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Ask HN : Review my startup whollhelpme

5 pointsby undefinablealmost 15 years ago

2 comments

Quasimofoalmost 15 years ago
This is a startup? Your About page freely admits there's nothing special about it, so what are your plans?<p>With no focus/theme for the questions other than tagging, I can see the front page having a very low S/N ratio if this gained even a fraction of the number of questions Yahoo Answers and Stack Exchange sites get.<p>The Stack Exchange sites have shown that having domain knowledge bleed over into other areas can be very beneficial, so I think you'd be better off giving the site some sort of focus/theme. Easier to market and more interesting for the users. Good luck.
rprasadalmost 15 years ago
I think the name is poorly chosen. Based on the name, I was expecting some sort of job/employer matching site. Instead...I got a site about answering questions.<p>When I want to ask a question to a group, I don't ask "Who'll help me", I ask "Does anybody know [anything about x]?"<p>Also, there weren't any answers on the site, just a bunch of questions. Having people who are willing to answer questions is far more important for repeat traffic, since the answers are the content.