My inherently "viral" experiment
Consumer and social
photo voting
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 1 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Design: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, aesthetically pleasing design
From 3 comments
I really like the idea, and thought the site was aesthetically pleasing. I don't mean to sound like I am complaining, as this is my first post, but I want to help you improve the…
pwp on HNI really like the design of the site. When I visited http://3pics.me/1 my first response was to click on the text that said "Click to vote for pic X!" as opposed to clicking on…
sga on HNvery elegant design man. How did you do the design and create the logo? From my perspective, i think it could catch on given that it gets to the right people initially. It…
pythonking on HN
Could catch on if it reaches the right people
From 2 comments
very elegant design man. How did you do the design and create the logo? From my perspective, i think it could catch on given that it gets to the right people initially. It…
pythonking on HNCool! Ripped concept or not, it looks to me like something that has all the potential to go viral (probably short-term). I'd suggest the following: 1. Line up some revenue…
sagacity on HN
Objections
Vote can be inflated by removing cookies, so voting is easy to abuse
From 1 comment
I really like the idea, and thought the site was aesthetically pleasing. I don't mean to sound like I am complaining, as this is my first post, but I want to help you improve the…
pwp on HN
Idea has been done before (OKCupid My Best Face)
From 1 comment
It's been done before, e.g. http://www.okcupid.com/mybestface. Knowing the OKCupid guys, they might have some useful data on their blog...
JoachimSchipper on HN
Upload button layout confusing and Windows fakepath shown
From 1 comment
Cool idea! Some feedback: - The buttons browse and upload are too far apart. I thought the upload was a seperate button. Why not upload the photo as soon as an image has been…
jvdmeij on HN
Requests
Redirect www to non-www domain
From 1 comment
I really like the idea, and thought the site was aesthetically pleasing. I don't mean to sound like I am complaining, as this is my first post, but I want to help you improve the…
pwp on HN
Auto-upload on file selection and clearer result highlighting
From 1 comment
Cool idea! Some feedback: - The buttons browse and upload are too far apart. I thought the upload was a seperate button. Why not upload the photo as soon as an image has been…
jvdmeij on HN
Add random identifier in URLs for privacy
From 1 comment
Cool idea! Some feedback: - The buttons browse and upload are too far apart. I thought the upload was a seperate button. Why not upload the photo as soon as an image has been…
jvdmeij on HN
Use native Twitter share button
From 1 comment
Cool idea! Some feedback: - The buttons browse and upload are too far apart. I thought the upload was a seperate button. Why not upload the photo as soon as an image has been…
jvdmeij on HN
Add revenue streams and prepare servers for traffic spike
From 1 comment
Cool! Ripped concept or not, it looks to me like something that has all the potential to go viral (probably short-term). I'd suggest the following: 1. Line up some revenue…
sagacity on HN
Questions
How was the design and logo created?
From 1 comment
very elegant design man. How did you do the design and create the logo? From my perspective, i think it could catch on given that it gets to the right people initially. It…
pythonking on HN
Alternatives named
OKCupid My Best Face
From 1 comment
It's been done before, e.g. http://www.okcupid.com/mybestface. Knowing the OKCupid guys, they might have some useful data on their blog...
JoachimSchipper on HN
Hot or Not
From 1 comment
very elegant design man. How did you do the design and create the logo? From my perspective, i think it could catch on given that it gets to the right people initially. It…
pythonking on HN
threewords.me
From 1 comment