I'm relaunching my app Launchset.com. I made some big changes to it from last year. It was inspired by the 'Review my Startup/App' & 'What are you hacking on' threads here.
I'm targeting fellow developers who have side projects.
Thanks.
Neither your description nor your homepage (nor anywhere else I can see) describes what your app does. And given the updates, I can't assume it has the same focus as when you previously launched.
Here's how I describe it to friends:
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It's like Twitter but instead of following people, you follow projects.
I'm focusing just on fellow hackers who have side projects. There are a number of apps (most are small) that are developed but would never get coverage from big tech blogs. Launchset is aims to help people discover these projects.
For the developer, it's a way of measuring interest on your app by the number of people following you. You can also keep them engaged by providing progress updates to your followers.
Do I log in to the site to see what is new? Or are notifications pushed to me in some way?
I'm still trying to figure out notifications for the projects you follow. Right now, the only way to view them is thru your home page.
My plan is email. I'll probably send daily digests of the projects you follow.
But when you register and add a project it becomes clearer - it's a facebook/twitter hybrid populated only by developers doing interesting things. As far as I can tell, anyway.
Yeah, you got it right. I know I have to put a description on the front page. I'm primarily targeting the HN crowd so hopefully, they'll pick it up right away.
also i imagine it could be a platform for finding collaborators/co-founders. So one part of posting a project could be to note whether you are looking for other people to help etc.
anyway. keep up the good work, let me know if you want some more feedback anytime :-)
Haha! I have thought of basically everything you wrote. I'm glad that you get it.
I will be putting a status for every project to denote its stages (e.g. idea, private beta, public, etc). There will be an area where people can browse the apps that are waiting to be reviewed. Very much like the 'Review my startup' threads here on HN.
One of the motivations for me when I started building the site was to find people to collaborate with. I want to know other developers who are coding in android, python, django & appengine and also the ones who are interested in a particular category (like classifieds, mobile). I also decided to add location so you'll be able to see other developers near you.
I have a larger vision for the site (beyond developers/side projects) but it will all depend on what I learn from releasing it just to developers first.
The invite code is : HACKERNEWS50
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I've reset the password and still the same error. I wonder how much of it has to do with the email address format and if you are cleaning invalid characters, etc.
Is it ok if I delete your account and send you an invite thru your email?