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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by amichail on Saturday May 19, 2007 @11:59AM (#23246)
Someone recommended that I seed http://studystickies.com with wikipedia content.

So I've been working on that and plan to make an update next week with some wikipedia content.

At least in this way, search queries would yield something interesting.

But at the same time, it would be clear that this data was imported from wikipedia. So it's not obvious what sort of impression this would have on visitors to the site.

Also, it's not clear whether wikipedians would be attracted to the site since this is not really a tool for wikipedia .

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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by louisadekoya on Saturday May 19, 2007 @05:19PM (#23282)
Your site appears to be down right now but I stumbled upon it once before and not only did I grok it straight away, I also thought it was a great idea. That said, if some people are saying they don't get it, you should do something about that.
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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by amichail on Saturday May 19, 2007 @05:31PM (#23287)
The site is up now and includes wikipedia content.

For example, try this query:

http://studystickies.com/#number%20theory

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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by davidw on Saturday May 19, 2007 @04:43PM (#23274)
That site needs an explanation of "what the heck is this?!" either on the front page or linked from it.
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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by amichail on Saturday May 19, 2007 @04:45PM (#23276)
See the flash demo. Maybe I should change the text on the flash demo button to "what's this? (flash demo)"
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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by maxklein on Saturday May 19, 2007 @05:02PM (#23279)
Why would you do something as silly as force people to watch a flash video to know what your site does?
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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by timg on Saturday May 19, 2007 @05:05PM (#23280)
Demo not working for me. Even if it did though, I agree that you should make more apparent the immediate use that the site has for the new user.
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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by amichail on Saturday May 19, 2007 @06:41PM (#23297)
The site is up now and includes wikipedia content.

For example, try this query:

http://studystickies.com/#number%20theory

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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by davidw on Monday May 21, 2007 @05:22AM (#23567)
Ok, that makes it much clearer.

Another thing that I found annoying is the 'please wait' screen. It plays around with my mouse cursor and gives me a 'forbidden' (circle with a slash) rather than the proper hourglass/waiting cursor that is appropriate for this situation. You might consider canning the 'please wait' bit entirely, or make it less prominent.

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Re:Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone see... by maxklein on Monday May 21, 2007 @07:42AM (#23587)
Too complex. I saw that, and I thought - too much information at once.
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