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scott gursky
@gurskyscott · VP of Design
I’m Scott Gursky, VP, Design at Knozen.
Yeah, adding to the ‘lessons learned’ category. We were initially very focused on the privacy and security that came from the one player experience. However, especially for our really hardcore users, and even first-timers, it began to feel like you were playing against a persistent robot all the time, and users real… See more
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Marc Cenedella
@cenedella · Founder,Knozen
Thanks @rrhoover.
We learned a lunch a bunch from our launch. Here’s what we got right and lessons learned:
What we got right:
- People are *very* interested in what others think of them. Call it whatever you like - personality, character, attitude — users were definitely very interested in sharing their views on others.
- Users really appreciated our “p… See more
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Congrats on the new launch, @cenedella. It appears you've changed directions, focused on friends giving each other feedback vs. coworkers (here's the original launch thread with @ajs, @willimholte, and @nkorzenko).
I'm curious to hear why you made this shift and what you learned since launch.
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scott gursky
@gurskyscott · VP of Design
I’m Scott Gursky, VP, Design at Knozen.
Yeah, adding to the ‘lessons learned’ category. We were initially very focused on the privacy and security that came from the one player experience. However, especially for our really hardcore users, and even first-timers, it began to feel like you were playing against a persistent robot all the time, and users real… See more
Nathan Bashaw
@nbashaw · Co-founder and CEO of Hardbound
I signed up for the initial version and haven't used it much since, but my initial impression after checking out Knozen 2.0 is that it's much more playful.
The new direction seems much less high-stakes, and just fun. I definitely dig the move away from work-orientation.
Aykut Karaalioglu
@aykut_karaalioglu · CEO at Mobileaction.co
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