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Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay

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Re: Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay

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Post by crazygringo »

pkteison wrote: post #3

I find human opinion fascinating, and look forward to the glorious future when we can do better than up/down arrows. Looking at a site like Rotten Tomatoes, where the metric is "professional reviewer thought thing was at least decent" and seeing that there is surprisingly little agreement even on such a simple metric (even a terrible movie, like Season Of The Witch, has a 10 so 10% of the reviews like it; even a grea…

That would be hunch.com. It was bought by eBay a while ago, not really sure what's been going on with it. The concept is great, but in practice, your mileage may vary. There are a few other similar sites too... but none of them have really taken off in a big way.

Re: Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay

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Post by hkmurakami »

I think this is true for anything we put out there for the world to see, whether it be software, prose, music, video, photos, etc.

I have had a hard time dealing with some of the feedback I've gotten with the things I've written, whether it be on HN or on my blog, but I'm slowly learning to be okay with the fact that no, not everyone will love what I have to say :P

Re: Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay

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Post by mabbo »

pkteison wrote: post #3

I find human opinion fascinating, and look forward to the glorious future when we can do better than up/down arrows. Looking at a site like Rotten Tomatoes, where the metric is "professional reviewer thought thing was at least decent" and seeing that there is surprisingly little agreement even on such a simple metric (even a terrible movie, like Season Of The Witch, has a 10 so 10% of the reviews like it; even a grea…

What I find really interesting are cases like the "Napoleon Dynamite problem".

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/magazine/23Netflix-t.html?...

There are some things that are so oddly polarizing that it becomes very difficult to guess whether someone will like it or hate it, no matter how much you know about that person. And even the people who are asked why they love/hate it tend to have a hard time explaining it.

Human opinion is complex, that's for sure.

Re: Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay

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Post by gky2 »

NAFV_P wrote: post #19
sgdesign wrote: post #7

You should also remember that anybody giving you a negative reaction might just be having a bad day for totally different factors. This is especially true on social media, where it's so easy to blow off some steam by writing a snarky remark without thinking about how it's going to be interpreted. So whenever someone isn't very nice with me, I prefer to assume that they're a nice person who just happens to have bumped…

So whenever someone isn't very nice with me, I prefer to assume that they're a nice person who just happens to have bumped their toe into a table leg or something. Nice persons tend to apologise, if they don't apologise they are probably arseholes.

I think that's probably situational. There could be aspects in which they couldn't apologize. If the person really is in a bad mood, it's unlikely that they'll turn around a few minutes later, suddenly feeling better and then being apologetic. And it could also be the case that the person was just a random person who could never contact you again to apologize.

I really like the article overall. It seems somewhat like common sense, and even reading it, I know the next time I bump into a situation like this, it'd still be difficult for me to see it this way.

Re: Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay

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Post by flipside »

carterschonwald wrote: post #20
flipside wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like you want a multi-dimensional rating system that works. Patience, it's coming. We're focused on doing it right. 1. Sign up at http://tinj.com 2. ... 3. Profit... I mean, we'll let you know when we launch.

ranking / rating done right/optimally seems to be a highly problem specific challenge. What problem domains are you focusing on?

Starting with entertainment for a variety of reasons.

Re: Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay

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Post by yesimahuman »

I've had multiple projects of mine on the front page of HN, and while I got lots of upvotes, there have been many negative or overly harsh comments.

Once my business hit substantial revenue, I realized it didn't matter, that it was more important to make a few people love us than to make everyone like us.

I also realized that a lot of hackers on HN are having a hard time making their own business because they don't realize people like things that they might not. Taste is huge.

Re: Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay

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Post by NAFV_P »

gky2 wrote: post #24
NAFV_P wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So whenever someone isn't very nice with me, I prefer to assume that they're a nice person who just happens to have bumped their toe into a table leg or something. Nice persons tend to apologise, if they don't apologise they are probably arseholes.

I think that's probably situational. There could be aspects in which they couldn't apologize. If the person really is in a bad mood, it's unlikely that they'll turn around a few minutes later, suddenly feeling better and then being apologetic. And it could also be the case that the person was just a random person who could never contact you again to apologize. I really like the article overall. It seems somewhat like…

Well, I tend to apologise straight away. Perhaps I've spent a lot of my life surrounded by arseholes... Yes, I have spent my life surrounded by arseholes.

Re: Not everyone is going to like the thing you made, and that’s okay

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Post by carterschonwald »

flipside wrote: post #25
carterschonwald wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ranking / rating done right/optimally seems to be a highly problem specific challenge. What problem domains are you focusing on?

Starting with entertainment for a variety of reasons.

good luck! look forward to learnign more when you get it out
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