[jantos8]

Hi everyone,

We are actually building a similar system called Inging™. We are ready to release a beta in a month. Inging™ is an Interest Based Social Network connecting you with others purely based on your favorite activities! The URI is http://www.inging.io . Right now we are allowing people to sign up to get the first invites as soon as we release the beta.

[AlexMuir]

The TM on your brand looks unfriendly and as though you're writing in the style of Paypal T&Cs. I thought you might be trying to make an ironic point but it doesn't seem that you are (Correct me if I'm wrong).

[jantos8]

Hi,

We don't fully understand what you mean by "writing in the style Paypal T&Cs", but for the second part. Not trying to make an ironic point.

We are always open for suggestions and productive criticism.

[resu_nimda]

It's clear that either English is not your first language, or you are not familiar with the culture of youths and young professionals in the US. This may present a problem since that appears to be your target demographic.

1. You don't need to put "TM" everywhere, especially not on the main logo of your website and in forum posts. Notice how nobody else does this. It looks out-of-touch and off-putting to most people.

2. "Motorcrossing" is not a thing, nobody says that. For one, it's "moto" without the 'r'. Second, it is not commonly said in gerund form. This is just one issue with choosing to focus on the "-ing" suffix. Baseballing? Soccering? Photographing? They just don't make sense that way.

3. Another issue is the way that form modifies the base words. The way you highlight it on your site changes "diving" to "div-ing," which is strange. This is because the word "dive" is not fully preserved. Same goes for "dat-ing."

4. "Inging" is not something I would likely say out loud. Similarly, "What is your *ing?" is awkward. Personally I think it would be very difficult to build an identity and community around "ing," not to be attempted unless you have a strong grasp on cultural linguistic trends.

5. The parallax scroll of the top image does not work well on iOS. On chrome it does not move until the scrolling stops, and on safari it is very janky.

[jantos8]

Hi and thank you for your feedback.

The misspelling of motocross was an honest mistake. And yes, english is not my fist language. I am actually from Germany. But the funnier thing is that a lot of my american colleagues missed that misspelling too.

With some words it works with some it does not. We already took that under consideration. The landing page tries to make a visitor instantly understand that the system is all about finding others in your area with the same interest in activities.

The highlighting of the "ing" part is just a branding teaching concept. Inside the system the "ing" is not being highlighted of course.

At the end it is kind of like asking "What's your thing?". I guess if you dislike using that phrase, it goes back to personal preferences and what you like or dislike saying.

We also understand that a product is not appealing to every single person it gets seen by. We did get a lot of positive feedback so far. Not only from the family and friends group, but also from external sources.

Thx for the parallax hint. We did get rid of the parallax scrolling feature for mobile devices. I personally was not able to reproduce the chrome or safari issue. The only time I saw it not behaving correctly, is when the site was loaded in chrome being bloated with tabs and eating up a bunch of memory. One of my partner's browser always has that issue ;) For some reason he does not like closing tabs!

Thx again for your input and taking your time to look over our landing page. It always helps when others take the time to share their point of view and thoughts! Have a great weekend.

[fourandme]

Good luck with your idea ;-). Why don't you open your own thread/news? Liebe Grüße und komm uns mal besuchen, können einen Kaffee trinken

[jantos8]

Vielen Dank für den Hinweis. Um ehrlich zu sein habe ich nicht gewusst, dass man eigene Beiträge posten kann. Ich dachte immer das die Leute von hacker news / YCombinator interessante Nachrichten teilen.

I wünsche euch das Gleiche, VIEL ERFOLG!

I think that there is plenty of room for growth and platforms in the activity based niche. Our products seem similar, but are completely different at the end. Especially when it comes to the approach -> "Bringing people together!". Same thing with SameGrain. Same goal, different approach. But all are completely capable of co-existing, in my opinion