Let's Talk Over Coffee
Consumer and social
networking
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
27 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 10 critical, out of 67 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.
Idea: 11 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 6 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Nice design and a fun, interesting idea
From 3 comments
beautiful website, by the way!
martinvol on HNI love it! It's interesting, inviting, and shows great initiative. I don't live in the bay area, but next visit I'll make sure to put this on my schedule. 2 pieces of feedback:…
edw519 on HNI know somebody who did something like this in St. Louis and was quite successful: http://www.freecoffeewithaubrey.com/ It helped build her network, find a new job, and meet…
philip1209 on HN
Maker shows great initiative with side projects
From 2 comments
I have to say, as someone twice your age, I'm humbled by how many projects you've put out there. Sure, a lot of them are small and simple, but there's something to be said for…
zippergz on HNI love it! It's interesting, inviting, and shows great initiative. I don't live in the bay area, but next visit I'll make sure to put this on my schedule. 2 pieces of feedback:…
edw519 on HN
Objections
The offer to buy coffee feels salesy or off-putting
From 2 comments
I love it! It's interesting, inviting, and shows great initiative. I don't live in the bay area, but next visit I'll make sure to put this on my schedule. 2 pieces of feedback:…
edw519 on HNI like the .coffee domain. Nice get. Although, with 190+ points, "I'll buy you coffee" might get a bit expensive.
afar on HN
Page is too tall and key info is buried at the bottom
From 1 comment
Your page is way too tall for the amount of information you put. And the most important stuff is at the bottom.
imaginenore on HN
Contact form is confusing and does not work well in Firefox
From 2 comments
The form at the bottom is a little confusing for several reasons. 1) You say things like "Here's my offer: I buy you a coffee" and "Tell me about your..." but then the form is…
jack-r-abbit on HNhttp://miles.codes/ doesn’t work well in Firefox, by the way.
chrismorgan on HN
Requests
Make the link to the maker's main site more prominent
From 1 comment
I love it! It's interesting, inviting, and shows great initiative. I don't live in the bay area, but next visit I'll make sure to put this on my schedule. 2 pieces of feedback:…
edw519 on HN
Clearer placeholder email in the form
From 1 comment
The form at the bottom is a little confusing for several reasons. 1) You say things like "Here's my offer: I buy you a coffee" and "Tell me about your..." but then the form is…
jack-r-abbit on HN
Questions
What does clicking Let's meet do?
From 1 comment
What does clicking "Let's meet" do? I clicked it to find out and it said "Message sent, thanks! I look forward to meeting you." I, too, look forward to meeting you! But that…
sillysaurus3 on HN
How is the page being marketed?
From 1 comment
How are you marketing this page?
Multiplayer on HN
Alternatives named
startuptravels.com
From 1 comment
Hi Miles, I really like the page and the idea behind! Do you know www.startuptravels.com? There's approximately 42 entrepreneurs at the moment of writing in the bay area who'd…
tomahaug on HN
colunchers.com (similar lunch meetup)
From 1 comment
Just launched, similar idea for lunch: http://colunchers.com EDIT: whoa, take it easy, don't overload my VPS instance :-) EDIT2: fine, I'll do my own Show HN here…
alain94040 on HN
freecoffeewithaubrey.com
From 1 comment
I know somebody who did something like this in St. Louis and was quite successful: http://www.freecoffeewithaubrey.com/ It helped build her network, find a new job, and meet…
philip1209 on HN
tg3's coffee site (coffee.tgriff3.com)
From 2 comments
I stole the concept from tg3 who made this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6674987 Don't worry though, I got his blessing before making this site.
milesokeefe on HNThanks for the feedback. I was going for the "narrative" style design for this, I intentionally didn't put all the information "above the fold" like the original site did:…
milesokeefe on HN