Could one say that humans are trained very differently from AIs?
If we (humans) make confident guesses, but are wrong — then, others will look at us disappointedly, thinking "oh s/he doesn't know what s/he is talking about, I'm going to trust them a bit less hereafter". And we'll tend to feel shame and want to withdraw.
That's a pretty strong punishment, for being confidently wrong? Not that odd, then, that humans say "I'm not sure" more often than AIs?
> I like the distinction between liking and disagreeing
Me too :- ) I'm thinking that if something gets 10 upvotes, and sth else get 10 upvotes and 10 disagree votes, then more often it's the latter that's more interesting to read?
There's also an Unwanted vote, for things that are too off-topic or rude etc, similar to how downvotes work here at HN.
Slashdot's vote system I like too :- ) (Maybe the vote system could be pluggable in the distant future.) — There's also half implemented Do-It votes and Do-Not votes, for ideas and upcoming Joint Decision topic types.
> commets ... and the links under "Old plans" return 404
Oh, thanks! Hadn't noticed. They work from here: www.talkyard.io/pricing (the www subdomain), but from the blog-comments and education subdomains, all those "Old plans" links are broken. (So I'll need to point the links to the www subdomain.)
> I would suggest a general revision of the copy on this page,
The pricing page? If you want & have time to write a bit more, that'd be interesting.
(Or if you're too short of time, I guess I can ask someone who works with UX & pricing)
> and removing all the "later" features.
Hmm, someone else has mentioned this too. Maybe there can be a "Show-later" checkbox, default un-ticked.
> The pricing page? If you want & have time to write a bit more, that'd be interesting.
I suppose my main criticism was about the "later" features. It comes off as dishonest to mention features that may be implemented at some point in the future on a page meant to inform potential customers about what they would be paying for _today_. So I would suggest to only promote fully-working features, and leave future features for a roadmap page linked elsewhere.
Other than that I would say that there are a lot of asterisks and clarifications that might confuse users. The page looks overloaded with information that is not well structured IMO. It's also mentioned that a credit card is not needed for the trial, but then you will email users about how to pay. Maybe this should be clarified on this page? And there are minor visual details like inconsistent font sizes, font weights, and parenthesis usage (e.g. why is "Idle blogs" between bold parenthesis?).
It seems that you're not a native English speaker, and that's fine (neither am I), but I would suggest hiring someone who is, and has experience in writing technical documentation to revise your entire site, so that it can have a more professional appearance. These days LLMs can also be helpful with this, as long as you set their tone and review their output.
> It comes off as dishonest to mention features that may be implemented at some point in the future
Thanks, good to know. (Will fix)
> a lot of asterisks and clarifications that might confuse users
Yes! People email and ask about the pricing more often than I thought.
> It's also mentioned that a credit card is not needed for the trial, but then you will email users about how to pay. Maybe this should be clarified on this page?
Hmm. Yes, there could be something about "if you want to continue after the free trial".
> It seems that you're not a native English speaker
That's right
> but I would suggest hiring someone who is, and has experience in writing technical documentation to revise your entire site, so that it can have a more professional appearance. These days LLMs can also be helpful with this
Ok :- ) First, all the LLMs, then a human I guess.
Thanks for all the ideas. Sorry for the late (8 days) reply.
Just started reading The E-Myth Revisited, hopefully that, plus the sleepiness problem being mostly gone, can put things in better order.
> Though I would suggest a general revision of the copy on this page, and removing all the "later" features.
Now done — all "Later: ..." features are gone, and I did a general revision of the copy on the pricing pages, based on what you wrote, and based on Gemini's and ChatGPT's feedback (when I copy-pasted the HTML into the AI chats — they had many pages feedback).
> These days LLMs can also be helpful with this
They were amazingly helpful. Thanks for suggesting! I'll ask them to review the whole website, like you suggested, some time later too.
And no amount of good doctors can make you change your lifestyle. At the end of the day, a ton of doctor advise is ways to change your lifestyle, and that takes personal effort.
It's a great book (I think), reading it now. It's the only book this far that I've brought with me to the gym (because I wanted to continue reading it, in between the exercises)
That's interesting, so, prices might not drop to pre-tariff levels, until not just one, but many, manufacturers appear in the US, and start competing on price (well, obviously, I guess some would say)
If we (humans) make confident guesses, but are wrong — then, others will look at us disappointedly, thinking "oh s/he doesn't know what s/he is talking about, I'm going to trust them a bit less hereafter". And we'll tend to feel shame and want to withdraw.
That's a pretty strong punishment, for being confidently wrong? Not that odd, then, that humans say "I'm not sure" more often than AIs?
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