Cool app. One method of getting quality lists created is to offer bloggers a backlink in return for creating good lists. This has 2 effects they are more likely to create a list. They are also more likely to promote it/ write about you/ their list as they will want to improve the seo benefit of the backlink you have given them. Have to bear in mind that you will get some spam and so you need to be ontop of moderation.
Today I launched my solo project, Listry. Feedback/suggestions appreciated
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Re: Today I launched my solo project, Listry. Feedback/suggestions appreciated
#42Are votes really a 1-5 rating? I thought it was bit counterintuitive (I guess in my experience "votes" are typically binary). How about allowing just thumbs up/down?
From this being the top comment, it seems everyone agrees. I'll add it to my to-do list :)
Should I keep the 5 star rating control for rating articles, and change the voting on items to thumbs up/down? Or should I change both the voting on items and voting on articles to thumbs up/down?
Re: Today I launched my solo project, Listry. Feedback/suggestions appreciated
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
From this being the top comment, it seems everyone agrees. I'll add it to my to-do list :)
Should I keep the 5 star rating control for rating articles, and change the voting on items to thumbs up/down? Or should I change both the voting on items and voting on articles to thumbs up/down?
I don't see why they should be different. Consistency conveys simplicity.
Re: Today I launched my solo project, Listry. Feedback/suggestions appreciated
#44This is the project I've been working on for the past 6 months. It combines the features of wikis with a voting system that determines the best parts of an article. There's still a lot of improvements I need to make, but I wanted to launch early and get feedback.
Awesome work really, like the concept and totally love the speed of the site. Are you working on this full time?
Re: Today I launched my solo project, Listry. Feedback/suggestions appreciated
#45This is the project I've been working on for the past 6 months. It combines the features of wikis with a voting system that determines the best parts of an article. There's still a lot of improvements I need to make, but I wanted to launch early and get feedback.
Awesome work really, like the concept and totally love the speed of the site. Are you working on this full time?
Thanks! I'm glad people are noticing the speed, I spent a ton of time on that :). Yep, working on it full-time.
Re: Today I launched my solo project, Listry. Feedback/suggestions appreciated
#46I think you can get rid of the password confirm on the popup (you have their email after all for resets). Could make voting a bit more fluid.
Re: Today I launched my solo project, Listry. Feedback/suggestions appreciated
#47Nice app and congrats for the launch! I'm into list based services but there aren't too many around. One really similar that I came across about an year ago was http://listiki.com/ I really like their wiki/fork-style approach.
Re: Today I launched my solo project, Listry. Feedback/suggestions appreciated
#48Are votes really a 1-5 rating? I thought it was bit counterintuitive (I guess in my experience "votes" are typically binary). How about allowing just thumbs up/down?
From this being the top comment, it seems everyone agrees. I'll add it to my to-do list :)
A corroborating argument for dropping the stars: A lot of people who've tried multi-value rating systems have found that they get a heavily bimodal distribution anyways: people vote when they think something is awesome, or when it sucks, but rarely when they think it's just meh.
So you really won't be losing much information with a two value (eg, upvote/downvote) system.
Re: Today I launched my solo project, Listry. Feedback/suggestions appreciated
#49congrats on launching! why not eat your own dog food and start a [sticky] list for feature requests? i think it'd be a nice way to get early adopters get hooked up.
Re: Today I launched my solo project, Listry. Feedback/suggestions appreciated
#50Nice app and congrats for the launch! I'm into list based services but there aren't too many around. One really similar that I came across about an year ago was http://listiki.com/ I really like their wiki/fork-style approach.
Thanks :)
I've seen that site before. Mine's more about creating comprehensive articles rather than just a list. Something where each item of the article has paragraph(s) of detail.
Something like Paul Graham's article, "18 Mistakes that Kill Startups" (http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html) would be an ideal Listry article.