On: Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone seed a startup with wikipedia content? How did that work out?

[davidw]

That site needs an explanation of "what the heck is this?!" either on the front page or linked from it.

[amichail → davidw]

See the flash demo. Maybe I should change the text on the flash demo button to "what's this? (flash demo)"

[maxklein → amichail]

Why would you do something as silly as force people to watch a flash video to know what your site does?

[timg → amichail]

Demo not working for me. Even if it did though, I agree that you should make more apparent the immediate use that the site has for the new user.

[amichail → timg]

The site is up now and includes wikipedia content.

For example, try this query:

http://studystickies.com/#number%20theory

[davidw → amichail]

Ok, that makes it much clearer.

Another thing that I found annoying is the 'please wait' screen. It plays around with my mouse cursor and gives me a 'forbidden' (circle with a slash) rather than the proper hourglass/waiting cursor that is appropriate for this situation. You might consider canning the 'please wait' bit entirely, or make it less prominent.

[maxklein → amichail]

Too complex. I saw that, and I thought - too much information at once.