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Be brutally honest, would you use this site?

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Re: Be brutally honest, would you use this site?

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To be honest, I just spent a few minutes on it but it is not a site I would keep coming back to. There's no real value add, it is all the same content and has no draw to it. You need to read up on gamification, the art of rewarding people to draw them in and keep them coming like. Foursquare has badges Hacker News has karma Reddit also has karma Give people points, badges, etc for using the site and sticking around.…

Those are not the reasons I use Foursquare, HN, or Reddit (can't speak for others)

no, but it the reason that many other people do, and you end with the unique content that will make you wanna come nack

Re: Be brutally honest, would you use this site?

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Nah. It's neat, but there's no reason for me to go back to it: I just can't imagine ever saying to myself, "You know how I'd like to spend my time? Seeing how people on the internet have answered a random assortment of polls." If I want to know how the general public feels about a specific issue, I'll just google it.

Re: Be brutally honest, would you use this site?

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I spent more time on the site than I anticipated. Why? Because some of the polls were interesting, and other polls (the questions) revealed news I hadn't heard of yet.

So yes, I would revisit again and again, provided the quality of news and questions was high.

My advice is to stay away from the lowbrow, lowest common denominator stuff. Be intelligent,informative and interesting.

Nice work btw!

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