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Comment · 14 years ago
Actually they are very well known. They are one of the largest adult companies on the web.
Comment · 14 years ago
AEBN was and might still be the largest VOD service online and they run Windows or at least they did while I was there.
Comment · 14 years ago
I am a patient. Being a patient is why I am so passionate about products in this space. So the thought of someone scraping the web to find information that I might apply to managing my medical condition is scary. I have worked at CPA companies that ran things like Molocure scams, Cure diabetes now sites etc... Perhaps your technology is so advanced that it can tell the difference between valid news and scams and perhaps you will manually review everything and verify the source of the information; but im not willing to bet my health on it.
Comment · 14 years ago
As someone working in the same space, I am going to give you honest feedback that might seem harsh.

1. There are other sites doing this better and they have far more than just a landing page.

2. Are you holding user data? If so what about hippa compliance?

3. Your differentiating factor: "We scrape medical forums, blogs, twitter, facebook, etc (all the social media avenues) and add a layer of intelligent semantic analysis to bring you the best information relevant to what you have (or just the hottest news if you don't have anything)."

Simply put, I dont believe that you have one single bit of this.

4. Why would I use this and not patients like me or crohnology.com where I can find out about new things and also have them vetted by my friends that have similar conditions.

5. I dont think your newsletter could ever be better than condition specific newsletters like the ones from the CCFA or ADA? How will you deal with that?

Comment · 14 years ago
I disagree; you do not have to be a negative person to point these things out. IMHO the author was simply trying to help anyone developing a web app avoid what he sees as a bad tool
Comment · 14 years ago
Good job, I am working on a similar tool. There are lots of free great recipe managers on the web. What is the main differentiating factor that makes this worth 10 a month?

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