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by RickS 4343 days ago
While the idea seems cool, as far as the home page is concerned, I found the colors jarring, the illustrations unsettling (especially that first one), and the text mostly empty of meaning.

There are 4 paragraphs spread out over something like 1600 vertical pixels.

When I saw that the video was not only in that same "clown on acid" visual style, but 2:45 long, I bailed hard.

Pairing mental associations seems like the kind of thing that should be demo'd on the home page, not buried behind a signup wall.

In other words, you need to provide value upfront. By upfront, I mean within the first 500 pixels of page height.

edit: I'm not affiliated with these guys, but they showed up on HN recently and I found their site compelling. http://www.timeful.com/

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Thank you, good point.