I don't know if I'm lazy or not, but the fact that I have to commit to downloading and running it before I can see what exactly it does is pretty off putting to me.
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Then I look carefully for each "asset" I require, normally images unique to the page, things I can't easily create with CSS, etc.
After this I grab my lovely grid and start to plan out where each element will fit, crafting the HTML as I go along. I could use some kind of generator but it will never be as good as hand made HTML, it is always clunky and overly complicated.
Also, make sure you plan for longer term - 1:1 engagement rarely scales with explosive growth. :)
Finding someone who you think "yeah, I could totally put my faith in this person to give me advice and not me a jack ass" is pretty hard from a two paragraph introduction and a list of all the jobs they've ever had.
It's a great idea from a site but it could fail under the insurmountable challenge of making people feel comfortable around each other for that initial encounter.
For recruiters who take the method of making a normal account and using it to recruit to people who have opted out you could have a report ticket based system, even algorithmic-ally limiting the account abilities of people who repeatedly break the rules should they have a certain comment/report ratio.
Considering that we use this site for free (unless you count the fact that we ARE the content) it's a small price to pay, especially if the alternative could be paid advertisements.
If they are already hooked the gamble could pay off.
Your main options (besides moving to the paid app model) are in app purchases and advertisements:
In app purchases pros:
No advertisements clogging up your screen, meaning improved user experience and interface.
Infinitely scaleable to your imagination, just look at Zynga, whereas advertisements are limited within the context of an app.
If your app is addictive these can be very lucrative.
In app purchases cons:
Requires much extra content creation, or limiting or the initial app.
Most users don't use them, meaning the majority of your user base will be losing you money.
Can come across as cheap and that your paying users are just "buying" their success, especially if it takes off.
Advertisement pros:
Much more distributed income generation, you aren't relying on a select few purchasers.
A spike in traffic will generally directly correlate to a spike in income, not always true with in app purchases.
Much less difficult to manage once it has been set up, very much a fire and forget weapon.
Advertisement cons:
Most users become annoyed by pop up windows and adverts taking up half their screen. - This is a biggy.
The ad agency takes the lions share of the profits, so you could potentially by capping your income to a certain amount when in app purchases could be more lucrative.
They must have a huge spike in requests to go through, plus the people completing sets 1 and 2. I would expect waiting times to drop as fewer people complete the advanced sets.
Thanks. :)
The idea is definitely a good niche and if I simply had more disposable income I would use it - don't let me refusal discredit it in any way.
The only occasion I could think of where I would consider it would be if a respected HN user was in some kind of trouble and only short term money could help - living in the UK a transfer to the US is slow and expensive - but the circumstances would need to be exceptional.
The first thing I tend to notice is the amount of damaging or "triggering" posts, anything from eating disorders to mental health, depression, sexual fantasies and more. The anonymity of the site allows a lot of people to "come out of their shells" and start to talk about what's on their mind.
Unfortunately, when you take away the shame of public and open speech, you tend to find that the worst parts of humanity start to see through - there are entire blogs devoted to losing weight, anorexia and pictures of women with impossible physiques, creating a circle jerk culture of unhappiness and lustful ideology.
Of course, in regards to user experience, the content is user created, so if the prevalence of these kinds of posts says anything it is that this is what the people who use the site want to see, judging by the tens or hundreds of thousand of re-blogs they tend to receive.
However, if you ignore the seediness of the anonymous world for a moment, you can also see the good in the site, there is a lot of art which would otherwise be hidden from the world, beautiful poetry and pictures and there seems to be an inherent nature in the people to stick with each other, giving one another support and advice whenever they need it.
This can be seen especially in terms of suicide and depression, where there are people posting about their self harm troubles and other people sending them "asks" to support them and tell them it will all be okay, it becomes somewhat of a massive online support group. These people don't feel like they can talk to people in the real world, their counselors and family don't understand so they come online for their fix of advice and help, to actually feel wanted and loved and cared for.
This is something which websites like Facebook and Twitter tend to miss, for better or worse, our profiles there are normally tied to our identities, we can't talk about these private things because then people in our real lives will know our most inner most fears and troubles, the sick people behind our normal exterior, so they use Tumblr to express this part of them.
Mostly for his ever insightful comments regarding security and CDN usage, but also for personal help I have received (having only been acquainted to him through HN) professionally from him.
Judging by her character and drive to succeed (she emailed 1000+ angel investors, is starting her own business, etc) I could see her occupying a fairly high wage job, in the $50,000 - $80,000 range, if we take a mid point, that's about $65,000 per year for 7 - 8 years.
$65,000 * 7.5 = $497,500 / 10 = ~$50,000.
Assuming that's true, they only stand to lose half - if her idea succeeds however, they could make millions.
I would assume the investor isn't hard up of cash, so losing $75,000 would be a drop of water in the ocean, but making a few million would probably be a nice bonus.
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