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Criticue.com - 6 months ago we launched on HN

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Hi,

In December a prototype of Criticue.com was launched right here on HN and received tons of positive feedback and support (thank you!).

A lot has changed since then. We incorporated, got a little funding and launched a new fancy version with a slick look and extra functionality.

For anyone that doesn't know what Criticue.com is about grin, it's a feedback exchange site. It lets you brainstorm your web design. You post feedback about other websites and for each website you review, you receive one review in return.

I invite you to try it out (no signup required) and share what you like and what you hate about it:

www.criticue.com

Thank you, Martin

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I like it. There are some things that are unclear though. How do I get notified about my review if I never physically sign up for an account? How long does it take for the "moderator" to approve reviews? If the site gets popular this could be quite a pain on you to have to go through each feedback comment and approve or deny them.

I run a similar type of startup (betapunch.com) if you ever want some user testing done for your own website. Best of luck to you!

One more issue I am noticing is that from my "dashboard" page I can't easily see how to review more websites to earn more credits. For that matter I can't see how to do this from anywhere without having to submit my own website again for review...

Looks like a great web site.

There is/was a similar web site called ConceptFeedback (http://www.conceptfeedback.com/) that I liked a couple of years ago, but then when they went to monetize the whole spirit of the site changed. I believe they started as a similar concept of feedback exchange, sprinkled with light gamification/badges.

Anybody know the story behind it?

Congrats on the relaunch. I like it, especially the intro video.

I have gotten useful reviews and good feedback on a number of my project sites that I submitted to Criticue. Plus, it's fun to review other peoples' projects.

Hi,

I remember it the first time around and had forgotten about it. I'm glad to see it progressing, and I plan on using it later this week!

Hi,

Yes, it's taken me (now 'us') a while to launch the new version because I had had a day job I needed to quit in order to focus on it and I really finalised everything in May.

But now we're on the way to becoming the next facebook. ;D

The team: www.criticue.com/about_us (I esp. adore the youngest member.)

How do you like the look of the new version? We put a lot of effort into that. :)

i like it a lot. did you use your site to get feedback?

Thanks!

Yes, a lot* of feedback, much of it very useful, for example a suggestion to use photos of people who agreed to publish their testimonials. Took some effort to email everyone etc. but I think it's well worth it.

* ...and had to earn 'credits' for the reviews just like a regular user in case you ask ;)))))

nice looking site! as for the testimonials, i think they transition way too fast for a vistor to read each set

Very nice. I am curious if/how you will try to monetize?

I'm in no way affiliated to their project.

But I believe there would be a few possibilites for them :

- Pay extra to get feedback with people known as "experts" (UX/UI specialists), the "expert" would get and cut and so would them (this would provide a good incentive for people to leave in detail and high quality feedback). This is a win win for everyone

- If you get negative feedback, along the lines of "X needs fixed/changed/reworked", they could maybe teem up with oDesk or the likes (or do it themselves) to provide freelancers/experts to solve your issues

It's an interesting concept, it's not the most obvious thing to monetize, but it can be

Really good ideas, we do have a few more and will be implementing them starting sometime soon but our focus is anyway more on increasing the retention and the referral rate at this stage.

Experiments with revenue are very important too though.

What do you think? Should we do revenue right away or retention/viral aspects first? I sometimes have doubts about this.

At one point I believe the site had an option to buy more reviews. I don't know if it took off.

I was always curious how this would work - the system works because of the 1:1 ratio of reviews submitted/reviews received. If people can pay for reviews, someone else has to submit a review without another one being available for their site.

But I suppose you could always incentivize people to leave extra reviews, by awarding them credits, 'karma,' or even a little cash.

Nice concept. I hope it works.

Thank you!

Me too BTW. ;)

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