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> she was known among her friends for her ability to meet guys online. No offense, Julia, but that's not much of an ability if you are a woman.
> she was known among her friends for her ability to meet guys online. No offense, Julia, but that's not much of an ability if you are a woman.
Online dating is harder than you think for women also. If you stick with the mainstream sites you lose interest VERY quickly with the unwelcome attention. So if Julia has spent a lot of time and energy in this area she'll be an expert in how to create a site that works, and keeps women interested. This is a prime example where we need more women in tech - to build these subtle tools with direct insight for the target…
Edit: that's not the homepage. Since I recently saw "The Social Network", its got me thinking that what dating sites are missing is exclusivity... isn't that why Facebook took off? ...because you were guaranteed that the members went to Harvard? Maybe a similar approach with dating sites is worth trying.
that's not the home page. you are looking at the about page. click the logo.
Consider a creative two-word .Com domain. If you need assistance or available domain suggestions, please feel free to get in touch.
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i am collecting them on the front page, so please put your email address there :) the submitter submitted the about page.
Hi, it's not intuitive to know to click on the logo to go back. Maybe you could add a link at the top saying something like 'Click here to go to front page and submit your email for early access'. Another girl here - though I'm in a relationship it's an interesting problem to solve and I'm curious to see what you've come up with.
thanks for your comments on this thread! you seem to understand the female online dating problem as i do, and it's nice to have another female backing me up on here.
> she was known among her friends for her ability to meet guys online. No offense, Julia, but that's not much of an ability if you are a woman.
thanks for the feedback; I really wasn't sure how that would come across to random strangers. TBH, it is kind of hard for me to meet people online now. sure, i could go on OKC and find a hundred dates tonight, but most likely feel no emotional connection to those people. i'm trying to capture the vulnerable spirit of my early years on the web and create an environment where people who can actually connect with each o…
I would write something along the lines of, "she was known among her friends for her ability to meet great guys online with which she developed deep emotional connections".
Or something like that. You are now qualifying that you had the ability to find the right type of guy online, as opposed to just a random guy. Because as a woman, it doesn't take skill to do the latter.
If I can provide some further feedback, I would truly reconsider the name. Your initial crowd will no doubt be geeky. The word "lust" tend to intimidate women, and even shy men in my opinion. It also fails at conveying that it's a place to "find friends" or to "connect with each other".
Right now the name and your "lusty" design, would be perfect for a site for random hook-ups. I see a major gap between what you are trying to do and what you have so far.
> she was known among her friends for her ability to meet guys online. No offense, Julia, but that's not much of an ability if you are a woman.
Online dating is harder than you think for women also. If you stick with the mainstream sites you lose interest VERY quickly with the unwelcome attention. So if Julia has spent a lot of time and energy in this area she'll be an expert in how to create a site that works, and keeps women interested. This is a prime example where we need more women in tech - to build these subtle tools with direct insight for the target…
Online dating is hard for both genders, but in women's case what's hard is screening the candidates, rather than a lack of them. So yes, women entrepreneurs may have better insight on how to make this screening process as easy on them as possible.
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thanks for the feedback; I really wasn't sure how that would come across to random strangers. TBH, it is kind of hard for me to meet people online now. sure, i could go on OKC and find a hundred dates tonight, but most likely feel no emotional connection to those people. i'm trying to capture the vulnerable spirit of my early years on the web and create an environment where people who can actually connect with each o…
What you are trying to do is admirable, and I understood what you meant with that original line. It didn't however convey what you probably meant. I would write something along the lines of, "she was known among her friends for her ability to meet great guys online with which she developed deep emotional connections". Or something like that. You are now qualifying that you had the ability to find the right type of gu…
as for the name, i'm actually specifically not going after a geeky crowd (which is why my heart kinda fell out of my chest when i saw it was submitted to HN) and am initially going for younger, artistic, NYC singles. the name is designed to attract the kind of people i want on the site for now.