[HN Gopher] Automated text/email reminders for volunteers
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Automated text/email reminders for volunteers
Author : ellesundberg
Score : 30 points
Date : 2022-06-21 13:21 UTC (9 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (volunteerreminder.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (volunteerreminder.com)
| ellesundberg wrote:
| This is a simple volunteer management system that does one thing
| really well: send automated text/email reminders to volunteers
| when they are scheduled to work. We stripped away the features
| that create friction and kept only the essentials in order to
| make the software as intuitive as possible.
| newsclues wrote:
| Why focus on volunteers instead of a broader group?
| CharlesW wrote:
| A critical part of product development (making a thing) and
| marketing (sharing a thing) is understanding your
| audience/market, both so that (1) you have a target for what
| to build and so (2) you can reach them/they can find you.
| This is why "personas" exist, which are reasonable guesses at
| first but are refined as you find product/market fit. Things
| made for "everybody" almost always turn out to be not
| interesting enough for anybody.
| hunter2_ wrote:
| Your feedback button conflicts with your top button. I'm confused
| about why there's a top button (much like cookie banners, this
| feels like something to be implemented by the browser, not the
| page), so removing that might be the fix.
| itextyou wrote:
| I recently created something similar, but for sports teams and
| other recurring group activities. I opted to make it as a Google
| Calendar add-on:
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| https://itextyou.com
|
| It's a fairly simple side project created for my own needs (so I
| haven't given it a lot of attention), but I'm definitely open to
| constructive feedback.
| vallode wrote:
| The words "simple" and "friendly" do not correlate with a website
| that needs to show me a loading indicator before accessing
| seemingly static content...
| nicpottier wrote:
| Your "About Us" page is 404ing.
| vorpalhex wrote:
| Vertical spacing is fairly messed up on mobile.
|
| I highly recommend running a broken link checker and the
| "Unicorn" validator.
|
| You may also want to do an accessibility audit.
|
| I'm also not seeing any Opt out page? You may need to surface
| that for volunteers.
| connordoner wrote:
| When I'm giving you information -- especially when it's other
| people's information -- I want your privacy policy to consist of
| more than "Use this page to detail your site's privacy policy."
| shreythecray wrote:
| I think this is a great place to start. I've been working at a
| volunteer based nonprofit for 4 years and there aren't a lot of
| great free/cheap options for volunteer management, so it would be
| great if this could be expanded to something that not only takes
| care of reminders but large scale volunteer management in
| general.
|
| There are also a lot of awesome suggestions for improvements in
| the comments here. Looking forward to seeing how you grow.
| connordoner wrote:
| Also, what's with all of the different colours? Put bluntly, it's
| meant to be a website, not a rainbow.
| elicash wrote:
| How do you handle opt-ins?
|
| Also, related, I couldn't get the "terms" page to load on Mac.
| FerretFred wrote:
| "Useful Links" - not useful if they don't exist, and I'd
| definitely want to see at least what they do with my data before
| I signed up...
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