanks for the advice all the advice.

Re: Show HN: textlaundry.com

#43

Post by textlaundry »

lpolovets wrote: post #39

Cool service! To echo a few other comments, I'd love to see examples. Specifically, I hope examples could explain the following: 1) What kind of changes are suggested? Spelling corrections? Grammar corrections? Improved sentence structure? Improved paragraph structure? Some combination of these? Something else? 2) What's the difference between good vs. great vs. excellent? The quality of the proofreader? The amount o…

Hey lpolovets, I agree that's not clear yet. We actually provide all of those depending on the document we get. Some of them need more thorough editing, while other documents just need basic proofreading. The good/great/excellent corresponds to how many editors your text will be read by. Someone else suggested that we change it to that to make it clearer. Thanks for the comment.

Re: Show HN: textlaundry.com

#45

Post by daviddaviddavid »

There is a glaring typo on the front page. The section titled "Fully anonymous and secure editing" contains the following sentence:

"Your confidential documents will be kept in our secure servers and can only accessed by you and our team."

I'm no professional proofreader but I think that "can only accessed" is non-English.

Fail.

Re: Show HN: textlaundry.com

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Post by johnthedebs »

daviddaviddavid wrote: post #45

There is a glaring typo on the front page. The section titled "Fully anonymous and secure editing" contains the following sentence: "Your confidential documents will be kept in our secure servers and can only accessed by you and our team." I'm no professional proofreader but I think that "can only accessed" is non-English. Fail.

You made your point in the first two lines; I think your comment would be much better without the last two.

Re: Show HN: textlaundry.com

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Post by smd80 »

jpulgarin wrote: post #23
Roedou wrote: post #19

Is the Terms & Conditions page just copy/pasted from elsewhere? If not, things like the following are very concerning: > Advertisements. textLaundry reserves the right to display advertisements on your blog unless you have purchased an Ad-free Upgrade or a VIP Services account.

Yeah sorry, that's from Automattic's terms and conditions, we can't access your blog :P We'll change the wording soon.

Wait... Sorry, but you ... didn't proofread your ToS?

Really?

Re: Show HN: textlaundry.com

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Post by bbq »

badhairday wrote: post #30
baddox wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Colleges provide "writing centers" where people (presumably upperclassmen in a relevant degree program) offer proofreading. I don't see how this is much different.

That service is free, this is not. Often times the student proofreading your paper has already taken the class and off much more guidance to what that particular teacher/professor is looking for. An anonymous web service, while convenient, doesn't have that added benefit.

How is a college writing center free?

Re: Show HN: textlaundry.com

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Post by bbq »

baddox wrote: post #29
glimcat wrote: post #6

Only taking input by text box is pretty bad. You need to be able to accept common word processor file formats. Targeting students is also ethically questionable. Planning to open a sideline where you help "proofread" math homework next?

Colleges provide "writing centers" where people (presumably upperclassmen in a relevant degree program) offer proofreading. I don't see how this is much different.

Well for one you don't have to be in college.

Re: Show HN: textlaundry.com

#50

Post by shin_lao »

Here's the first association I make with text laundry: money laundry.

Then there's a testimonial about a student who's too lazy to do his assignment and uses external help.

I don't know what's your target, but if you're looking to appeal to companies I think you're off.

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