Your thoughts on startup, joday.com

Curation of video is a fine idea, but I wanted to comment on the actual messaging of the site so far.

Something the tone of the copy bothers me. "Let's meet Joe. Joe is an everyday internet user". "Joe is confused!". I don't think most users, even every day users, would describe themselves as "confused" about what to watch. Pandora certainly doesn't position itself as helping music listeners be "less confused".

I think it would be more useful to focus on the benefits, and how/why someone needs this. And while we're on benefits, focusing on real features/benefits has to be more impactful than saying "it takes only a few seconds to login". Having that in there almost detracts from the real point you're trying to get across, which is that you make video recommendations based on your viewing history.

Cool concept, would be interested to see it in action. It's probably something I'd use a few times but would only use regularly if it showed interesting videos within the first few tries. Music is easier because it can be tuned out in the background, while videos demand almost 100% of the viewers attention. So if you're asking for that much attention, you better deliver =].

That said, please refrain from the animations in the website's content. Although it's trendy to have scroll-initiated animations, it really bugs the shit out of me and makes me feel like I'm being treated like a toddler.

Pandora for videos? Interesting. Seems like it would be difficult to generate relevant recommendations as there is not as much metadata on videos as there is for music (least I don't think there is). Would almost have to rely heavily on a per channel type thing then per video I would think. Anyways, I ramble. tl;dr: I would try it.

Hi Guys,

Do you think Idea is worth to pursue?

If Yes, what would be the most useful feature you want from it?

Also would you like to be beta user?

Thanks, Nish

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thanks, joday team