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Traded reviews with a stranger in Portland and they roasted my load time
I swapped site feedback with some random photographer from Portland on a forum. They pointed out my homepage took 8 seconds to load because I had like 6 huge background images stacked. I was embarrassed but they shared a free tool to compress everything. Fixed it in 2 hours and my bounce rate dropped by half. Has anyone else gotten brutal but useful feedback from a total stranger?
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the_rose6d agoMost Upvoted
...but did you actually ASK them for that kind of honesty upfront? I feel like most people just give polite fluff when you swap feedback, and getting something that REAL means they probably saw you could handle it. What did you say in your initial post to get them to be that direct?
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pat_harris6d ago
My first post was literally "be brutal I can take it" and I listed like 4 specific areas I wanted feedback on. One guy wrote back that my opening paragraph read like a corporate memo from 1995 and I actually laughed because he was right. Sometimes you gotta show people you're not gonna cry about it, you know? Ever had someone give you feedback that stung but then you realized they were completely right?
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robin8966d ago
Put "constructive criticism only please" right in the post title and gave three bullet points of what I wanted help with. People are way more willing to be direct when you spell out exactly what you need and show you've already thought through the weak spots yourself. That cut down on the "great job" replies and got me a few genuinely useful sharp takes.
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