Re:Ask HN: Review my start up please: List Central
by wanderboy on Thursday July 01, 2010 @06:07PM
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The first thing I did after reading this comment was check your profile creation date and your karma. To each his own, but I was totally unimpressed with this site.
I judge "start-ups" (really a Web app) in this case by a few metrics, but the first test is always this: does this start-up solve a problem? I don't think it does. Anyone who wants to create a top ten list can do it from any blogging platform and several other sites that do exactly what this one does.
Re:Ask HN: Review my start up please: List Central
by Scott_MacGregor on Thursday July 01, 2010 @07:12PM
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To me, Twitter did not really seem to solve an existing problem at first, but people liked it, and it caught on. Same with Farmville. Personally I think the site has a good foundation as far as look and feel for a site aimed at the general public. This is just a new out of the box site. Let's see where they iterate to in 6 to 9 months. I think they have a good foundation to build on.
Maybe you could find something else like listy.com or listbuddy.com. Something with a .com that you can build its brand on. It looks like .net and .org are just idling in someone's portfolio waiting for a buyer. I think a .com will add a lot of value to the company that a .me will not.
From just out of the starting blocks it looks good. I'm looking forward to seeing where you guys iterate to.