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by pritambarhate 881 days ago
Even after reading first 4 paragraphs of your about page, I don't have any idea what your software does.
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Ventrilo is voice chatroom software (like discord) that is self-hostable.

It's been around for 21 years, has a wikipedia page [0], and is mentioned in at least one old meme-worthy DOTA song [1], so the OP likely didn't feel it needed an introduction.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventrilo [1] https://youtu.be/qTsaS1Tm-Ic?feature=shared

I’ve never heard of it. Just looking at the website it looks like it hasn’t been updated in the last 20 years.
It's no longer self-hostable.
Should have kept scrolling to the massive bulleted list filled with features.
ok, can you please explain in 2 sentences what the software is? Like MS Word is a software to compose documents, or KeePassXC is a password manager, for example. Is it too much to ask from an "About" page?
Under the headline (all at the top, next to the logo) it says "Surround sound voice communication software". So fancy Skype ;-)

But yeah, that page is not for people who have no clue! But maybe that's not that bad? Idk how many who comes to that page having no clue what that webpage is about, but I would guess a very tiny percentage. Maybe it makes sence to assume that the wast majority ending up there knows the basics already.