Something to note: Hacker News is probably not a reliable sample group if you expect the "people" in your question to == "general public" or "average users" unless HN is the target audience for your product.
I am of the opinion that this demographic enjoys poking at things for the sake of poking at things... but, as jp_sc, if it's totally orthogonal to our interests, our motivation drops dramatically.
Moreover, lsb makes an important point that bears repeating: no one* wants to debug someone else's broken crap.
Someone released a beta link for a dating site within the last few days, and judging by the volume of criticism, it probably qualified as such. (No offense... it just wasn't ready. Some projects take time.)
I am of the opinion that this demographic enjoys poking at things for the sake of poking at things... but, as jp_sc, if it's totally orthogonal to our interests, our motivation drops dramatically.
Moreover, lsb makes an important point that bears repeating: no one* wants to debug someone else's broken crap. Someone released a beta link for a dating site within the last few days, and judging by the volume of criticism, it probably qualified as such. (No offense... it just wasn't ready. Some projects take time.)
*by and large