My YC submitted company - Thoughts or suggestions
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Re: My YC submitted company - Thoughts or suggestions
#2We are in private beta now; been for a month or so...
Thanks for all feedback!
Re: My YC submitted company - Thoughts or suggestions
#3You should have a tour, so people can see what you have to offer without signing up.
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#4Can you give a summary of what it does? I don't understand and don't feel like signing up
Also, it hoses the back button on my browser, which is annoying
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#5Well, without signing up, I don't really get it. Maybe you'd care to explain it to us in a few lines? A few things of note though:
1) Breaks the back button on my browser. That's a no no
2) The splash image takes way too long to load.
Re: My YC submitted company - Thoughts or suggestions
#6Breaks back button, very frustrating.
I don't get it, needs at least a short explanation on the front page.
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#7Well, without signing up, I don't really get it. Maybe you'd care to explain it to us in a few lines? A few things of note though: 1) Breaks the back button on my browser. That's a no no 2) The splash image takes way too long to load.
Since you asked for thoughts + suggestions, here are mine:
I totally agree on all three points of the parent to this post (wtf is it, don't break my back button, and why is the bg so beastly).
The only keys that could give me some context don't really make any sense: "sleep and wake up social network" - huh? alarm messages - what? Vertical and horizontal scroll bars on my maxed-out browser window - why? No chair at the computer desk - oh noes! where am I gonna sit? "Sleep with us... and let your friends wake you!" - This sorta reminds me of this one time in college...
I'm curious to know what your site does, but not curious enough to sign up to find out. But if I did want to sign up, why do you need my website? Which website? My business website? Personal website? Blog? Flickr? The chamber of commerce for my city of residence? (Same goes for "name" is this my real name, first name, last name, or a user/nick name?)
Why does the input look right justified? That feels awkward.
The thick black border around the brown box changes its thickness on the bottom left side.
You've got a lot of work to do to get your front page together. I will be interested to see how you progress, and to learn what your site/company is about.
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#8I disagree with the comments saying that the purpose is unclear -- I understood immediately -- but this just seems like begging for being the butt of practical jokes. I don't want to wake up to getting rickrolled, and I don't want to not get woken up because somebody chose John Cage's 4:33 as my alarm message.
Re: My YC submitted company - Thoughts or suggestions
#9Great thank you so much for your feedback. It's a big help!
Here is a full summary...
Sleep.FM - The Social Alarm Clock is an alarm clock social network, where upon the alarm time passing on the site(mobile versions soon) you are awakened by your alarm messages(audio files or voice-mail) received from your friends on the network.
It is themed around the human conditions of resting and waking where user environments are bedrooms. Users interact with one another by entering each others bedrooms to leave one another gifts(with or without comments), emails and or alarm messages.
The back button issue.. does that happen on the splash page or when you click, "Already a member? Click here," which takes you to another page?
Thanks!
Re: My YC submitted company - Thoughts or suggestions
#10Great thank you so much for your feedback. It's a big help! Here is a full summary... Sleep.FM - The Social Alarm Clock is an alarm clock social network, where upon the alarm time passing on the site(mobile versions soon) you are awakened by your alarm messages(audio files or voice-mail) received from your friends on the network. It is themed around the human conditions of resting and waking where user environments a…
Why did you make the decision for this idea to be a stand-alone site rather than a feature (widget, fb app, etc)? From your description it seems like it's better suited to the latter.