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Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Re: Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Post by mattdeboard »

arkitaip wrote: post #10
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 d…

Tinychat definitely does the social video watching thing

Re: Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Post by jimboyoungblood »

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

Nice work. Voting for the next video is great! I can see this becoming really popular.

Re: Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Post by yrral »

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

I had a similar idea to this with some minor differences around 2-3 years ago but never ended up implementing it.

Instead of doing this for streaming videos, maybe you could do stuff for TV programs (such a primetime TV or news) so that people could chat with other people in real time when watching TV.

Re: Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Post by chaosmachine »

I like the concept. It's sort of like watching TV with a bunch of friends. Interactive voting on the next video is very cool.

But, here's your biggest challenge: This concept doesn't work without a bunch of users showing up at the same time.

Tomorrow, when this is off the front page of HN, how do you plan to get people to come back? If you can solve that, you've got something.

Re: Show HN: Launching my Realtime Social Video Startup

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Post by fg »

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.

Why the negativity? Aside from that, why does it matter what exactly is called a startup?

The worst ideas can transform into the biggest of communities and then be monetized.

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