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Zombo.com - YC applicant - feedback wanted

zombo.com

58 pointszombo55 comments

This is just a prototype, but wanted to get feedback whether we're accepted or not. What do you think?

I like the clean, minimalistic design. While the voice explains the purpose of the site quite nicely, you need a tagline and a clear written explanation as well: if the user doesn't see the value proposition in 3 seconds, they're gone (and what if they have their sound off?)

I also like the fact that you don't have to register to use your site.

I'm afraid the collaboration and social aspects are somewhat lacking - you should focus on those.

I can see the market for your site, but do you have a solid business plan to monetize it?

(long time fan of zombo.com)

can someone tell me how to access this site (send a link other than homepage). I keep waiting forever, but nothing but the voice

Ahhh rokhayakebe. You must have patience!!

I've been waiting since 1999...

The same thing happens to me, It looks like Zombo is trying to hypnotize me :P

I was feeling quite confident about my team's efforts. Now I'm not so sure.

This, my friends, is web 4.0, and a lesson for us all.

That said, I feel worthy of being beaten by such a worthy competitor, something clearly at the pinnacle of not only computing, but human evolution.

Kudos to you, Zombo. You have bested us all.

Not sure about the intro, but when I found the secret key combination to skip it..... WOW! All my dreams came true. I shall use this site every day.

Henry Blodget says Zombo.com is worth more than $500 per share.

This is my favorite thing in the entire universe.

It just gets better every time I visit.

Wow, this site has been around since the last dot com era. It's good to know they've managed to not only stay in business, but positively thrive, since then. Surely they are on the road to a Google acquisition.

well, am i missing something? There is a about minute audio-only intro which just tells me i am at zombo.com. Nothing else. whats the point? altough, without headphones (i tried first) this is even more confusing.. /Toni

I was going to link to the Wikipedia article on it but apparently the Wikipedians have dubbed zombocom not notable.

!#@!@^% deletionists are ruining Wikipedia. They'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Zombo.com

That explains it all! Great job.

It gets a tad repetitive after 4 hours or so..

Damn I should tell one of my former co-workers at Western Electric => ATT => Lucent Microelectronics => Agere that you're using his former email handle as your site name. I'm sure he would get a kick out of it.

It's not obvious what the hell Zombo.com is. Visual design is clean and uncluttered on the splash page, the voice over is a little freaky makes me think of some African dictator, perhaps Idi Amin. I cant say anything about the rest of the site because I cant get past the splash page. Kudos for the candy colored "hypno" throbber, I'm sure it will be a hit with the Mary Jane and Dancing Bears crowds.

Circles are the new rounded rectangles.

Forget YC. I'm willing to give the founder of Zombo.com $10000 just for being great. It's a testament to mankind's true potential.

Breaking news - Google just bought Zombo.com for an undisclosed amount. We are few lucky people who got to see the home page.

Undisclosed because it was zero...

Why the downmodding? It was a joke...

Clearly Zombo is the first step towards (as mentioned) Web 4.0, where humans do all the work, and the Internet sits back and drinks coffee.

None of you have heard about zombo.com before?

I found a couple of minor bugs in virtual forum space, but other than that, it was a very nicely done app.

I thought everybody knew you can do anything at Zombo.com. Anything at all. You're a shoo-in!

Ah Zombocom - a true pilgrimage. I end up there atleast a couple of times every year.

hmm...

http://www.zombo.com/~miyoteen/

It's a spinning, blinking design made of circles, and it talks in a circus-clown voice. Nothing on the page appears to do anything else. Is this supposed to be the new hamsterdance? Am I missing something here?

If by new you mean 'just as old as', yes.

the unknown unknowns are known at zombo.com

That's funny this popped up here today. I submitted this in my application last night (about 4 hours before this was posted) as the something funny or interesting I had discovered. :-)

"... feedback wanted ..."

I'm one of those outlying data points with dodgey flash. Is it possible to show a static page if the flash applet fails?

what I looser I am, here it is ~ http://www.zombo.com/frames/frames.htm

WoW - is this a YC pratical joke, an applicant's PR stunt or an Internet MeMe. Hmmmm, I leaning towards a MeMe.

Well, I like the domain name. :)

Well that's 10 seconds of my life I'm never getting back.

No, no, you missed the good bits if you only stayed for 10 seconds.

Page Rank 6. I need a link from Zombo.com!

Auto flash plus sound ftl. Thank God for Flash Block.

...Am I the only person reminded of a lame circus announcer?

the audio is annoying, like one of those greeting cards that start playing music...at least there should be some way of turning it off.

I was on the website for about 3 seconds and closed the browser due to the music, and alas, will never know what ZomboCOM does!

HAHAHA... awesome

don't negg me bro.....

LOL

you're in for sure

user: zombo

created: 23 hours ago

karma: 46

;)

That Zombo thing rocks!

www.obmoz.com/obmoz.swf

feedback wanted!!!

Why is it that the quality of every new social news goes down so rapidly?

umm you can't skip the audio. i got bored and left. and you shouldn't play audio w/out the user clicking something to start it. they could be at work, it could be 4am, etc

I don't find ZomboCom or this post linking to it at all funny.

Furthermore, I doubt even user zombo developed Zombo.com or that he/it is a YC applicant.

I saw this site many months ago and it hasn't changed a bit.

These sort of time-wasters can damage goodwill on this forum. Good for April 1 and that's about it.

Wow you must be fun to work with

Indeed. If an employee of mine ever said to "save this funny crap for April 1st," I'd fire them on April 1st, and tell then that I was saving it.

( Silly meta-discussions: I think it's sort of useless to vote people down below -1 unless they've come up with something that's just blatantly awful, mean spirited, and so on. I don't really like this comment either, but no need to beat up on people too much. )

I agree. The purpose of voting is to separate relevant from less relevant content. There is no such thing as negative relevance. There are negative opinions, but opinions are better expressed with words.

I am just not as turned on by sarcasm as many would like..

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