Good point - I just linked to the first relevant explanation. pvg linked to a much longer explanation that isn’t specific to, or about, Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23071428
Your quote omits the portion where Dan explicitly addressed that case. It needs to be one year since it received “significant attention,” and also major new development. Dan’s post could be worded more clearly, though.
(We’re pretty far in the weeds here, but as long as we’re here – for all intents and purposes, this is a show HN.)
Please reread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9775868. It says one year since it received significant attention, not one year except when a massive chunk of features and content is added. Dan explicitly addresses that case (“but that only applies after the "significant attention" test has been passed”).
> Covariates included … drinking status (never drinker/past drinker/current drinker), body mass index (kg/m2), physical activity (metabolic equivalent hours per week (METs-h/week), sleep hours (hours/day)
They also break down sleep hours by cohort, with roughly 12 minutes/day less sleep among high nighttime eaters.
3. The graphs don't show reboots, even though reboots (always?) reset the baselines. Reboots happen relatively frequently due to software updates. So, even the relative scale can change without any entry on the graph.
I was pretty annoyed because it didn't seem like the company had thought through the user experience enough to even encounter these questions, let alone consider the best implementation (or at least document the flaws in whatever they're able to implement). This is the whole purpose of the product. The company means well and tries hard, but at some point good intentions matter less than the product.
Basically, let me use the app anonymously and get some value from it, so that (a) I want to act on something (save it, come back and continue learning, whatever), and (b) it’s earned some trust. Lead with value instead of leading with a signup form.
I clicked “Start Planning Now” and got a signup form. Let me use the app anonymously and get some value from it, so that (a) I want to save something it’s generated, and (b) it’s earned some trust.
If/when I want to save a generated itinerary, then let me create an account.
I also entered a location and clicked “Create Demo Itinerary.” The page showed this error: “ Max search limit reached, please register to continue!”
Big picture suggestion: design the home page around making it so easy to create new itineraries (and/or browse some that you consider great) that I want to keep using it.
And for where you are, that’s probably the key metric: what percentage of anonymous site visitors do you deliver value to (ie, they see an itinerary and click on it or try to save it or something)? Are there subsets - certain referring sites, for example, or people searching for certain types of trips - where that number is really high? If so, those are your initial market; get more like them. If not, find out what visitors actually want (interview recent travelers in your network, offer site visitors $20 to talk with you for 10 few minutes, etc.).
Do you think potential users will trust someone who posts fake comments?