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Re:Show HN: DreamCoin: Anonymously Share Your Ideas and Profit by aaronmhatch on Saturday August 06, 2016 @10:37AM (#12238240)
Yes, to view a dream, users pay the price shown on the left. I thought I explained how the site works well enough in the "How This Works" section, but it seems like that approach isn't working. Do you have any suggestions on how I could better explain this to people? Might it be a good idea to have the "How This Works" section pop up automatically when people visit the site?

Is the interface confusing to you? If so, what would make it more intuitive?

I'm willing to pay anyone (in DreamCoins) who helps to develop an effective explanation. You can cash out DreamCoins, so there's real value if you want to help me out.

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Re:Show HN: DreamCoin: Anonymously Share Your Ideas and Profit by tdeck on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @07:17PM (#12258348)
One comment I would share; I completely missed the "How This Works" link because it's in the part of the page where people usually put the name of the site, and doesn't look like a link. I might be the only person who ignores the upper left hand corner of a page but it is one data point.
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Re:Show HN: DreamCoin: Anonymously Share Your Ideas and Profit by aaronmhatch on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:32AM (#12262038)
Interesting, thanks. Do you recommend changing where everything is laid out in the header / footer? Do you initially look toward the upper right?
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Re:Show HN: DreamCoin: Anonymously Share Your Ideas and Profit by allanderek on Monday August 08, 2016 @03:51AM (#12246103)
I'm afraid I have no real expertise in user-experience so I cannot really say. I definitely think you want, as you suggest, a "How it works" at the very top, centre of the landing page. Preferably in graphic form.

I also still think you want example dreams to be viewable by anyone. I believe that few people sign-up without a good idea of the kind of thing they are signing-up for.

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Re:Show HN: DreamCoin: Anonymously Share Your Ideas and Profit by aaronmhatch on Monday August 08, 2016 @09:21AM (#12247469)
OK thanks for the suggestions.
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