Retroospect

Productivity

mood tracking

SHOW HN2015

221points
112comments
#81of 2,565 in 2015
Top 4%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

22 positive, 41 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 20 critical, out of 91 comments about the project. Thread score -0.00.

Design: 8 for, 11 againstIdea: 10 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good idea for tracking team mood over time

    From 3 comments
    • I can see this being a really nice idea to use across a team, if such a thing was offered. A few use-cases / benefits: * An agile team could use this as part of their…
      timblair on HN
    • Yes, I'd love to send a version of this to my team and ask them to fill it out on periodic basis. The choice to be anonymous would be good. I'm interested in the overall health…
      mlrtime on HN
    • It would be awesome if this had a feature for you to group employees together, or to say what company you worked for. I'd love to see how my entire team feels on a week over week…
      bargl on HN

Objections

  • The slider is awkward and descriptions are too emotionally specific

    From 3 comments
    • I love the idea, our company has recently been having work life balance discussions so this would be a great tool if: 1. The sliders are just bad. Make it a clickable 1-10 list…
      Ensorceled on HN
    • The variation between the middle "meh" feeling and the next level up is way too large of a emotional jump. There's a bunch of room between "no arguments" and "we had a blast." It…
      xbryanx on HN
    • There's a problem having a five-point scale with light-hearted descriptions attached to each point. If I rate what I learned this week at 0/5, it's labelled "I've not learned a…
      danohuiginn on HN
  • Signup form fails silently or hangs

    From 2 comments
    • The signup form definitely has some user experience fail in it. I give an email address and password, click the "sign-up" button, and... nothing. Absolutely nothing. No page…
      elfchief on HN
    • Anyone else have problem signing up? The forms just don't work. I press "Sign up" but nothing happens EDIT: now they've sent me 8 welcome emails. Hmm
      eatitraw on HN

Requests

  • Team sharing and Slack integration

    From 2 comments
    • I love the idea, our company has recently been having work life balance discussions so this would be a great tool if: 1. The sliders are just bad. Make it a clickable 1-10 list…
      Ensorceled on HN
    • I like the concept of a slider, but the descriptions associated with the points on the slider may not be too accurate. I've had the textbook definition of a meh week - could have…
      trequartista on HN
  • Export or API access

    From 1 comment
    • I really like the site! Please provide an API or at least an export functionality in the long run. I'd hate to see another service I use disappear.
      tfeldmann on HN
  • Anonymity options for team data

    From 2 comments
    • Thanks for the comment. It's evident from the comments in this thread that a lot of people would get value from this. We'll be meeting and reviewing next iterations at the…
      GordyMD on HN
    • How about a check box to opt-out of being anonymous? Some team members might want to let their manager know their individual stats.
      mlrtime on HN

Questions

  • How will it be monetized?

    From 1 comment
  • What does the product do exactly?

    From 1 comment
    • Can I get an explanation of what this is before I sign up? There is a sentence on the homepage, but it tells me next to nothing.
      mister_m on HN

Alternatives named

  • Morale app

    From 1 comment
    • I'm very interesting in tracking team mood. We track ours daily (using https://moraleapp.com). Here is a graph of my team (10 devs) mood over the past six months or so:…
      swanson on HN
  • Officevibe

    From 1 comment
    • Just throwing this in here - we already do this at my work with a thing called office vibe [1]. Everyone seems to like it . [1] https://www.officevibe.com
      pretzel on HN
  • Happiness Metric

    From 1 comment
    • Reminds me a lot of Happiness Metric: https://www.happinessmetric.com/ I used them for a long time.
      antjanus on HN

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