a new overhaul of the freeheat page - need feedbacks for world domination

paul wheaton wrote:thumb if you likey this image

paul wheaton wrote:click on the thumbs up for this post if you like the new page best

Victor Johanson wrote:I don't like the negativity the first panel associates with masculinity.

paul wheaton wrote:
Andres and experts made a new page.  The idea is that this new page is better.  Better for our world domination goals.  We will try it out and see.  It does look really nice.  If it is better, I guess I will miss the logger dudes and the barefoot gal.

Jarret Hynd wrote:The new page is a great improvement over the original in regards to world domination. Good work to everyone who put it together.

Mass AI use the last few years has made images, similar to the original cartoon, one that many will just glance over because everyone and their dog are spamming AI images everywhere. People want real life images - I've seen this trend in various industries the last year. (reference the research article "Customer reactions to generative AI vs. real images in high-involvement and hedonic services")

Ideally, you'd want a video playing in the hero section instead of just the image of the RMH bench: say a 15 second loop of 4-5 clips.

Ryan Simon wrote:IIf you could find a way, I'd merge the two designs. The quirkiness of the old kept me on the page longer than the new page.

The Japanese concept of finding beauty in imperfections is known as Wabi-sabi (侘び寂び).  It is a worldview and aesthetic philosophy centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection, often described as appreciating beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete."

Wabi-sabi evolved from Zen Buddhist influences and traditional tea ceremony aesthetics. It acknowledges three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect.  The concept encourages valuing roughness, simplicity, modesty, and the marks of age or repair over flawless symmetry.

Anne Miller wrote:

Victor Johanson wrote:I don't like the negativity the first panel associates with masculinity.

I don't see any masculinity when I look at that page, maybe it is a feminine prospective?

All I see is that it takes tons and tons of wood to fire up a wood stove and only twigs to fire up a RMH.

Victor Johanson wrote:Nothing is more masculine than a couple bearded burly loggers, and the implication is that they are responsible for destroying the environment, while the next panel implies the virtues of femininity,  and the paradise that will ensue once all the nasty men are gone. Your filters are far different than a man's; we have to deal with constant innuendo of this kind, and it's not cool. If anything, women should understand what it's like to be stereotyped and marginalized, and show some empathy when it shifts to another demographic.

Burra Maluca wrote:

Victor Johanson wrote:Nothing is more masculine than a couple bearded burly loggers, and the implication is that they are responsible for destroying the environment, while the next panel implies the virtues of femininity,  and the paradise that will ensue once all the nasty men are gone. Your filters are far different than a man's; we have to deal with constant innuendo of this kind, and it's not cool. If anything, women should understand what it's like to be stereotyped and marginalized, and show some empathy when it shifts to another demographic.

It breaks my heart to read this.

I guess I'm guilty as charged because I see that hunky great red-bearded fella doing a ton of work to keep his community warm, and then feel all glowy inside because my own hunky great red-bearded fella already built me a rocket mass heater (ok I know he built it for us, not just me, but I'd made it very, very clear that I wanted one!) and this year virtually all the firewood we have has been hauled from the tree to the wood stack by yours truly, and as most of it is lopper-sized I've also been the one responsible for cutting most of it to size.

To me, that image is inspiring because it means I can do the work that previously my man had to do because it was too much for me but now we have a way to keep warm on a smaller amount of sticks, then I can contribute a bit more fairly to the work load.

But not everyone sees things the way I do...