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Not a good look in terms of data quality here.
I can see a significant amount of scepticism in the comments, and I think that much of the feedback is valuable and important, such as the lack of a 'point of difference', interface, value-add above existing solutions, etc.
But, a little disappointed with the pessimism in the comments in general. Someone has gone out of their way to build something from scratch and, regardless of whether it ticks all the boxes at the moment, I think that deserves positivity and a big 'well done'.
Projects rarely ever launch 100pc perfect -- or even 20pc perfect. It is best to launch, adapt, and iterate.
Note to poster: try to imagine that all the comments here start with 'Well done for launching, but something you might want to think about is...' Lots of the points are valid and require your attention, but they have been presented in a defeatist and negative way -- as if your launch is the end of matter and, as a result, it is all doomed to failure rather than providing a springboard to change, improve, and pivot as required.
Huge well done on launching. I can see a significant amount of scepticism in the comments, and I think that much of the feedback is valuable and important, such as the lack of a 'point of difference', interface, value-add above existing solutions, etc. But, a little disappointed with the pessimism in the comments in general. Someone has gone out of their way to build something from scratch and, regardless of whether…
Doing the work is hard. Putting yourself out there in a vulnerable state and hoping for the best is almost AS difficult.
So, the best of luck to the OP. Adapt and grow.
This is unnecessary. The Reddit for podcast episodes is Reddit.
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I think it's odd to give sole control of moderation to podcast creators. It quickly leads to creators sanitising feedback to prefer only positive feedback.
That's fair and its something we will have to get right over time. But its also tricky to find an ethical monetization model for social media. You can sell your user's data to advertisers, or you can sell control or you can find some other channel. We're e.g. playing with the idea to add a live podcasting feature that allows user's to comment and tip during a show a la Twitch.
This is unnecessary. The Reddit for podcast episodes is Reddit.
Indeed. And I was just thinking about how sites like Reddit and Hacker News are terrible when it comes to discussing things like podcasts or building a community. An active web forum is what would be really useful. For example, the podcast subs I frequent on Reddit often have people posting the same questions over and over again. A forum would simply aggregate them into one post that gets bumped to the top when someo…
This isn’t necessarily true. It sounds to me like you only have experience with some of the larger subreddits like r/pics. If you frequent smaller hobby subreddits you will find that the moderators will do exactly what is being described here. Some are pinned on a permanent basis, others are rotated out on a weekly or daily basis. The tools to do this are already baked into Reddit, it is up to the moderators of each subreddit whether to use them or not.
as much as i hate ads, i'd say that for this type of project it's better to leave it free but show some relevant podcast ads
This is unnecessary. The Reddit for podcast episodes is Reddit.
>The Reddit for podcast episodes is Reddit. Yes and this is the problem, reddit is reddit and the comment-quality is terribly low, often toxic and dominated by a certain ideology that is particularly dominant and vocal on reddit in particular. I think this has potential if they manage to keep the comment quality higher, somehow.
Huge well done on launching. I can see a significant amount of scepticism in the comments, and I think that much of the feedback is valuable and important, such as the lack of a 'point of difference', interface, value-add above existing solutions, etc. But, a little disappointed with the pessimism in the comments in general. Someone has gone out of their way to build something from scratch and, regardless of whether…