I was very excited by the link title and disappointed by the site. Here were my reactions, roughly in order:
* Why would they show a hobo on the home page? (I'm not trying to be funny here, that is honestly what popped into my head.)
* I'm at the office, therefore I'm not going to play that video.
* Sign up for an invite? No thanks. I wish you had told me in text and images what silk is.
* I should go back to HN and write about how incredibly disappointed I am to not get any useful info from the home page. Data visualization is near and dear to my heart, and I would have liked very much to see a new app for that domain.
I didn't even know there were multiple videos until you said something. I wasn't expecting a built in playlist, and the website design is so minimal that I bet people will skip over the other videos just out of not knowing they were there.
I'd be interested in seeing the view stats for each video in a couple weeks to see how this approach has worked for them. I imagine though that there will be considerable dropoff for video 2 and even lower on 3.
I'm not trying to imply that it's a socially/morally correct reaction. I just wanted to write candidly in case it's helpful to the folks who made the site.
* Why would they show a hobo on the home page? (I'm not trying to be funny here, that is honestly what popped into my head.)
* I'm at the office, therefore I'm not going to play that video.
* Sign up for an invite? No thanks. I wish you had told me in text and images what silk is.
* I should go back to HN and write about how incredibly disappointed I am to not get any useful info from the home page. Data visualization is near and dear to my heart, and I would have liked very much to see a new app for that domain.