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Re: Ask HN: Let's Revive PG's /ideas.html discussion

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Post by rokhayakebe »

8) Dating. I have been trying online dating for about 4 weeks now. I am damn near close giving up. The process is too damn painful and it nows seems it is much much much easier at a bar.

If anyone wants to take a crack at it, here what I would advise you build: A simple app that asks you your very very basic info (name, picture, age, location, add 20 word description of yourself). Then simply, simply, simply show me pictures of women. If I like a girl I click "like". If the girls Likes me as well, then we can email each other. I dont need to email her through on your app. You can use the craigslist email style.

That's it. Nothing else. No video chat, IM, levels of communication etc... I don't know about girls, but most guys will only talk to women they are attracted to, no personality match can do the trick if I do not like what I see.

Re: Ask HN: Let's Revive PG's /ideas.html discussion

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Post by rajatmehta1 »

Srn22 wrote: post #12

I for one love niche businesses and think this post touches on a lot a small business areas/ideas that are oft-ignored in favor of flashier ideas. When I look around my area I see lots of money being spent in a variety of areas that have not been innovated online at all. 1) Landscaper architects/garnders/etc. - Still a very old way of doing things. This easily could be brought online 2) People love their dogs and as…

3) Coffee/morning commute - Some sort of app that ties both of these together. A great offline component -- i liked the idea..does something exisit similar to this...

Re: Ask HN: Let's Revive PG's /ideas.html discussion

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Post by jeffepp »

adam_albrecht wrote: post #9
sushi wrote: post #7

I have personally loved sites which have tried to utilize the "intelligence of masses" and wikipedia being the prime example of that. Similarly Hacker News, Reddit, StackOverflow and many others which excite me the most. 1) I think I'd love a much better way of finding homes/real-estate which can derive synergy from 3rd-party apps like Google Maps as well as bring about some kind of social features more in the line o…

I've been consulting (as a software developer) for a large home-building company for a while now and this experience has given me quite a few ideas and insight related to your #1. I'd be curious to hear you elaborate on this a bit more. Billions and billions of dollars go through this industry every year (even when it's down) and yet, the industry as a whole doesn't understand the web. So there are plenty of opportun…

There is a lot of room in real estate -- from getting a mortgage --> finding houses on the multi-list.

I ended up getting my real estate license about a year ago just to not have to deal with agents (I have flipped a few houses). They were so inefficient it literally was painful.

Re: Ask HN: Let's Revive PG's /ideas.html discussion

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Post by dreepers10 »

sushi wrote: post #7

I have personally loved sites which have tried to utilize the "intelligence of masses" and wikipedia being the prime example of that. Similarly Hacker News, Reddit, StackOverflow and many others which excite me the most. 1) I think I'd love a much better way of finding homes/real-estate which can derive synergy from 3rd-party apps like Google Maps as well as bring about some kind of social features more in the line o…

Maybe like zillow, combined with Bing 3D maps, but with comments?

Re: Ask HN: Let's Revive PG's /ideas.html discussion

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Post by ben1040 »

I would love to see a real estate search site that used what Latitude or Foursquare know about me to suggest houses/apartments.

I imagine a search service that tells you things "4 times a week, you check in at restaurants with 1 mile of this apartment" or "Buying this house will shave 8 miles off your commute."

Re: Ask HN: Let's Revive PG's /ideas.html discussion

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Post by adrianwaj »

A way to see a HN profile while staying on an item.

Elaborating:

A small popup can appear upon selecting someone's HN username on a thread to then show their profile information. Selection would involve holding the left mouse button down on the user name for more than 1.5 seconds, and then the popup would appear with bio, member since, and karma. When the mouse button is released, the popup disappears.

The profile page may need to be parsed to extract information before displaying. It could also be cached client side with HTML5.

As an extra nuance, if the mouse is moved away from the username, the left button can be released but the popup remains activated and a little 'close' is inserted (and the submission and comment links appear). This allows the user to click on any links in the popup, as well as the submission and comment links.

In effect, the popup operates much like on Twitter when the mouse is moved over a username in the timeline, but in a more controlled fashion where it doesn't appear automatically upon mouseover.

Re: Ask HN: Let's Revive PG's /ideas.html discussion

#28

Post by rguzman »

rokhayakebe wrote: post #21

8) Dating. I have been trying online dating for about 4 weeks now. I am damn near close giving up. The process is too damn painful and it nows seems it is much much much easier at a bar. If anyone wants to take a crack at it, here what I would advise you build: A simple app that asks you your very very basic info (name, picture, age, location, add 20 word description of yourself). Then simply, simply, simply show me…

The fundamental thing to attack when considering dating is how to get enough people to use it and keep enough people using it; not the semantics of the site.

I think the basic problem with a site that operates like you suggest is that attractive women tend to not need dating sites. The same is true, probably to a lesser extent, of attractive men.

Re: Ask HN: Let's Revive PG's /ideas.html discussion

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Post by d_r »

nudge wrote: post #3

1/3) Auto repair / servicing. The internet has helped consumers in all kinds of markets - retail and travel, perhaps most obviously - compare equivalent goods to ensure they are getting a fair price and good service. I would love for this to be applied to car repair and servicing. I confess that I know next to nothing about cars - I just want my car to run, and when it need repairs or services, I want to know that I'…

http://www.driverside.com -- just what you describe, but not mainstream enough as I just found out about it the other day.

Re: Ask HN: Let's Revive PG's /ideas.html discussion

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Post by dagw »

rguzman wrote: post #28
rokhayakebe wrote: post #21

8) Dating. I have been trying online dating for about 4 weeks now. I am damn near close giving up. The process is too damn painful and it nows seems it is much much much easier at a bar. If anyone wants to take a crack at it, here what I would advise you build: A simple app that asks you your very very basic info (name, picture, age, location, add 20 word description of yourself). Then simply, simply, simply show me…

The fundamental thing to attack when considering dating is how to get enough people to use it and keep enough people using it; not the semantics of the site. I think the basic problem with a site that operates like you suggest is that attractive women tend to not need dating sites. The same is true, probably to a lesser extent, of attractive men.

I know a few very attractive women who use dating sites, because it is quicker and more time effective than any other approach. They have jobs which take up most of their time and they don't want to spent the little free time they have trawling for partners. Don't think of dating sites as a service for people who cannot get dates any other way, think of it as a service for people who don't have the free time.
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