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Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#101

Post by dang »

RapidFire wrote: post #100
dang wrote: post #23

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If I understand your suggestion correctly, that would consume an extra 6 characters in the title, which is 8% of the 80-char limit. That would make it much harder to give each startup a place in the title, and I don't like the idea of leaving any of them out.

>which is 8% of the 80-char limit. What a strange problem to have. Why not just increase the limit? Why can't you have a special title with a higher limit?

Because it's a major part of the look-and-feel of the site and we don't change that without a good reason. Actually, we pretty much don't change that ever.

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#102

Post by dang »

redkoala wrote: post #41
dang wrote: post #29

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I changed it to say "Launch YC" instead of "Launch HN" this time round, for reasons related to what you're saying. Doesn't seem to have landed though :) Another thought I had was "Meet S21". Better? It would free up a char! "Meet YC S21" is too long. "YC S21" would be the shortest. That is, something like "YC S21: Foo, Bar, Baz" with a word or phrase for each startup. But I'm not sure if that would convey that it's a…

How about "YC S21 Launch"?

That's too long as a prefix to be followed by the startups, and too generic as a title on its own.

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#103

Post by ninetax »

satyascispotcpo wrote: post #2

Hey HN! I am Satya from Scispot.io ( https://www.scispot.io/ ). Scispot is a no-code workflow automation platform for life science. Think of us as an Airtable for Life science. Life science companies often have no choice but to rely on a laundry list of tools to stay up and running. Electronic lab notebooks, LIMS (Lab Information Management Systems), Google Docs, Asana, Notion, and Airtable are just some of the tools…

Hey Satya, congrats on the launch, I'm looking forward to using our new SciSpot integration soon!

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#104

Post by Operyl »

dang wrote: post #89
NickNaraghi wrote: post #87

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Thanks for doing the hard work of experimenting here! How about mirroring the Who’s hiring format? >Launch YC: S21 (August 3)

I'd like each startup to be represented somehow in the title. If possible.

I really don’t think the one/two words are representing the companies in any meaningful way personally.

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#105

Post by benjaminha14 »

pawelwentpawel wrote: post #98
benjaminha14 wrote: post #3

Hi HN, we’re Ben and Alex, founders of Muse HQ ( https://muse.place/ ). We help anyone build immersive 3D websites. Alex and I started building 3D websites because we were bored of building the same old static websites that we have been contracted to do for the past 6 years since high school. Building websites sucked and was boring. Fortunately, Alex discovered the power of three.js. Between us, Alex was the first on…

I quite like this and my experience on your 3D website was very smooth. I wonder about the following points: - Would creating a 3D website hurt my SEO? - Would the content be somehow accessible for users who are entering the website on devices that don't support WebGL? Is there any fallback? - A 3D website looks cool and creative but does it really engage users more than a standard one? Would it increase my conversio…

- To be honest, not sure. I am not an SEO expert.

- Most of the end visitors, those that visit our creators websites, are actually mobile users and they have an average session duration of 50+ seconds and so far we have very high retention with our creators so I think there hasn't been to big of an issue with accessibility. I tested our website on a iPhone SE and it ran great on good wifi. All modern browsers support WebGL. Our fallback would probably be around bad wifi.

- We only use 3D web sites to run our funnels. I always tell people content is king at the end of the day so I guess you will have to just try it out and see how it goes. Right now, it is hard for us to share with you robust analytics via conversion rates and CTAs so I recommend using a service like BITLY and attaching bitly to the buttons so you can track clicks. Here is one of our funnels: https://www.muse.place/pandassaurus The funnel was built completely with builder tools, so you have the same tools I do. So at the very least I can tell you that our growth/marketing strategy at Muse is 100% reliant on our own product if that helps.

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#106

Post by benjaminha14 »

benjaminha14 wrote: post #105
pawelwentpawel wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I quite like this and my experience on your 3D website was very smooth. I wonder about the following points: - Would creating a 3D website hurt my SEO? - Would the content be somehow accessible for users who are entering the website on devices that don't support WebGL? Is there any fallback? - A 3D website looks cool and creative but does it really engage users more than a standard one? Would it increase my conversio…

- To be honest, not sure. I am not an SEO expert. - Most of the end visitors, those that visit our creators websites, are actually mobile users and they have an average session duration of 50+ seconds and so far we have very high retention with our creators so I think there hasn't been to big of an issue with accessibility. I tested our website on a iPhone SE and it ran great on good wifi. All modern browsers support…

If you do try it out, please keep me updated on the results. Very curious what your stats are. Happy to compare more analytics over email.

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#107

Post by RapidFire »

dang wrote: post #101
RapidFire wrote: post #100

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>which is 8% of the 80-char limit. What a strange problem to have. Why not just increase the limit? Why can't you have a special title with a higher limit?

Because it's a major part of the look-and-feel of the site and we don't change that without a good reason. Actually, we pretty much don't change that ever.

Respectfully, I'd challenge you on that and say you have good reason.

>Actually, we pretty much don't change that ever.

A classic mistake.

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#108

Post by dang »

RapidFire wrote: post #107
dang wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because it's a major part of the look-and-feel of the site and we don't change that without a good reason. Actually, we pretty much don't change that ever.

Respectfully, I'd challenge you on that and say you have good reason. >Actually, we pretty much don't change that ever. A classic mistake.

I would say the classic mistake is arbitrary redesign. Users hate change. Not inflicting random change on them is one of our secret weapons. Not saying we'd never do it, but there's a hierarchy of problem importance, and "need to have meaningful YC launch titles" is multiple levels below "don't inflict arbitrary change on users".

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#109

Post by shakna »

benjaminha14 wrote: post #3

Hi HN, we’re Ben and Alex, founders of Muse HQ ( https://muse.place/ ). We help anyone build immersive 3D websites. Alex and I started building 3D websites because we were bored of building the same old static websites that we have been contracted to do for the past 6 years since high school. Building websites sucked and was boring. Fortunately, Alex discovered the power of three.js. Between us, Alex was the first on…

With Firefox's tracking protection on, the only thing I get for the homepage is a single line error message, as the WebGL context drops unexpectedly.

If you visit at least once without tracking protection, and then turn it back on, and visit (even with cleaning all caches), then the site loads correctly.

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

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Post by pototo666 »

benjaminha14 wrote: post #3

Hi HN, we’re Ben and Alex, founders of Muse HQ ( https://muse.place/ ). We help anyone build immersive 3D websites. Alex and I started building 3D websites because we were bored of building the same old static websites that we have been contracted to do for the past 6 years since high school. Building websites sucked and was boring. Fortunately, Alex discovered the power of three.js. Between us, Alex was the first on…

This is amazing!

I am building a Reddit for China. I can't help thinking about builidng a 3D version.

This is like, what can I say, muse!

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