Show HN: The Spreadsheet for creative minds – LiveSheet

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6 points·theo31··10 comments

Is the waitlist thing reflecting a true concern about availability, or a desire to give a perception of scarcity and allowing those "selected" to use the service early to feel special about it? If the former, why show how many people have signed up for it?

Either way, why have you "shown HN" a product that isn't actually available for HN to use?

Wait-list required and no demo? No thank you.

It's because I like working closely with early users to nail the features and experience instead of opening the floodgates right away.

I'm sorry but at this point it's just a sign-up page, which goes against what a Show HN is.

I can't demo your product, but it might be best to come back when we can.

That's fair, I'll come back with something to show :)

Okay I poked around and I was able to register and use the thing. I'm not really a spreadsheet guy but this thing lacks virtually every feature I've ever seen a spreadsheet have. I get that it's likely very early on, but maybe you should have waited a bit more before trying to get more exposure.

EDIT: Looking a bit closer I'm more convinced this is some kind of CTF challenge?

Definitely not a CTF challenge. The product is still very early on and a lot of features are hidden/hard to find (that's one of the reasons the signup isn't open).

I'll send you some documentation soon.

Feedback - take it or leave it: The tagline for your product comes across as thinly-veiled reverse psychology and contains zero information beyond "spreadsheet". That's a very negative prior for my expectations towards it.

Spotted a typo op:

"Slach commands everywhere to make you more productive"

should be "Slash"

thank you, fixed the typo :)

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