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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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