I am nearing launch for my web app and it is currently in Private Beta. I would like to request HN to give it a try and provide some feedback.<p>Here is the link: http://aiphotosearch.com
Why oh why would you put it behind an email wall? Why would you need my email to show me "what I assume" is image search.<p>My feedback. Ok, I can search for stock photos. But can't I already do that? There are lots of stock photo searches. But this one uses AI. So what?<p>Ok, let's see how your solution is better than anybody else. Oh, I can't you want my email, and I'm not really that bothered.
You are wasting your precious chance on the front page of HN, especially when you're asking for help.<p>I'm guessing the bounce rate is like 99% right now.<p>If I were you, I would just let people access it if they came from HN referer
(clickable link: <a href="http://aiphotosearch.com" rel="nofollow">http://aiphotosearch.com</a>)<p>If you give us a demo page to try without signing up (at a private URL and with a clear time limit if you want), you are going to get a lot more feedback. Or at least show what we are going to get inside.
And don't ask for a twitter account during signup.
I did a few quick searches and it seemed to narrow down what I would want pretty well. Good job.<p>2 things I noticed though:<p>- If I do a new search for something I've already searched for, it doesn't work, nothing happens (console says 500 error).
- You have an about section that is empty, not sure if you meant to remove it.
you can just type a fake email and get to the actual site.<p>1. change the title, it's still "My ASP.NET Application"\<p>2. It works OK (searching for 'pizza' shows some photos) and the design is pretty nice. I think you could improve it by reducing the number of different fonts you're using.