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Some sort of text chat capability would be useful. It is also a bit slow; that may be the user's fault though. All in all, I really like it! Linux users remember to add localstrange.com to your local settings if not prompted: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplay...
The reason that Craigslist is popular is because there is no BS involved. It's plaintext. You click on something—it loads. It does not ask you where you are or try to sneak info from your browser. It doesn't stop loading while it's doing goofy Microsoft stuff. It doesn't stop loading while it harvests your personal info. It's dead simple. I'd suggest you emulate this, above all else.
nah, this is more for fun than anything. And Geo loc is not sneaky microsoft stuff. All im doing is detecting your location. I made this in a weekend by myself so I think its pretty cool even if everyone on HN thinks its lame. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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nah, this is more for fun than anything. And Geo loc is not sneaky microsoft stuff. All im doing is detecting your location. I made this in a weekend by myself so I think its pretty cool even if everyone on HN thinks its lame. Thanks for the suggestion though.
I don't mean to be all negative or rain on your parade; it's just that you presented this as a replacement for a certain pat of Craigslist. But what you appear to be designing is something very different. It won't really attract that audience. And in particular, I agree with other commenters that people browsing such a service explicitly do NOT want the site harvesting their location info. That's an example of someth…
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I don't mean to be all negative or rain on your parade; it's just that you presented this as a replacement for a certain pat of Craigslist. But what you appear to be designing is something very different. It won't really attract that audience. And in particular, I agree with other commenters that people browsing such a service explicitly do NOT want the site harvesting their location info. That's an example of someth…
I dont think its very diffrent; the goal here is for girls to check in and then you can find them via search and video chat / txt or call them. Thats the same value prop that CL Erotic section had. If you are saying you dont like how I am going about that then that is possibly a valid good point. Are you saying bad product or product / market fit? This is my first node project and it kind of took a few twist and turn…
Clickable: http://localstrange.com/ I question using a search box for this - wouldn't categories be much much easier for everyone?
I am not sure; possibly but I wanted to do something different so i did it this way.
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it should not ask for loc on the search page. Ill fix that.
well, it's not on the search ('home') page, but as soon as you type anything it takes you to the map and that's when the browser asks for location. I think another reason CL does so well - in all services - is that it allows me to browse wherever I want - not tied to my current location.
It might be better to have a button/link to enable it.
CL was a no shit, simpleish text layout website, yours can't even be advertised as a CL replacement, It's something else entirely .
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I don't mean to be all negative or rain on your parade; it's just that you presented this as a replacement for a certain pat of Craigslist. But what you appear to be designing is something very different. It won't really attract that audience. And in particular, I agree with other commenters that people browsing such a service explicitly do NOT want the site harvesting their location info. That's an example of someth…
I dont think its very diffrent; the goal here is for girls to check in and then you can find them via search and video chat / txt or call them. Thats the same value prop that CL Erotic section had. If you are saying you dont like how I am going about that then that is possibly a valid good point. Are you saying bad product or product / market fit? This is my first node project and it kind of took a few twist and turn…