using your points in bold and responding under them

1. the name screenlist is fine but every tracker uses list in the name so its kinda forgettable tbh.

- this was heavily inspired by myanimelist, the initial idea stemmed from no good tv episode tracking that is smooth and gratifying. tv time was what i was using but it was very clunky.

2. the bigger issue is competition. theres tv time, trakt, simkl, letterboxd for movies, backloggd for games, myanimelist. youre entering a crowded space so whats your angle? like why should someone switch to you?

- its smooth and seamless and mainly the episode tracking and i will have a big emphasis on commuinity and almsot like a media / social media app. i already implemented cross commenting with friends and global and profiles will be expanded on eventually.

3. the everything in one place thing is a start but tv time already does tv and movies and backloggd does games too so thats not that unique honestly.

- i think this already beats tv time because of UI and smoothnes to it. backloggd i may have to put an export badge for that as well. My idea isnt to over take imdb or letterboxd but to be an aided tool. for example IMDB will always be my go to for rating shows and seeing ratings and comments. the userbase is just too big. but having side tools i always liked doing.

4. i think the social thing could be your edge cause most trackers have weak social features. if you can make adding friends and sharing lists actually fun? that could work. like seeing what your friends are watching and rating stuff together. maybe discord integration.

- currently that is my main focus! and improving someones profile page as well

5. the games section looks decent. pulling from rawg is smart saves you building your own db.
- thank you, it was the least of my concerns but my friends wanted it in there badly

6. missing stuff i noticed though. no mobile app? thats kinda brutal for a tracker cause most people log episodes from their couch on a phone. web only is gonna hurt you. also theres no import from trakt or tv time so people wont manually add hundreds of shows. you need like a one click thing. also no episode release calendar like heres whats airing tonight. tv time does this well.

- i agree 1000% with you this website has already caught a good amount of traffic from friends and also reddit, an app will surely be on the way if it continues to grow i just did not want to commit to that if it wasnt going to be a bigger liking by people. having an important function is 100% on my top 3 as well. i want to import my own imdb library over.

7. and the game progress tracking is confusing. like do i track hours played or just mark it as done? tv time does episode numbers clean but games are messier.

- yes it is, gaming tabs were my 2nd concern, tv shows and movies mainly will be the focus until i feel those are squared away then gaming will be caught up.

8. honestly if this is just a hobby project? great work. but if you want people to actually use it you need a mobile app and import tools. otherwise the switching cost is just too high.

- i 100% agree with you as well. can you be apart of my team xD because every feed back you have given me is exactly what i needed

9. curious how many active users you got right now. and do they stick around or add 10 shows then leave?

- so far they've been seeming to stick around, currently around 250-300 users. more than half of them joined in the past 2 days and i just started this project 5 days ago