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by green-eclipse 1424 days ago
I think you presented this too early. There's barely any content on it. You need to seed it with recipes first so us users can actually fully appreciate what the product is.

There's "Featured makelists" named "Test" and "Untitled Makelist." This site isn't ready for an audience yet.

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I can only second this. The placeholder in the search bar is “ex: tacos, breakfast, …” so I searched for tacos - zero results. Having a bit more content would likely leave a better first impression.
So, we were trying to display the recipe creation software but I realized now that we should upload some of the couple hundred recipes we have. I have just been mainly sharing this with engineering friends to get input on the software, not the recipes.

But, I'm going to begin uploading them all over the next few days. I am also getting involved with people who have more recipes to upload some of their own.

Why would I want to take the time to upload to your service a recipe I already know?
Got it. We're doing this and I'll upload more about our progress once we have a decent docket of recipes and makelists, and sort through several other details of the website.

Thanks for the input!