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by MaggieL 1552 days ago
Drivel. Intro is global warming alarmism.
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Aachen 1552 days ago
I don't know what drivel means, but I also thought that claim was a bit out of place when I saw it in the video (the only thing I can see on mobile...). Sure, yeah, we have droughts and climate change on our hands, but what does that tell me about your product? Instead of using scammer tactics of instilling fear and urgency with a looming problem that only they can fix, just tell me what the product is. I had to scroll quite far down in the comments to find it (specifically this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30689872) because the video is just too abstract.

Edit: looked up drivel, learned a new word today. Not quite how I'd describe this product though...

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adam_bly 1552 days ago
Thanks very much for the feedback.

Hopefully the welcome screen (post video) more clearly spelled out the product purpose. You can also read our full product guide here ICYI ("Using System"): https://docs.system.com/system/

As a Public Benefit Corporation, the societal context we explore in the video is the purpose behind System. ICYI, you can read our purpose here (https://about.system.com/company/our-purpose), our legal charter here (https://about.system.com/company/our-charter), and our launch announcement here (https://about.system.com/blog/announcing-the-public-beta-of-...).

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Aachen 1552 days ago
> Hopefully the welcome screen (post video) more clearly spelled out the product purpose.

Oh, if that was supposed to show on mobile, it didn't for me. Or maybe I closed the tab too soon since it said that no mobile experience was available and that I could watch the video instead (figuring that, after it finished, that was all for now).

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