The User Is Drunk • Hacker News Board

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by bbcbasic » Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 3:46 AM UTC

sharkweek wrote: post #15

Love it - How about this as an alternative: The user is stuck in a very (corporate/government/sluggish) environment. I will review your site/app from a major bank's / federal government's offices and report back! Or maybe this: The user is a 65 year old dad whose son doesn't come around often enough to ensure his father hasn't installed countless malware that he blames "internet" on. I will go to my dad's house and u…

User found you on Google. He intends to visit another 100 sites like yours to find what he wants, and therefore will only spend 3 to 10 seconds on your site.

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by richardlitt » Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 3:47 AM UTC

bbarn wrote: post #47

Why not just post as show HN? If there's a nit, it'll be picked.

I don't hang out on HN much. Can I post to show HN?

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by richardlitt » Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 3:48 AM UTC

ffn wrote: post #46

lol love this idea... but my target audience is teenage Asian girls who like anime. If OP's current thing is successful, will you be willing to do a theuserisajapaneseschoolgirl.com ?

Ugh... I'm not sure I'm qualified. ごめね！

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by richardlitt » Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 3:48 AM UTC

Retra wrote: post #43

richardlitt wrote: post #28

I added a note about alcoholism. It is very serious. Please check out AA if you or anyone you know relies on alcohol. aa.org.

AA has a bit of a reputation for spending more effort trying to get you to see God than to stop drinking.

I highly suggest Dharma Punx if you're in California. Have some friends who have gotten a lot out of it.

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by nickysielicki » Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 3:50 AM UTC

I just wanna give you props for how good this site looks on a vertical monitor. Full screen background images generally tend to break HARD, and sites are always either going into mobile mode or look ugly as hell. This looks like it was made for my monitor, though.

http://i.imgur.com/DZBvync.jpg

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 3:51 AM UTC

johnlbevan2 wrote: post #22

sharkweek wrote: post #15

Love it - How about this as an alternative: The user is stuck in a very (corporate/government/sluggish) environment. I will review your site/app from a major bank's / federal government's offices and report back! Or maybe this: The user is a 65 year old dad whose son doesn't come around often enough to ensure his father hasn't installed countless malware that he blames "internet" on. I will go to my dad's house and u…

The user is a woman: standard UX testing, only you're forced to confront your own preconceptions for having assumed it would be otherwise.

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Re: The User Is Drunk

#57

Post by timv » Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 3:52 AM UTC

ffn wrote: post #46

lol love this idea... but my target audience is teenage Asian girls who like anime. If OP's current thing is successful, will you be willing to do a theuserisajapaneseschoolgirl.com ?

my target audience is teenage Asian girls who like anime

I knew quite a few guys at uni shooting for that same target...

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 3:52 AM UTC

practicalpants wrote: post #18

I'm assuming this is just attention grabbing for this guy's personal brand. Always interesting to see what kind of marketing stunts get you to the front page. If this were to be taken seriously, a guy regularly getting drunk is just sad, as alcoholism is a real problem that this seems to be brushing aside.

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Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by nickysielicki » Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 3:53 AM UTC

practicalpants wrote: post #18

I'm assuming this is just attention grabbing for this guy's personal brand. Always interesting to see what kind of marketing stunts get you to the front page. If this were to be taken seriously, a guy regularly getting drunk is just sad, as alcoholism is a real problem that this seems to be brushing aside.

Who called the morality police? Sheesh.

He's a man in his prime, let him have some fun.

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by richardlitt » Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 3:53 AM UTC

nickysielicki wrote: post #55

I just wanna give you props for how good this site looks on a vertical monitor. Full screen background images generally tend to break HARD, and sites are always either going into mobile mode or look ugly as hell. This looks like it was made for my monitor, though. http://i.imgur.com/DZBvync.jpg

Thank you!