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Re:Gravity Launches by j2d2 on Friday March 26, 2010 @02:56AM (#1220439)
I'm only a single data point, but you've lost me because I have no idea what gravity is upon first glance at the site and I don't want to watch a stupid animation of stick figures talking gibberish.

Make it really obvious what your site does or keep making inconsequential first impressions.

Re:Gravity Launches by Lewisham on Friday March 26, 2010 @03:21AM (#1220470)
Make that two data points :)

The site is unwelcoming, and doesn't tell me why I am there. The About page is a lot better, but doesn't tell me why I want to use Gravity and not go to pre-existing communities. If I want to talk to people about video games, for example, I could visit NeoGAF or the Penny Arcade forums and talk to them.

If I want to talk about tech, I come to HN :)

Why do I want to go to Gravity? Why do I want to go to it over Quora? (which, BTW, doesn't answer the pre-existing communities question either)

The explore page reveals the functionality, but is overwhelming.

Re:Gravity Launches by johnfn on Friday March 26, 2010 @04:26AM (#1220551)
I didn't even get that far. I don't like watching videos on the Internet, mainly because I usually have other music playing, and they don't play so nice with linux. I don't want to have to stop everything I'm doing just to see what some - probably irrelevant - website is doing.
Re:Gravity Launches by kilian on Friday March 26, 2010 @05:23AM (#1220602)
Get earcandy. It automatically fades music players once a flash video or a video player starts playing: https://launchpad.net/earcandy

Edit: regarding Gravity: I agree. While I do enjoy video's, because often they get the message across incredibly fast. This video doesn't. It's cute, but once I click explore and see a forum, it's a letdown.

Re:Gravity Launches by johnfn on Friday March 26, 2010 @06:15AM (#1220665)
The thing is, I don't want to have to stop my music just because someone wants me to watch their video. I like my music! What's the big problem with text these days?
Re:Gravity Launches by duncanj on Friday March 26, 2010 @07:28AM (#1220745)
Hear hear
Re:Gravity Launches by almost on Friday March 26, 2010 @08:56AM (#1220855)
Another one here! Not even a quick slogan to give some idea why I might want any type of gravity apart from the type that keeps me stuck on the world's surface.

Also, I don't have sound so even if I did give enough of a crap about a site I've never heard of that does some undefined thing to watch a video I still wouldn't have been able to find out.