Show HN: FortyQ – Answering any question in forty-two minutes

Re:Show HN: FortyQ – Answering any question in forty-two min... by jen729w on Friday December 20, 2019 @05:27AM (#21843042)

Constructive feedback: I’m not giving any money, no way no chance, to a website that can’t line up its elements or put a bit of padding in its CSS†.

This might be a great idea (I’m not sure), but basic layout is table stakes before I even think about what you’re selling.

It’s an attention to detail thing. If you can’t see the obvious problems with your own home page, what hope do I have that I’ll actually get $4.20 worth of value from you?

(† Speaking of which, I closed my 20 year old eBay account today.)

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Re:Show HN: FortyQ – Answering any question in forty-two min... by camhart on Friday December 20, 2019 @05:36AM (#21843091)

For what its worth, the site didn't put me off. Viewing on mobile.

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Re:Show HN: FortyQ – Answering any question in forty-two min... by judlaw on Friday December 20, 2019 @05:50AM (#21843159)

Hi thanks for the feedback, sincerely appreciate it! Have to agree that it is pretty bare bones at the moment, and been haphazardly done in a few hours as I was too impatient to test it out lol. It will be chiseled in the days to come.

I'd add that we wouldn't disappoint on the product, which is the quality of the answer baked in 42 minutes. And of course we're happy refunding in case we do :)

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Re:Show HN: FortyQ – Answering any question in forty-two min... by jen729w on Friday December 20, 2019 @05:53AM (#21843175)

> I was too impatient to test it out lol

And you want me to give you money? C’mon.

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Re:Show HN: FortyQ – Answering any question in forty-two min... by vectorEQ on Friday December 20, 2019 @08:00AM (#21843809)

he's asking for 4.20$ so it's ok to be a bit lazy :D .. 4.10 or 4.30 and i'd expect him to know CSS and to be able to tell me what ISA quantum computers use :O

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Re:Show HN: FortyQ – Answering any question in forty-two min... by judlaw on Friday December 20, 2019 @06:26AM (#21843306)

Fair point, though I'd like to add that Paypal has a rigorous process for vetting businesses, which means that if I were a fraudster I wouldn't be able to share payment links in the first place.

Doesn't acquit me of putting up a bare bones site up in the first place though :)

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Re:Show HN: FortyQ – Answering any question in forty-two min... by maccard on Friday December 20, 2019 @05:39AM (#21843098)

I think it's unwise to judge a site based on a simple layout issue (It looks fine to me on Safari). Do you refuse to use PayPal because they have mixed themes, some of which are straight out of the early 2000's?

It sounds like you wouldn't ever be a customer (and that's fine), but you're looking for reasons to _not_ use the site.

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Re:Show HN: FortyQ – Answering any question in forty-two min... by jen729w on Friday December 20, 2019 @05:50AM (#21843157)

I also closed my PayPal account today. Honestly.

They’ve had 20 years and billions of dollars to make their site, their whole experience, great.

They failed to do that. I’ve had enough. Same with eBay. Enough is enough.

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