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Comment by NamTaf | Hacker News Reader

The presentation of the page ("copy pasta z", the fullscreen gif background, the popup in the middle, the banner in the top left) all strike me as being dodgy/malicious and from a site that I'd immediately want to close and never visit again.

I'm not sure why you see the need to be so 'internet' with it all when you could do a fully functional equivalent that would be easier on your servers too. Just make it clean and usable and it'll be far better.

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Hey Nam! Really appreciate the comment.

We were just being silly and hacking away at it adding random things that made us lol hahaha.

You're right though. Moving forward minimalist is what we hope to accomplish.

Thanks for the feedback ^_^

I like the design, all the way down to Copy Past Z. I think grandparent post is out of touch with your target demographic :D

On the flipside, I think the target demographic would use it without a second thought regardless of the design because the thing they're after is the end result. They only look at this site for fleeting seconds to develop their gif. Essentially, you're trying to appeal to an already sure audience, and in doing so risk losing out on the 'maybe' audience.

I cannot think of a target demographic who would use the site in its current incarnation but would not if it were a cleaner, simpler, "less /b/-inspired" design. I can however think of a demographic who wouldn't use the site unless it were cleaner.

edit: This sounds like A/B testing 101 to me.

Thank you for the insightful comment Nam ^_^. Will do some AB testing

Awhh. Thank you Heyadayo <3

I'd second that. Make it clean, easy for the eye and it's far more usable.

But great tool nonetheless. Props to you!

Ab testing at the moment :D. Or at least setting it up

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