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Mini-Seedcamp ✔ Scoble ✔ YC Interview ✔ YCW12 ✖ Launch Anyway ✔

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Re: Mini-Seedcamp ✔ Scoble ✔ YC Interview ✔ YCW12 ✖ Launch Anyway ✔

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Post by mstefanko »

c1sc0 wrote: post #17
revorad wrote: post #13

Great job on launching. Some notes from first use of the app: The feed is confusing. It looks too much like Instagram, so it contradicts the idea that this is an app for sharing actions rather than just pictures. The top activities are plankaday (what's that?), write, sleep, run, and meeting(!). None of those are too interesting. So, I'm not getting a feel for what is this app really good for? Why don't you show more…

lol, I won't steal your contacts, promise! I'm painfully aware of the points you raise. Sometimes you just have to do a "Damn the torpedoes, full-speed ahead" launch. Timing & stuff. To answer the other points you raise: The feed will change totally. Less pictures, more "What did you do?" & "How did you do it?" ... in development, coming in one of the next updates. The actions will become a lot more specific & self-e…

> Less pictures, more "What did you do?" & "How did you do it?"

less pictures?? Not sure that's a smart move. As of right now, that's the only thing adding interest to me. Pictures of the actions. And as much as I like the deed of the day, seeing it repeated a billion times on the feed gets boring. I suppose increased ability to filter feeds will help this, as if I could select the actions that I want to see and exclude everything else, it might hold more interest. But, currently, I just can't wrap my finger around why I would use this. I'm not going to log on to tell everyone I kissed my girlfriend, or put together an ikea table. I love that you didn't wait to release it, as you're getting a ton of good feedback. But my honest opinion is it's completely missing the wow factor. It's not doing anything that new, or that different. There's no defensive edge, as someone could release ididit tomorrow even if this for some reason took off. And most importantly, it's lacking anything that would pull me back. Even if it was just fun to use, that would be a draw, but it's not currently. I'm staying tuned, as I've seen plenty of projects go from zero to hero. Although a lot of which unfortunately back to zero again. So good luck to you!

I would think about integrating with companies sooner rather than later. For example, if I drank a starbucks coffee, added the action and a picture of me drinking the coffee. After a few of those I get a free coffee. Or bought flowers for said company, walked into said electronic store, or worked out using a workout product. This maybe an over-commercialized example(aren't they all ;) ), but I'd have incentive as the company could give me things I like. And you could easily monetize as companies would love pictures of their products being used as well as raising awareness/marketing etc.

Re: Mini-Seedcamp ✔ Scoble ✔ YC Interview ✔ YCW12 ✖ Launch Anyway ✔

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Post by c1sc0 »

tommi wrote: post #51

Why would I want to use this? What do I gain from this?

If you use it consistently it gets pretty addictive & you'll start doing more things that are good for you. That being said, with the current UI it's not as effective as it could be. Baby steps ...

Re: Mini-Seedcamp ✔ Scoble ✔ YC Interview ✔ YCW12 ✖ Launch Anyway ✔

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Post by mstefanko »

RossM wrote: post #31
sigwann wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for your feedback. The app is not supposed to display screenshot[0] as you share it. So obviously there is a bug here, sorry. - "follow": place to follow others users. People who are going to inspire you. - "re-do" is correct. It's about redoing what other people have already done. - "register to share": yes RossM, you are perfectly right. It's a beta version and we are going to improve the UI. BTW, so Didt…

Don't worry about it, I understand it's a beta, I was just a bit confused when trying to figure out what was going on. If it helps in tracking down the errors, the app force closed when I first opened it from the market. Good luck with DidThis!

I also had it force close when I first opened it on my android droid x.

Re: Mini-Seedcamp ✔ Scoble ✔ YC Interview ✔ YCW12 ✖ Launch Anyway ✔

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Post by emmett »

This title violates two HN guidelines:

"In titles, please don't describe things by their relation to YC unless they're actually associated with YC."

and

"Please don't do things to make titles stand out, like using uppercase or exclamation points, or adding a parenthetical remark saying how great an article is. It's implicit in submitting something that you think it's important."

Please use less bait-y titles in the future.

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