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by ricochet11 1455 days ago
Not to be harsh, but as you are asking for feedback I will be critical for you in the hope it is helpful and honest.

You come off a too strong. its off putting. This is general advice for selling a project, not just for crypto.

Your link clicks through to a post describing web4.0 - i get that you want to be seen as different but again its off putting and egotistical. I know what web3.0 is, now i need to know about something else? It sounds like "we've done it, we are better than the rest, we deserve to talk to people and they should care" and before we even know who you are or what youve done im already tired and feel like im being talked down to. Then i go to your home page and its talking about web5? I feel like im being trolled.

I guess thats probably out of frustration from your perspective of feeling like you have a product but want more momentum, but think of it as UI/UX problem and rethink how you are promoting your work. The language makes me feel sceptical and it isn't attracting me to come work with you and talk to you.

This is a problem many organisations (and individuals) have, and this is why companies hire people for PR and outreach and comms and excellent designers.

Make us care, not by telling us we should care, but by demonstrating how good your solution is. Not by listing all your repositories (and i simply dont believe one organisation is working on NFTs/Community-currencies/Voting/their own chain?... its too much. Tell me the one thing you do better than everyone else, focus your energy).

Dont add a link to a forum post with two responses. Link me to a well designed product that is working (think about the uniswap website which was a massive step up for crypto design and lots of crypto places should learn from it. simple and effective). On a team of 12 on your homepage you have 5 managers and 1 designer? for all these projects, really?

edit: and then think of Vitalik getting a thousand requests a day, hes probably thinking "why do they need to talk to me so bad". and is that really where your energy and focus needs to go?

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Thank you, you’re right. I went back and changed Web 4.0 to Web 5.0 — I forgot we had to update it on that page ever since Jack Dorsey came out with his Web2 + Web3 formula.

Much better!

You entirely missed his point. Most people think 'Web 3.0' is a marketing farce. Web 3+... sounds even more scam-bally.