Show HN: A few weeks ago, I started prototyping the Circles concept.

Re:Show HN: A few weeks ago, I started prototyping the Circl... by tzs on Sunday March 13, 2011 @09:04PM (#2320841)

You should have some text on the linked site that says how long the video is. A lot of people are going to look briefly, see no apparent description of what you are doing other than the video, and move on. Telling them the video is only 33 second makes it more likely they'll look.

On the other hand, there is nothing in the imagery in the video that actually helps understand what you are doing. All the useful information in the video is in the audio. It might be worth spending the two or three minutes it would take to make a transcript and put that on the site, too.

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Re:Show HN: A few weeks ago, I started prototyping the Circl... by alnayyir on Sunday March 13, 2011 @10:09PM (#2321005)

>It might be worth spending the two or three minutes it would take to make a transcript and put that on the site, too.

Did it myself, because I despise being forced to watch/listen to A/V without being given a choice to read the transcript.

My (slightly inaccurate, you'll be able to tell where) transcript of the homepage video follows:

Facebook and Twitter are crowded places, your mom/sister/etc are all there. It feels like you're on a big stage talking to an audience.

In real life there are social circles where we're comfortable. Circular uses (a?) new algorithm to build your social circles from your existing data. The conversation is bounded within the circle. Only people inside can participate, so you can be who you really are.

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