Criticue.com - 6 months ago we launched on HN

[bilus]

Hi,

In December a prototype of Criticue.com was launched right here on HN and received tons of positive feedback and support (thank you!).

A lot has changed since then. We incorporated, got a little funding and launched a new fancy version with a slick look and extra functionality.

For anyone that doesn't know what Criticue.com is about grin, it's a feedback exchange site. It lets you brainstorm your web design. You post feedback about other websites and for each website you review, you receive one review in return.

I invite you to try it out (no signup required) and share what you like and what you hate about it:

www.criticue.com

Thank you, Martin

[rnochumo]

I like it. There are some things that are unclear though. How do I get notified about my review if I never physically sign up for an account? How long does it take for the "moderator" to approve reviews? If the site gets popular this could be quite a pain on you to have to go through each feedback comment and approve or deny them.

I run a similar type of startup (betapunch.com) if you ever want some user testing done for your own website. Best of luck to you!

One more issue I am noticing is that from my "dashboard" page I can't easily see how to review more websites to earn more credits. For that matter I can't see how to do this from anywhere without having to submit my own website again for review...

[jefflinwood]

Looks like a great web site.

There is/was a similar web site called ConceptFeedback (http://www.conceptfeedback.com/) that I liked a couple of years ago, but then when they went to monetize the whole spirit of the site changed. I believe they started as a similar concept of feedback exchange, sprinkled with light gamification/badges.

Anybody know the story behind it?

[wikwocket]

Congrats on the relaunch. I like it, especially the intro video.

I have gotten useful reviews and good feedback on a number of my project sites that I submitted to Criticue. Plus, it's fun to review other peoples' projects.

[27182818284]

Hi,

I remember it the first time around and had forgotten about it. I'm glad to see it progressing, and I plan on using it later this week!

[bilus]

Hi,

Yes, it's taken me (now 'us') a while to launch the new version because I had had a day job I needed to quit in order to focus on it and I really finalised everything in May.

But now we're on the way to becoming the next facebook. ;D

The team: www.criticue.com/about_us (I esp. adore the youngest member.)

[bilus]

How do you like the look of the new version? We put a lot of effort into that. :)

[muellerwolfram]

i like it a lot. did you use your site to get feedback?

[kfk]

Very nice. I am curious if/how you will try to monetize?

[AaronO]

I'm in no way affiliated to their project.

But I believe there would be a few possibilites for them :

- Pay extra to get feedback with people known as "experts" (UX/UI specialists), the "expert" would get and cut and so would them (this would provide a good incentive for people to leave in detail and high quality feedback). This is a win win for everyone

- If you get negative feedback, along the lines of "X needs fixed/changed/reworked", they could maybe teem up with oDesk or the likes (or do it themselves) to provide freelancers/experts to solve your issues

It's an interesting concept, it's not the most obvious thing to monetize, but it can be

[wikwocket]

At one point I believe the site had an option to buy more reviews. I don't know if it took off.

I was always curious how this would work - the system works because of the 1:1 ratio of reviews submitted/reviews received. If people can pay for reviews, someone else has to submit a review without another one being available for their site.

But I suppose you could always incentivize people to leave extra reviews, by awarding them credits, 'karma,' or even a little cash.

[jmotion]

Nice concept. I hope it works.

[bilus]

Thank you!

Me too BTW. ;)