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Re:Ask HN: Review my project: SitesInCommon by phugoid on Friday June 05, 2009 @03:01PM (#643735)
I don't like being lied to.

What's going on in my mind, within two seconds of the page load, is that you've used a stock image on your front page, and you've generated "These people both read Hacker News." using my HTTP referrer. So in fact these two people don't read Hacker News.

I get the cleverness of the page. But cute girls in short shorts who have nothing to do with the product have become a sort of turn-off. I feel like a trout in an over-fished lake - lures are boring.

Show me two users who actually do read Hacker News, and you've got me on the front page.

Re:Ask HN: Review my project: SitesInCommon by access_denied on Friday June 05, 2009 @03:42PM (#643812)
Yeah me too. But... the page did _explain_ the concept of the whole project very fast. Fast is essential. So it's a good concept, art-directionwise.