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Re: Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Post by dpritchett »

I can't find a source now, but this reminds me of the story where Bill and Melinda gates would stay in touch when one of them was traveling by having an over-the-phone movie date night. Both of them rent a movie and start it at the same time, they call each other and chat throughout.

Edit: Here's a cite but it tells a slightly different story than I remembered. http://davis.foulger.info/papers/RelationshipEqualsSumMedia....

Re: Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Post by joelhaasnoot »

dpritchett wrote: post #3

I can't find a source now, but this reminds me of the story where Bill and Melinda gates would stay in touch when one of them was traveling by having an over-the-phone movie date night. Both of them rent a movie and start it at the same time, they call each other and chat throughout. Edit: Here's a cite but it tells a slightly different story than I remembered. http://davis.foulger.info/papers/RelationshipEqualsSumMe…

Did that with my girlfriend when I was in the US for 6 months. Worked pretty well, except for timing issues such as phones ringing, bathroom break, oh and time zones :(

Re: Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Post by joelhaasnoot »

ski2mi wrote: post #5

Repeat after me: A website is not a startup. It's bad enough that everyone with half a business idea calls it a startup, but now everyone with half a website prototype is joining in.

I do like the idea, but agree it's not very polished. It lacks a certain degree of professionalism: it could've been done 5 years ago and we wouldn't have noticed. $30 templates go a long way.

Re: Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Post by dpritchett »

joelhaasnoot wrote: post #7
ski2mi wrote: post #5

Repeat after me: A website is not a startup. It's bad enough that everyone with half a business idea calls it a startup, but now everyone with half a website prototype is joining in.

I do like the idea, but agree it's not very polished. It lacks a certain degree of professionalism: it could've been done 5 years ago and we wouldn't have noticed. $30 templates go a long way.

Good point. I recently learned that WP theme marketplaces also carry generic HTML themes. Here's a set from a family member: http://themeforest.net/user/Parallelus/portfolio?x=15&y=...

Re: Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Post by mattdeboard »

iman wrote: post #2

Hey guys, I've been reading HN for a long time (since before it was called HN). I rarely comment or submit to HN, but I am really proud to finally submit my site here. Would appreciate any feedback you have! Thanks

Very cool, I registered. How does this differ from jtv?

In addition, needs voting for room members for next video, or to change video. Is that implemented and I just missed it? Otherwise it's just... the Internet on rails.

Could be very cool, needs some/a lot of aesthetic polish and features that make it actually social besides a chatroom and a "tweet this" button (ESPN has "tweet this" buttons as well as chatrooms with real-time game updates. I don't think anyone would call that "social" though.)

I like the concept, needs to tie in more with other concepts of social applications. Also a javascript bookmarklet would be great. Say if I want to show a buddy this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L64c5vT3NBw, I click the bookmarklet on that page and it creates a Frozenhot URL that would take the user into a chatroom and spin up that video automatically. Something like that.

Seems like most of the comments are ambivalent about your idea, and maybe it's been done before, or could've been done 5 years ago, but this could be cool for a lot of people. I can see you getting traction here. (Especially once you overhaul the layout!)

Re: Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Post by arkitaip »

iman wrote: post #2

Hey guys, I've been reading HN for a long time (since before it was called HN). I rarely comment or submit to HN, but I am really proud to finally submit my site here. Would appreciate any feedback you have! Thanks

It's sorta like youtube meets IRC, isn't it? :)

Things that I wonder about:

1. where will you get the actual video content from?

2. I think that voice would be better for this type of stuff, atleast with friends. Typing is slow and not that interactive.

3. Have you thought about focusing on educational videos? Those strike me as the best candidate for group watching because discussing actually makes more sense than during, say, a movie.

4. So what's the deal with the name? :)

5. The design needs work. For example, I found the voting process to suble.

I too have thought about making video's more social but honestly I'm not sure what the value is in adding chat. But maybe the idea needs to be fleshed out more?

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