[_aaya]

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

Maybe it's due to lack of experience, but I guess I didn't consider adoption from a business perspective when designing the initial experience.

Do you think a separate landing page or series of blog posts on Medium could lead to a better first impression? That way I could direct new users to specific tags and bypass the default channel altogether.

[rotrux]

So one thing I do like about the landing page is how it shows the constant activity on the website. But oh how treacherous & subtle an art it is catering to the lizard-brain! Imagine blackjack, but where 17, 18, 19, & 20 are all busts (in addition to anything over 21.)

Maybe you could create an overlay that pops up on the users 1st visit (that said everyone hated Clippy...overlays can be really annoying depending on how cumbersome they are.

Or maybe you could divide the landing page in half? One side being the constant stream, the other being...something more high-level? Like maybe buttons to take you to different tag-channels? a list of top tags & real-time post counts for each? Not really sure here; all subjective opinions of mine & liable to be bad.

[_aaya]

Thank you--you've given me a lot to think about over the next few days before I decide what tradeoffs to make.

I really appreciate your feedback because you're approaching this from a perspective I hadn't considered.

If you're interested in my thought process going into this project, I've gathered my thoughts in a short Medium post:

https://medium.com/@hashtags_chat/online-communication-and-t...

[rotrux]

Really good read; I especially like:

"With written content, we instinctively frame our engagement in terms of the individual behind the content rather than the content itself. And I think this is the reason behind much of the undesirable behavior we find on platforms where we use words to express our ideas."

Excited to see where you take the platform!