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Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by revorad »

p3rs3us wrote: post #19

The idea is great but I think there are a few things that you should look into. 1. What if there are so many entries in the main page, that eventually it becomes just noise? 2. There should be some way that I could follow/know more about one who shared his/her work, so that in future if he creates something new I am notified. 3. Wouldn't be better to give some kind of rating system and a search box.

Thanks, those are all great points!

This is now only a 3.5-day app. So yes, it doesn't do much yet :-)

The main page will probably end up being just the latest posts. I expect I'll add categories for easier exploring and navigation, but it seems premature now.

I might add following people/projects if enough people are interested.

I'm planning to send daily/weekly emails to share the latest projects and encourage people to keep working on their projects. I certainly lose momentum on things, so pushing each other to keep going will help.

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by city41 »

revorad wrote: post #18
city41 wrote: post #17

It's a good little MVP and already seems to be gaining interest. There are other similar sites out there such as about.me, virtualrockstars.com, etc. I'd love to see you take it "all the way": profile pics, markdown support, screenshots and embedded videos of the projects, etc.

Thanks for the encouragement. Sometimes I really get bogged down with self-doubt, so it's awesome to see people liking this. Some simple things like profile pics, screenshots and videos are on my list to add. But at the same time, I want to find one simple aspect that people find really useful and focus on that. It might turn out to be discovery of apps, tools or people. Do you think people would be interested in sel…

That's a good point of figuring out the app's focus before adding features. If your short summary of a project could really be enticing, then swym would be awesome for just getting exposure to new stuff. I'd imagine something like a stream of projects with a very short description, one screenshot, and what it was made with. Then your ability to search projects by what they are made with would become super powerful.

Not sure about selling. I think that will be a good deal tougher to pull off. People would only want to sell stuff at swym if it had a ton of momentum, otherwise other outlets would take people's priority.

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by revorad »

city41 wrote: post #22
revorad wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the encouragement. Sometimes I really get bogged down with self-doubt, so it's awesome to see people liking this. Some simple things like profile pics, screenshots and videos are on my list to add. But at the same time, I want to find one simple aspect that people find really useful and focus on that. It might turn out to be discovery of apps, tools or people. Do you think people would be interested in sel…

That's a good point of figuring out the app's focus before adding features. If your short summary of a project could really be enticing, then swym would be awesome for just getting exposure to new stuff. I'd imagine something like a stream of projects with a very short description, one screenshot, and what it was made with. Then your ability to search projects by what they are made with would become super powerful. N…

Yeah short summaries with good screenshots and videos could be very useful. There are lots of app directories out there, but I find them too cluttered and full of annoying ads.

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by revorad »

Thanks a lot everyone for the comments and sharing your awesome projects!

For those of you who don't have anything to share right now, but are interested in following other cool new projects, you can now sign up to the mailing list on the homepage - http://swym.me. It might encourage you to share yours too at some point.

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by revorad »

DanielRibeiro wrote: post #25

It is nice, and I'd wonder why I would use this instead of http://coderwall.com/ ?

I didn't know about coderwall. I haven't really thought of Swym as a reputation system for programmers so I can't compare it to other sites that do that.

Anyway you should use both because it gives you more exposure. Swym is going to be very much focused on output, not just skills, so it should be a good way to get users for your projects.

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by sagacity »

revorad wrote: post #18
city41 wrote: post #17

It's a good little MVP and already seems to be gaining interest. There are other similar sites out there such as about.me, virtualrockstars.com, etc. I'd love to see you take it "all the way": profile pics, markdown support, screenshots and embedded videos of the projects, etc.

Thanks for the encouragement. Sometimes I really get bogged down with self-doubt, so it's awesome to see people liking this. Some simple things like profile pics, screenshots and videos are on my list to add. But at the same time, I want to find one simple aspect that people find really useful and focus on that. It might turn out to be discovery of apps, tools or people. Do you think people would be interested in sel…

> Do you think people would be interested in selling their apps or other projects on Swym?

I think this should work. Here is a quick-thought blue print of what I'd do:

1. Create a 'Marketplace' type section (with WTB/WTS tabs or something?)

2. Create a (separate) profile page for the apps for sale

3. Those who wish to sell can specify the sale-specific aspects (e.g. asking price, traffic/user base/revenue numbers etc.) which will be displayed on the marketplace profile (with crosslinks to/from the app and owner profile pages etc.)

HTH

Re: Show HN: SWYM - Share what you make

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Post by revorad »

sagacity wrote: post #27
revorad wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the encouragement. Sometimes I really get bogged down with self-doubt, so it's awesome to see people liking this. Some simple things like profile pics, screenshots and videos are on my list to add. But at the same time, I want to find one simple aspect that people find really useful and focus on that. It might turn out to be discovery of apps, tools or people. Do you think people would be interested in sel…

> Do you think people would be interested in selling their apps or other projects on Swym? I think this should work. Here is a quick-thought blue print of what I'd do: 1. Create a 'Marketplace' type section (with WTB/WTS tabs or something?) 2. Create a (separate) profile page for the apps for sale 3. Those who wish to sell can specify the sale-specific aspects (e.g. asking price, traffic/user base/revenue numbers etc…

Thanks for your suggestions!
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