I just tried this, it is awesome! Gratz. and to think I was just about to launch into my very own weekend project for the same reasons :) Now I don't have to, keep up the good work.
One thing, I can't see an obvious way to become a premium member. I think you might get more conversions if it was way more obvious on the front page.
That is why I put it in quotes. They "can but wont" which translates to "We can't because insurance for men costs more because of the statistics [showing men have more claims therefore have to pay higher premiums]". Given that rule of thumb they will increase females premiums to make them equal.
Not only have I worked for insurance companies, but if I ran one, this is exactly what I would do if I was told everyone had to be treated equally. How can I charge men less if I know that they are going to make more claims?
Insurance companies are loving this, probably rubbing their hands together in glee. Especially in the UK as insurance is a legal requirement and this year has already increased by nearly 30% for no reason at all.
That is why I put it in quotes. They "can but wont" which translates to "We can't because insurance for men costs more because of the statistics". Given that rule of thumb they will increase females premiums.
Not only have I worked for insurance companies, but if I was one, this is exactly what I would do if I was told everyone had to be treated equally.
Would it be wrong to point out that the missing parts of the source for w3fools.com ? Or observing that placement of things like the google analytics code at the bottom, instead of the head?
Actually the modern GA way is using the async javascript the snippit for which goes before the </head> but hey W3Fools wasn't about being accurate... oh wait, it was.
I think this is great. Sure it isn't for me but neither was the Million Dollar Home Page, but it's a nice modern version.
Ignore any negative feedback (unless constructive), haters will hate ;)
The way the MDHP got press attention was with a press release, would be worth having a look at for you I think. What bothered me about the MDHP was I felt it was a fraud, he posted about having massive university debts, then as soon as he made the million he quit uni and moved to a big city to invest the money. Which makes me feel it was a bit fraudulent.
A friend of mine actually bought some pixels off of the MDHP back in the day. Apparently the guy who started it even sold all of the customer details to outside advertisers for money. My friend received a bunch of spam to the email address he had used. Bad pool.
Personally, I like that simple ideas like this can be the seed funding for future projects. Not just in currency, but also in education.
I may be completely wrong on this, but didn't Google try something almost identical and eventually realised it just didn't work, or the user base wasn't ready for it and Wave-ed goodbye to it only recently?
I don't want to bring down your site, but if they couldn't make it profitable that says something to me.
However, I liked Wave, and wanted it to stay, so if you system is good I'd use it, but I wonder if enough people would?
(oh and the rotating comic, totally agree very annoying)
Wave was a great product, still is actually. I liked it a lot too.
But let's get it straight ... Symbyoz is far from being Wave.
Wave is an awesome brute force of technology. We're not even close.
Wave intent was to replace email. We don't (meh ... Google is a legend, I'm a lone hacker).
Wave was a self sufficient (closed?) communication and collaboration tool. We aren't. We talk to Facebook, Twitter and GMail right off the bat.
Wave target was to rack up every e-mail users out there. We obviously would like to dream about it, but ... :)
If Symbyoz grows, it can become a lot more like Wave. For now, it's just a social platform to quickly jot down ideas and share with friends.
I think of it more as the secret child of 43things and Evernote who's being raised by Facebook.
(And for the rotating comic, I'll definitely take care of it :))
Because I'd probably still prefer to write Javascript than Java. But a GWT approach is one possible solution and there are some Ruby projects that do similar things. None are production ready though. For reference:
One thing, I can't see an obvious way to become a premium member. I think you might get more conversions if it was way more obvious on the front page.