Revboat

Web and SaaS

q&a community

SHOW HN2011

7points
12comments
#912of 1,097 in 2011
Top 84%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.54.

Idea: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

Objections

  • Design is poor and looks unprofessional

    From 3 comments
    • Great, yet another Q&A site... I would recommend asking yourself: What does Revboat offer that other Q&A sites fall short on? Also, you NEED to hire a designer. The current…
      cb33 on HN
    • The current design is going to turn people away. The kind of people who would use a startup, seedcamp, etc questions site are the kind of people that expect good design and UI.…
      makeee on HN
    • First of all, build a custom theme. Downloading a pre-built Q&A PHP script and throwing it up on your server takes virtually no skill/work and visitors can sense this lack of…
      cb33 on HN
  • Crowded space with existing startup Q&A sites

    From 2 comments
    • I know of two active stackexchange sites for startups: http://startups.com and http://answers.onstartups.com To compete I think you'll need a better design and really good…
      makeee on HN
    • Great, yet another Q&A site... I would recommend asking yourself: What does Revboat offer that other Q&A sites fall short on? Also, you NEED to hire a designer. The current…
      cb33 on HN
  • Unclear what it offers beyond existing Q&A sites

    From 2 comments
    • Great, yet another Q&A site... I would recommend asking yourself: What does Revboat offer that other Q&A sites fall short on? Also, you NEED to hire a designer. The current…
      cb33 on HN
    • First of all, build a custom theme. Downloading a pre-built Q&A PHP script and throwing it up on your server takes virtually no skill/work and visitors can sense this lack of…
      cb33 on HN
  • Built from a stock Q&A script with little customization

    From 1 comment
    • First of all, build a custom theme. Downloading a pre-built Q&A PHP script and throwing it up on your server takes virtually no skill/work and visitors can sense this lack of…
      cb33 on HN

Requests

  • Hire a designer or build a custom theme

    From 2 comments
    • Great, yet another Q&A site... I would recommend asking yourself: What does Revboat offer that other Q&A sites fall short on? Also, you NEED to hire a designer. The current…
      cb33 on HN
    • First of all, build a custom theme. Downloading a pre-built Q&A PHP script and throwing it up on your server takes virtually no skill/work and visitors can sense this lack of…
      cb33 on HN

Questions

  • How is it better than the YC area of Quora?

    From 1 comment
    • First of all, build a custom theme. Downloading a pre-built Q&A PHP script and throwing it up on your server takes virtually no skill/work and visitors can sense this lack of…
      cb33 on HN
  • What do other Q&A sites not offer?

    From 1 comment
    • Great, yet another Q&A site... I would recommend asking yourself: What does Revboat offer that other Q&A sites fall short on? Also, you NEED to hire a designer. The current…
      cb33 on HN

Alternatives named

  • startups.com and answers.onstartups.com

    From 1 comment
    • I know of two active stackexchange sites for startups: http://startups.com and http://answers.onstartups.com To compete I think you'll need a better design and really good…
      makeee on HN
  • YC area of Quora

    From 1 comment
    • First of all, build a custom theme. Downloading a pre-built Q&A PHP script and throwing it up on your server takes virtually no skill/work and visitors can sense this lack of…
      cb33 on HN

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