Hi! I am 20 y/o programmer from india applying to YC for S17 and looking for some advice on my application. Would you mind taking 10 mins out to read it give some feedback?<p>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FCG5c-X9jH9jCFSTdxiqEjMmwPybyCcPiTBNNYJwres/edit?usp=sharing
> People can pay to view other people's shortcomings.<p>Don't you think this will discourage potential users? What's my incentive to use this service, if you are basically going to sell my fears about myself for profit?
I think if you can allow creating of anonymous personas, and also tackle the spam problem, you'll have gold. No one wants to put their name onto a platform where their shortcomings are tracked. But I would happily create an anonymous persona to get feedback that helps me make my life and behavior better. I think holds true for most people.<p>Hence the nut you've to track is allowing pseudonymous persona's but not allowing spam/riff-raff, and building a genuine community of helpers. Helping anonymous strangers is an inherently altruistic endeavour so you have to figure out the carrot and stick factors for both sides.