Well, it doesn't give much of an impression of how it works on the landing page. Instead, I am greeted by a big account creation page. For all I know this is a dead project with nobody on it....
Well, it doesn't give much of an impression of how it works on the landing page. Instead, I am greeted by a big account creation page. For all I know this is a dead project with nobody on it.
@wiki_me, since you shared this I assume you have used it? What are your experiences so far?
Two things from the home page I noticed: Seems making an account is encouraged as they have some karma ranking system to try and match users and also "unlock features" whatever that means However...
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Two things from the home page I noticed:
Seems making an account is encouraged as they have some karma ranking system to try and match users and also "unlock features" whatever that means
However there was a button below the sign up to "continue without an account" and it goes straight to some chat suggestions
Ok so I checked out og curiosity and from what I can see (bare in mind brand new account so possibly I'm not seeing the full picture) I can see 3-5 accounts to chat to. One publically says it's a...
Ok so I checked out og curiosity and from what I can see (bare in mind brand new account so possibly I'm not seeing the full picture) I can see 3-5 accounts to chat to. One publically says it's a bot, one is the site admin.
The others look like genuine accounts?
But I dunno, maybe you only get to see 3-5 at a time I the suggestions and you need more karma to see more?
Still it doesn't look great.
This kinda highlights an issue I have with Tildes*. I think that for each link submitted, the OP should always provide a comment giving their thoughts, ie, about why it's worth sharing. *and...
This kinda highlights an issue I have with Tildes*. I think that for each link submitted, the OP should always provide a comment giving their thoughts, ie, about why it's worth sharing.
*and reddit, though more likely to have other comments as a gauge.
I had that discussion with people in the past as well. I also feel like it should be encouraged for people to do, but some people staunchly oppose it entirely. There are submissions where a...
I had that discussion with people in the past as well. I also feel like it should be encouraged for people to do, but some people staunchly oppose it entirely. There are submissions where a comment from the OP wouldn't really add that much. But, for this specific post it strikes me as odd that OP didn't bother given the subject.
I was busy. and honestly i am not sure answering was the best use of my time (unlike providing feedback on github issues). I don't agree with the attitude where someone takes some of his free time...
for this specific post it strikes me as odd that OP didn't bother given the subject.
I was busy. and honestly i am not sure answering was the best use of my time (unlike providing feedback on github issues). I don't agree with the attitude where someone takes some of his free time to share something cool and interesting and people expect answers from him. registering is easy and forming your own opinion is probably for the best. People who just write on social media without spending some energy on doing their own research and end up just spreading misconceptions on social media IMO . doing a search for "merochat reviews" also gave me some pretty good results.
I don't expect you to answer all follow-up questions. What I don't find unreasonable to expect is that when someone shares something highly specific, like this service that they provide some more...
I don't expect you to answer all follow-up questions. What I don't find unreasonable to expect is that when someone shares something highly specific, like this service that they provide some more initial context, about what made them share it. As I said, from the outside it is very difficult to judge how "cool" it actually is.
Of course, I could register and explore for myself. But that also means leaving my mail address (or go through the steps of using a throw-away) for something I am not sure that I want to register for. And just like you, I am also busy. To be frank, registering and exploring a service costs more time than including a small submission comment would likely have cost you. So why is it unreasonable for me to ask you to invest that time but is it reasonable from you to expect people that they invest more time?
As far as searching goes, my search turned up a reddit post from a few days before this post. Also posted by you, without any additional context. So it wasn't all that helpful either.
Given your remark about GitHub issues I also feel like you are involved with the project. Which is also context I would expect to be included. Anyway, if you are my feedback is that it is helpful to create screenshots of the interface and some statistics about online users. That's honestly all that was missing for me.
I never said that. but saying it is "odd" that i don't want to answer questions where people can learn about the project themselves comes off as a bit self centered. There might be other things i...
So why is it unreasonable for me to ask you to invest that time but is it reasonable from you to expect people that they invest more time?
I never said that. but saying it is "odd" that i don't want to answer questions where people can learn about the project themselves comes off as a bit self centered.
To be frank, registering and exploring a service costs more time than including a small submission comment would likely have cost you.
There might be other things i could do faster then you, doesn't mean i should do them.
It would be, if that is what I said. The odd remark was made firmly in the context of you making an initial submission statement of sorts when sharing a highly specific website like this. I still...
I never said that. but saying it is "odd" that i don't want to answer questions where people can learn about the project themselves comes off as a bit self centered.
It would be, if that is what I said. The odd remark was made firmly in the context of you making an initial submission statement of sorts when sharing a highly specific website like this. I still think it is "odd" you posted this without context.
Frankly, I see only two scenarios where you would have shared this:
You found it, used it, found it to be worth sharing for some reason. In that case I would expect you to share about your experience and invite people to try it based from that.
You are involved in the project and want to share about it because of that. Then I would expect you to at least disclose your involvement, possibly invite feedback and frankly pitch it somewhat.
In both scenarios it benefits you to do so as it makes it simply more likely that people will give it a go. Simple as that, which is also why I found it odd that you didn't and even more odd that you seem to be doubling down on it. I don't think I am being unreasonable here in my assessment.
