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Review my startup, Lettur

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Re: Review my startup, Lettur

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Post by RobMcCullough »

mikerhoads wrote: post #2

Anonymous message boards can be fun sites but I'm not exactly sure this in itself could really be considered a startup. Is there something I'm missing?

Well, I called it a weekend project until I got to debugging. Just kidding, I am pushing the anonymous part as it is a bit of a buzz word these days. I am in the process of reworking the UI, and may re-brand as more of a simple web publishing solution.

I think there is a ton of potential use cases. Eventually I want to give the users full control over the page style, or possible offer different page templates. This will allow anyone to publish a totally customizable webpage in minutes.

While there are no ads now, monetization will come from advertising in the future. Or, possibly a small charge per page to have advertisement removed. This could be purchasable by either the author, or a reader.

We'll see where it goes.

Re: Review my startup, Lettur

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Post by Turing_Machine »

RobMcCullough wrote: post #4
mikerhoads wrote: post #2

Anonymous message boards can be fun sites but I'm not exactly sure this in itself could really be considered a startup. Is there something I'm missing?

Well, I called it a weekend project until I got to debugging. Just kidding, I am pushing the anonymous part as it is a bit of a buzz word these days. I am in the process of reworking the UI, and may re-brand as more of a simple web publishing solution. I think there is a ton of potential use cases. Eventually I want to give the users full control over the page style, or possible offer different page templates. This w…

Attractive site.

One point, though... the kind of people who place value on anonymity are probably also the kind of people who disallow Javascript, Google APIs, etc.

Just sayin'. :-)

Re: Review my startup, Lettur

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Post by tansey »

So... it's just like thrsti? (www.thrsti.com)

Full disclosure - I am helping with thrsti, we are deploying a ton of new features over the coming weeks, but lettur seems very similar to our initial release. It's very interesting what people will post just to get it off their chest.

Re: Review my startup, Lettur

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Post by RobMcCullough »

Thanks a ton for the feedback. I am paying close attention to what is being said. The more feedback I get, the more I can adapt to what people really desire from a service like Lettur.

Also, @tansey you're right. It does look like we have the same idea going. I can honestly say I haven't seen thrsti before. I am sure we will find our separate paths, and I welcome the friendly competition =)

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