I didn't. Whenever I see someone who thinks they're clever saying something like "don't click this" or "I know I'm going to be downvoted but..." I immediately take the action they don't want. It's not clever. It has been done / said 1000 times before.
Tabule's website is terrible. It says absolutely nothing about what it is. I bounced after 5 seconds and will promptly forget about them.
Actually, I would normally agree with you if this were a service targeted to the HN crowd, who has probably seen this or other clever marketing techniques too many times to be amused. But keep in mind that our target market is college students, who spend less time looking at startup launch pages and are far less likely to have seen that. For that audience, our "don't click this" button has been very positively received, as it always seems to get a giggle from what we've seen so far.
As for saying exactly what it is, that can and will be improved :) thanks for the feedback!
Tabule's website is terrible. It says absolutely nothing about what it is. I bounced after 5 seconds and will promptly forget about them.