Maybe your google algorithm is different than mine but I get two results for some site called Product Hunt that has 0 content on this, and the third result links to the Magic the Gathering subreddit.
doing a search for "merochat reviews" also gave me some pretty good results.
Maybe your google algorithm is different than mine but I get two results for some site called Product Hunt that has 0 content on this, and the third result links to the Magic the Gathering subreddit.
I don’t have any special insight here, but this is the commit log from the repo: https://github.com/typestruck/merochat/commits/master/ So a lot of commits two weeks ago. If that helps you decide...
it is very similar to wusoup and maybe a little more buggy. but one recent improvement that i think makes it better is that it can show only the people online so it can act like a bar where you...
it is very similar to wusoup and maybe a little more buggy. but one recent improvement that i think makes it better is that it can show only the people online so it can act like a bar where you can go to if you feel like chatting with someone. in wusoup you will have to go over a lot of people who are not currently online.
There are not a lot of people using it but that was true at somepoint for every platform and especially open source platforms that don't have investment money for rapid development and marketing. at this point i think it can only augement existing resources for finding people to chat with like wusoup/discord or specific subreddits like r/MeetNewPeopleHere.
Well, it doesn't give much of an impression of how it works on the landing page. Instead, I am greeted by a big account creation page. For all I know this is a dead project with nobody on it.
@wiki_me, since you shared this I assume you have used it? What are your experiences so far?
Two things from the home page I noticed:
Missed that button, thanks. Still, I would be curious what about this platform prompted @wiki_me to post this.
Ok so I checked out og curiosity and from what I can see (bare in mind brand new account so possibly I'm not seeing the full picture) I can see 3-5 accounts to chat to. One publically says it's a bot, one is the site admin.
The others look like genuine accounts?
But I dunno, maybe you only get to see 3-5 at a time I the suggestions and you need more karma to see more?
Still it doesn't look great.
This kinda highlights an issue I have with Tildes*. I think that for each link submitted, the OP should always provide a comment giving their thoughts, ie, about why it's worth sharing.
*and reddit, though more likely to have other comments as a gauge.
Edit: forgot to continue the asterisk.
I had that discussion with people in the past as well. I also feel like it should be encouraged for people to do, but some people staunchly oppose it entirely. There are submissions where a comment from the OP wouldn't really add that much. But, for this specific post it strikes me as odd that OP didn't bother given the subject.
I was busy. and honestly i am not sure answering was the best use of my time (unlike providing feedback on github issues). I don't agree with the attitude where someone takes some of his free time to share something cool and interesting and people expect answers from him. registering is easy and forming your own opinion is probably for the best. People who just write on social media without spending some energy on doing their own research and end up just spreading misconceptions on social media IMO . doing a search for "merochat reviews" also gave me some pretty good results.
I don't expect you to answer all follow-up questions. What I don't find unreasonable to expect is that when someone shares something highly specific, like this service that they provide some more initial context, about what made them share it. As I said, from the outside it is very difficult to judge how "cool" it actually is.
Of course, I could register and explore for myself. But that also means leaving my mail address (or go through the steps of using a throw-away) for something I am not sure that I want to register for. And just like you, I am also busy. To be frank, registering and exploring a service costs more time than including a small submission comment would likely have cost you. So why is it unreasonable for me to ask you to invest that time but is it reasonable from you to expect people that they invest more time?
As far as searching goes, my search turned up a reddit post from a few days before this post. Also posted by you, without any additional context. So it wasn't all that helpful either.
Given your remark about GitHub issues I also feel like you are involved with the project. Which is also context I would expect to be included. Anyway, if you are my feedback is that it is helpful to create screenshots of the interface and some statistics about online users. That's honestly all that was missing for me.
I never said that. but saying it is "odd" that i don't want to answer questions where people can learn about the project themselves comes off as a bit self centered.
There might be other things i could do faster then you, doesn't mean i should do them.
It would be, if that is what I said. The odd remark was made firmly in the context of you making an initial submission statement of sorts when sharing a highly specific website like this. I still think it is "odd" you posted this without context.
Frankly, I see only two scenarios where you would have shared this:
In both scenarios it benefits you to do so as it makes it simply more likely that people will give it a go. Simple as that, which is also why I found it odd that you didn't and even more odd that you seem to be doubling down on it. I don't think I am being unreasonable here in my assessment.
Maybe your google algorithm is different than mine but I get two results for some site called Product Hunt that has 0 content on this, and the third result links to the Magic the Gathering subreddit.
I know, i used duckduckgo because of that (which i recommend you add to your information diet, because as you saw google has a problematic bias).
I don’t have any special insight here, but this is the commit log from the repo: https://github.com/typestruck/merochat/commits/master/
So a lot of commits two weeks ago. If that helps you decide if development is stalled
Oh that's not what I meant by it being dead. I mean that there is no clear way to tell if there is an active user base from the outside.
it is very similar to wusoup and maybe a little more buggy. but one recent improvement that i think makes it better is that it can show only the people online so it can act like a bar where you can go to if you feel like chatting with someone. in wusoup you will have to go over a lot of people who are not currently online.
There are not a lot of people using it but that was true at somepoint for every platform and especially open source platforms that don't have investment money for rapid development and marketing. at this point i think it can only augement existing resources for finding people to chat with like wusoup/discord or specific subreddits like r/MeetNewPeopleHere.