My YC submitted company - Thoughts or suggestions

I disagree with the comments saying that the purpose is unclear -- I understood immediately -- but this just seems like begging for being the butt of practical jokes. I don't want to wake up to getting rickrolled, and I don't want to <i>not</i> get woken up because somebody chose John Cage's 4:33 as my alarm message.

Well, without signing up, I don't really get it. Maybe you'd care to explain it to us in a few lines? A few things of note though:<p>1) Breaks the back button on my browser. That's a no no<p>2) The splash image takes way too long to load.

OK, I really don't understand the point. Can you explain to me several different user cases for your site? How many people out there do you think will want to use your sleep.fm?<p>Why does an alarm clock have to be a social networking site? This seems to be a rather utilitarian thing that works perfectly fine via the multiple alarm clocks I already own. All of my friends would use a service like this to mess with me, if I gave them privileges to wake me up. I wouldn't be able to resist the temptation to abuse it if the roles were reversed.

No offense, but that is the worst idea I've ever seen in my entire life. Nobody in the whole world would ever want to use that.

No offense...<p>The site looks horrible, graphics aren't pleasing. I don't like the background picture, nor do I like anything else design wise. I simply won't use a website that looks like that. <p>It requires plug-ins to be installed (and I don't trust your site enough to have it install the plug-ins). <p>I think that idea is pretty bad. Instead, maybe have a facebook app that sends wake-up reminders (with permission from the receiver) via SMS or something similar. <p>How are you going to make money off this idea, I'm pretty sure no company is going to want to buy you out. <p>Also, don't put a TM symbol in your logo unless you actually have a trademark on that logo (which I highly doubt that you do). <p>What are those scrolling images on the front page? What has that got to do with anything?

Great thank you so much for your feedback. It's a big help!<p>Here is a full summary...<p>Sleep.FM - The Social Alarm Clock is an alarm clock social network, where upon the alarm time passing on the site(mobile versions soon) you are awakened by your alarm messages(audio files or voice-mail) received from your friends on the network.<p>It is themed around the human conditions of resting and waking where user environments are bedrooms. Users interact with one another by entering each others bedrooms to leave one another gifts(with or without comments), emails and or alarm messages.<p><i></i> The back button issue.. does that happen on the splash page or when you click, "Already a member? Click here," which takes you to another page?<p> Thanks!

Well, this is awesome. I am throwing away my cell phone immediately.<p>But, keep an eye out for your completion: <a href="http://www.zombo.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.zombo.com/</a> .<p>Good luck with your Series A.

Now that I think about it....this concept may be better suited as a facebook application. I think the high-schoolers may have fun waking each other up for school.

You should have a tour, so people can see what you have to offer without signing up.

It's like!.. a cellphone.

Can you give a summary of what it does? I don't understand and don't feel like signing up <p>Also, it hoses the back button on my browser, which is annoying

It is not a bad idea, here are my suggestions:<p>-Put a FAQ -Get a Designer to do the graphics, more white<p>Good Luck

I had to scroll horizontally, and the text input boxes are not exactly in the surrounding block.<p>I am using Safari 3.

Breaks back button, very frustrating. I don't get it, needs at least a short explanation on the front page.

We are in private beta now; been for a month or so...<p>Thanks for all feedback!

How does it deal with different time zones?

Your site is slow.