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A landing page or better a login-free demo mode would be great. Right now all I see is a sign up page, which does not convince me of anything.

The idea sounds interesting and attractive though.

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Agree - I wanted to try this and I expect it to work like YouTube or close as possible. I am not watching 5 minute demo or signing up for a random project even if I would love to use YouTube in a more mindful way. Just give me a search bar and allow me to search 10 times for free and then I might sign up.

I am realizing this now, even when I am trying out a new project, I would love to see how it works before signing up and verifying my email address.

Thanks for your feedback, will work on to allow login-free access for demo.

I don't even know what it is based on the first impression. If you're trying to be the alternative to X, a comparison of "how this works" might be enough to get me to give you an email - though signing in to use it immediately feels like YT, not an alternative. Your "Why Choose FocusStream?" points are all over the place and unlikely to resonate equally with your audience. I'd suggest attacking the competition with the one major differentiator and then showing how that works.Example "See video lengths upfront, track your progress, and make every minute count." is not nearly as compelling as "No ads, no autoplay" IMO. Finally, I find this contradictory: "no algorithmic rabbit holes... Tell us your interests. We find the highest-quality videos from across the web" - I suspect what you're trying to provide is curation focused on helping me learn about specific topics vs. serving up what will keep me engaged and watching longer. If that's accurate something like "algorithmic recommendations that REDUCE how much time you spend on our site" would be a unique value prop.

Rakhim, nice to see you. Check out wordspike.com (launched last week), it’s def up your alley.

Hey, this is pretty damn cool! Too bad the Show HN post did not get much attention.

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