I think showing only the people who have a mutual interest is good, but I disagree with hiding the rest of their interests with people who are actually able to view their profile.
Perhaps think of it more the 'Like' button on Facebook
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#12Cool. I think meeting new people (not necessarily for dating) is one area that social networks still haven't perfected. I predict that interest-based social networks will gain popularity as people grow tired of their junk-ridden Facebook feeds and start to look for people they can communicate with about topics they care about, rather than topics that their friends care about.
Agreed. But it's hard because most people are one way communicators. They truly don't listen to the other person they're interacting with; instead they just want to get around to talking about themselves. Actually, that's why Facebook and Twitter work so well - they're self-broadcasting stations.
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#13I spent way too long trying to get my likes to conform to allowed characters. It doesn't like periods in them or unicode characters, so I had delete 30% of my likes.
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#14I spent way too long trying to get my likes to conform to allowed characters. It doesn't like periods in them or unicode characters, so I had delete 30% of my likes.
Thanks for the feedback. Had a few users report this :(
I'll try to address this later today...
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#15Whoah I logged in using FB and it converted my surname from 'Başçıl' to 'Başçıl'. I can't even read the new version let alone pronounce it. And I cannot edit the field, it's grayed out.
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#16Whoah I logged in using FB and it converted my surname from 'Başçıl' to 'Başçıl'. I can't even read the new version let alone pronounce it. And I cannot edit the field, it's grayed out.
Thanks for letting me know. I'll try to look into this tonight.
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#17Nice, I like the idea. I've been exploring something similar on http://www.thematchinggame.com (it's only visible after you register), but I think there's a lot of room for an interest specific site, especially one that's not focused on dating.
I would suggest giving people a little more to play with up front. I'm hugely against not engaging people in some way at the start. There is the curiosity factor with a blank sign up page, but from my experience with various sites (http://about.me/jaredcosulich), giving people something to play with without registering does a lot better.
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#18Nice, I like the idea. I've been exploring something similar on http://www.thematchinggame.com (it's only visible after you register), but I think there's a lot of room for an interest specific site, especially one that's not focused on dating. I would suggest giving people a little more to play with up front. I'm hugely against not engaging people in some way at the start. There is the curiosity factor with a blank…
Dude, love your site! Great concept.
Re: Show HN: GetToLike.me - a place to meet people with similar interests
#19Nice, I like the idea. I've been exploring something similar on http://www.thematchinggame.com (it's only visible after you register), but I think there's a lot of room for an interest specific site, especially one that's not focused on dating. I would suggest giving people a little more to play with up front. I'm hugely against not engaging people in some way at the start. There is the curiosity factor with a blank…
Dude, love your site! Great concept.
Thanks :) Just trying to get it off the ground...