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I am Japanese. I want to share a well-known Japanese idea: 人は見た目が9割 ("people are judged 90% by appearance"). It is ironic because it goes against our common sense that substance should matter more than appearance. The intention of this idea is to emphasize the importance of first impressions.
I think the AIDMA model is still relevant. I've seen similar dashboards elsewhere, but FUBAR Daily's design keeps me coming back.
Nice work.
By anonnona8878 2026-03-053:501 reply Appreciate that. Is there an English term to search for and read up on 人は見た目が9割 ? I'd like to learn more about it.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/人は見た目が9割
It is mainly from a bestseller book. You could get hint from this.
By fc417fc802 2026-03-059:271 reply The linked article seems to suggest that rather than "appearance" what's actually meant is "anything non-verbal"? In which case the related english language thing to look for is writings on the importance of the non-verbal aspects of communication, of which there are a lot.
Also, why does the linked article (容姿) contain a fully nude image? I don't understand the usefulness or significance (and wouldn't have expected it to be permitted regardless). https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B9%E5%A7%BF
...have you checked the linked page translation, it's just a page on the concept of physical appearance...
By fc417fc802 2026-03-0511:06 Yes. I do not understand how an article about physical appearance meaningfully benefits from a nude photo. I thus find myself wondering if the machine translation perhaps lost some important nuance.
By anonnona8878 2026-03-054:37 Thanks!
By LargoLasskhyfv 2026-03-0511:151 reply In german: Kleider machen Leute. (Clothing makes people(literally, word by word))
By SideburnsOfDoom 2026-03-0511:28 in English: "Clothes make the man" is an old saying.
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By vanillameow 2026-03-058:091 reply This is a project where I actually kind of like the idea, but the implementation looks incredibly soulless.
By itomato 2026-03-0511:10 It really is slop isn’t it.
By xtiansimon 2026-03-0512:521 reply I visit HN from RSS feed. Articles are listed on my feed, but I have to click through to really read anything-—there is no summary in the RSS feed.
So I could visit HN directly and prolly save a step. But in truth, I like having one place to go. And here I’ve collected and curated all the places I like to visit. And I find it much better than using bookmarks.
Which is all a lot to say that I’d be more likely to return to visit this site if it had an RSS feed.
Obviously, part of the charm of the site is the telemetry and data widgety bits (weather, stock ticker) which are mixed in with newsy and fun bits (I love the quotes). But I can tell you with all honesty, if I make a bookmark for this site, it’s going into a sea of links.
RSS isn’t just for consuming site data without dealing with the design cruff. It’s also good as a bookmark.
By anonnona8878 2026-03-0513:13 I'll add an RSS feed to the site. Thanks for the feedback. It's kind of MVP at the moment, it's slowly turning into something. I need to add original written content which I will add, just getting the bones in place.
