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Re: Magic+

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Post by fractallyte »

soared wrote: post #341
lectrick wrote: post #265

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a fairly highly-paid web dev and I don't have a curated personal website. Shocking, I know. I'd just rather spend time on other things, like paying work

Your personal site is irrelevant. A business that is public facing should have a good website, and theirs simply is not designed well. If you can spend $x building this service you can spend .01x on your website.

I'm genuinely curious: what's wrong with their website?

There's a logo, one-sentence explanation (with further details beneath), examples, FAQ, and footer. So the content is all there. Furthermore, it's minimal-looking, and minimally coded, and all on a single responsive page.

Isn't this the ideal for a modern website that's also expected to work on mobile devices?

Re: Magic+

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Post by Aoyagi »

>SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION

>We may share your personal information with:

>Third-party vendors and other service providers that perform services on our behalf, as needed to carry out their work for us, which may include identifying and serving targeted advertisements(...)

>Other companies whose products or services may be of interest to you

...

That sounds pretty bad even if it wasn't so vague. This is a bloody premium service...

Re: Magic+

#424

Post by rodionos »

Some of the comments posted here make me wonder about how broad and diverse the HN reader base is. The demographics are just unbelievable, if not surprising.

Re: Magic+

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Post by TeMPOraL »

ceejayoz wrote: post #199
patio11 wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What kind of income would a person need to fathom affording something like that? What kind of income do you need to spend $200 on a Valentine's dinner? Probably not $1k a month. It's a stretch at $2k but not impossible. It does not feel "absurdly not socially normative" at $3k -- I did it when I was a young twenty-something. To the extent that there is a real class-based difference here, it may be "degree of comfort…

> What kind of income do you need to spend $200 on a Valentine's dinner? Ordering dinner from across the country overnight isn't spending $200 on a Valentine's dinner, though, it's spending $200 on leftovers .

It doesn't matter if the food is properly stored, and you aren't irrationally obsessed with freshness.

Re: Magic+

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Post by tlrobinson »

BookmarkSaver wrote: post #353

Ok. I must seriously be missing something here. I'm usually the last person to complain about shilling, because even on the very rare occasions that I am confident that some sort of "astroturf" operation is going on I usually find it to be a somewhat valid or at least entertaining form of promotion and don't care that it is clearly just advertising. But seriously, this thread is absurd. I truly do not understand how…

Given their example scenarios, I'm pretty sure Magic+'s current target customer is actually the "true 1%", and it's not at all surprising there are a relatively high number of those people on HN (investors, successful startup founders, etc)

Re: Magic+

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Post by ethbro »

istorical wrote: post #333
ethbro wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If there's a way to anonymize data (or even just flag requests as anonymous in content), it'd be nice to have a bit more of a randomly picked live feed. I think some of the incredulity is that there's... an authenticity skepticism as to how much these represent average requests (and therefore responses). But like you said -- if you don't have a marketing problem, who cares what the HN peanut gallery says. ;)

These aren't supposed to be average requests, they are there to demonstrate how Magic+ can handle even really difficult tasks without easy solutions (order me a pizza).

As other people stated, if there isn't some kind of detail on the fulfillment then it's not demonstrating anything. Forgive my skepticism, but a chat log doesnt count for much in an age where CGI'ing uncompleted UIs on device screens in startup project videos is "acceptable".

So the choice is between exorbitant claims + no detail or some exorbitant claims + some average claims + no detail.

Re: Magic+

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Post by branchless »

BookmarkSaver wrote: post #353

Ok. I must seriously be missing something here. I'm usually the last person to complain about shilling, because even on the very rare occasions that I am confident that some sort of "astroturf" operation is going on I usually find it to be a somewhat valid or at least entertaining form of promotion and don't care that it is clearly just advertising. But seriously, this thread is absurd. I truly do not understand how…

I'm with you buddy. The examples on the site are not nice to read. I hate that we live in a world where these people exist. I also agree on the astro-turfing. Why is this even on HN? Where are my usual fluffy guardian articles on other unproven rubbish!

Re: Magic+

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Post by forgetsusername »

dcpdx wrote: post #100

This is like Tesla entering the market with a high end sports car, or Uber entering the market with only black cars. They're targeting a smaller niche of wealthy early adopters to tweak the service and revenue model and will eventually move downmarket to address a broader customer base (if they're successful with this initial niche). This is an ideal niche to start with because a) they have the money for it b) they'r…

>This is like Tesla entering the market with a high end sports car

Which is a good idea, in theory. But we've yet to see to see the strategy will work. They aren't building a cheap electric car yet.

Re: Magic+

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Post by corin_ »

cmikec wrote: post #261
sycren wrote: post #257

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This looks really interesting. Just wondering, in your FAQ you have: Q: Where is Magic+ available? Anywhere you need it. Magic+ is there to make your every desire and need happen, wherever you are. # Does this mean that we can actually use it in other countries like the UK? Do we need to use an area code?

Yes, you can use the service from other countries. Magic+ is actually really convenient when you're traveling. We have phone numbers that work internationally.

What about for people who don't live in the US?
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