Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

Post by notamy » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 3:22 PM UTC

tambourine_man wrote: post #166

OzzyB wrote: post #154

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How can you not listen to the whole song, that's the point, it's awesome xD

The song is awesome, but the clip is cringy as can be. From the awkward dancing, nonsensical acrobating and sunglassing to Rick himself. Even though the song's got a good beat, he can't seem to move to it no matter how hard the editor tries to cut or how cool he tries to look. And I'm always surprised by such a deep voice coming from such a skimpy guy, which contributes to the joke.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 3:29 PM UTC

Post by PascLeRasc » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 3:34 PM UTC

bjtitus wrote: post #169

PascLeRasc wrote: post #168

While we're here, can anyone who's been using Hey for a little while share how it's been? I did the trial and liked it, but it felt a little bit micromanagey and I just didn't know if it'd get better after changing all my accounts and using the screener for a month or more.

A month or so in and it's still a lot of micromanaging. My biggest sticking point is that I'm unsure of which email address may be used for important notifications and the like so I'm hesitant to screen things out a lot of the time unless they are basically spam.

Post by unilynx » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 3:35 PM UTC

kaybe wrote: post #117

ljm wrote: post #97

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Unlike other email startups, this one promises to never give you up or let you down. I expect them to resist every attempt at acquisition. (I miss you, Mailbox, Sparrow...)

The promises explicitly included 'no customer support'. I'd say Linus is already close to the line here with his answers in this thread.

Post by 1123581321 » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 3:35 PM UTC

jb1991 wrote: post #109

1123581321 wrote: post #14

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I like this parody, but I don’t understand what you are saying about Hey’s original marketing. What’s particularly arrogant about product designers saying they’ve identified and solved a problem? Here’s what they originally put up, for reference: http://web.archive.org/web/20200207101953/https://www.hey.co...

Part of the issue was how they handled the "application" to be one of the first users. It was quite pretentious. They wanted you to express yourself in some novel, poetic way to convince them you are worthy of testing their golden new service. It was silly. In the end, it was also meaningless, everyone got invites anyway. But, the arrogance lingers.