Listgeeks
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- eegrek0
Haven't looked at it, but is it like http://www.makefive.com/
- JerseyRaindog0
Hey, I'm a geek. And I like lists!
I'm in. Seriously.
- utopian0
Information Overload...
- kingsteven0
When checked this out the other day and got really annoyed by some of the badly thought out lists on the homepage... maybe you should 'EC' the featured lists? maybe omit anything that starts with "my favorite" for being too subjective?
- Melanie0
Deffo like http://top10.co better so far but I'm giving them both a fair shot.
- pauliusuza0
Also this > http://top10.com
- Oh crap - it's not .com it's .co
http://top10.copauliusuza - +100 for top10.coMelanie
- Oh crap - it's not .com it's .co
- DerickRhodes0
Hmm...it shouldn't be taking nearly that long - I'll check it out.
- animatedgif0
^ Clicking on those links, the site loads instantly but then I have to wait a good 15 seconds for the content to load using JS.
Crap user experience, I don't see why you can't just send me the 10 lines of text in the initial page load.
- DerickRhodes0
Hey Fax - I think you're right that what makes the site potentially interesting/relevant is the quality of the lists. But it's not simply about making top 10/20 lists . . . people are coming up with ways to use lists to express themselves in lots of ways. Here are a few examples in which there's a specific kind of pleasure in scrolling through different people's version of the same list:
http://listgeeks.com/#!/view/i-l…
http://listgeeks.com/#!/view/thi…
http://listgeeks.com/#!/view/mos…
I think creating/publishing these kinds of lists has a lot in common with Tweeting/Blogging/Facebooking . . . it seems for many people that there's an emotional component.
- I see what you're saying, but those 3 examples are exactly why I think all the guff mightFax_Benson
- obscure the potentially useful features.Fax_Benson
- Fax_Benson0
I think the main issue people have is that Top <insert number> lists are inherently subjective and arbitrary, and therefore pretty pointless. Why would somebody want to follow somebody else on the basis that they've managed to put 5 things in a particular order?
In the long term you're only going to be as relevant and interesting as the lists people make. Most of the lists I saw were totally useless. It would make sense if there's a cumulative voting rank, so that lists become definitive, rather than merely being one person’s opinion. Unless it does that and I’ve missed it?
- DerickRhodes0
Hey Andrew,
Thanks for the response. Yeah, you're totally right - it's way too easy to take things too personally when you've been working on something for a long time. I guess it's just a strange feeling to feel psyched to be featured, and then to read the comments, and they're mostly "I hate this" . . . but it's silly for me to think that everyone is going to like it.
We're honestly not thinking much about how to make money with it - we just want to make something that people have fun using.
Thanks for sharing your perspective - I appreciate it.
- Andrew_D0
Derick,
I never said I wasn't impressed, I thought the functionality/design was solid. I was merely explaining why some have reacted like they have.
I also think it's pretty noble that you're coming on here defending your work, but I think you're taking some criticism too seriously. With something like this, you're going to get some love and hate.
You're still making list's, though, yeah? No matter how you do it or share it or follow it, it boils down to list's and Amazon, iTunes, etc. all have variations of listing favourite items. That works cause you have consumers looking for products recommended by other consumers. Maybe they adopt(you sell it to them) what you've done and it evolves that way, I dunno.
Like that paul guy said, if you go b2b, this could evolve into something that could make you some money. You could have a sponsored section with the "top 5 things you love about Sprite" and people vote on the best list and whoever is tops wins a lifetime supply or some bullshit to that effect. (I imagine you've thought of this already)
As it stands, this is a niche and maybe you're filling that void with a good product. It's great that you've worked hard to give those people a platform to share their top 5 "Best Spaceship Captains".
Anyhoo, best of luck in this venture.
- pizzafire0
with twitter, people like to follow famous people. needs some celebrity lists.
i've always loved these:
http://www.crailtap.com/c3/featu…- nice site, btwpizzafire
- Yep - we're adding a new interview every week . . . this week was Russell from the UK band Editors: http://tiny.cc/lstgk…DerickRhodes
- DerickRhodes0
Thanks for taking the time to check it out, bjladams. I think the experience really depends on your interests, and who you decide to follow. As it grows, I hope we'll find ways help people find the types of lists that might interest them.
- i think you're right. some people could really get into this.bjladams
- bjladams0
spent the last little bit looking around. seems well designed and clean. i just cant seem to grasp what it's supposed to do... or why i would want to use it to make lists of random things online. someone had a list of useful websites, that seemed functional - but that was the only one that seemed relevant, to me anyway.
good luck with it all. seems to be growing.
- DerickRhodes0
Hi, Andrew_D,
I appreciate your feedback, but I also disagree. If you use the interface, you'll see that it's not "been done before" like we're doing it. That's why we did it.
If you want to criticize something that's fine, but you should first make an effort to understand what you're criticizing.
I don't think what we've built would be featured here if we hadn't already impressed some people, but it's cool with me if you're not one of them.
- Andrew_D0
Well, what are you looking for when you come here?
I like your site, it's designed well and the functionality is spot on, but you're not exactly defining a "new way of communicating". It's been done before and failed. You've got to come pretty correct around here to impress people.
With that said, best of luck and I hope your hard work makes you a good chunk of money.
- DerickRhodes0
Thank you for stopping by to voice your hate.
- its_only_me0
The kind of site I hate but no doubt some wall street company will try and buy it for a couple of billion at some point in time so good luck them.
- DerickRhodes0
Hi Fax_Benson: Listgeeks is a social network. Just like Twitter, you follow friends/people who make lists you actually want to see. I'm sure if you simply scrolled through a stream of live Tweets you'd probably also say, "Holy shit, this is boring and pointless." It's a new way of communicating. Here's a little intro video - let me know if you'd like an invite: http://www.vimeo.com/listgeeks/i…