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Re: Lists

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Post by yogiHacks »

r3bl wrote: post #2

GitHub turned out to be a pretty decent place for collaborating on various lists. I mean, the list of awesome lists[0] is currently the 23rd most starred GitHub project. I'm using GitHub both as a collaborative tool for creating lists and as my own tool for creating lists (as an example, a list of books I have read / am reading / planning on reading [1]). [0] https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome [1] https://github…

I'm really glad you brought up GitHub in this way. I have been using GitHub for much more than versioned code storage.

For example, I've been using it as a collaborative writing zone with a friend of mine. Our use is definitely nothing too remarkable, but as far as collaborative writing goes, it's not easy to imagine a product with more technical capabilities than git.

The real hurdle is just non-technical people being intimidated by the terminal / command prompt. I'd like to think that stigma is on its way out, but wouldn't we all?

Re: Lists

#12

Post by callmeed »

napoleond wrote: post #3

I don't understand this post at all. The reason no one has built a monopoly around lists is that they are a ridiculously cheap commodity, both for the personal and network use cases.

sure but you could say the same thing about tweets or 1-5 star restaurant reviews

Re: Lists

#13

Post by simonw »

fomojola wrote: post #8

Odd: Pinterest seems to me like the breakout published list platform. No one said lists have to be words only: a Pinterest board is just a list with pictures.

Completely agree: Pinterest feels very much to me like a "list" application that is a huge breakout success.

Re: Lists

#14

Post by cballard »

napoleond wrote: post #3

I don't understand this post at all. The reason no one has built a monopoly around lists is that they are a ridiculously cheap commodity, both for the personal and network use cases.

Yeah, the Apple Notes app is a perfectly sufficient app for making most lists, and it automatically syncs to all of your devices. That's just one fantastic free option.

Re: Lists

#15

Post by callmeed »

fomojola wrote: post #8

Odd: Pinterest seems to me like the breakout published list platform. No one said lists have to be words only: a Pinterest board is just a list with pictures.

Yeah, but boards don't really take center stage in Pinterest's UI. Feeds and search results are really an amalgam of various pins and boards.

If I wanted to see a board of "25 Great Christmas Gifts for Under $25", it's not obvious where to look or whose board is authoritative.

Re: Lists

#17

Post by jedberg »

https://delicious.com

Started as a way to make lists for yourself, turned into shared lists.

Heck, reddit's original idea was pitched as Delicious with voting, so you could say reddit fits this group too.

Re: Lists

#18

Post by beat »

Why on earth would anyone bother paying for a list app, when there are so many ways to do it for free? The best you could do is try to write something really excellent and get bought as a replacement for one of ${GIANTCO}'s existing list products. So best case for a team is probably an acquihire, and it'd require a fair investment for scaling at zero revenue to get even that.

Re: Lists

#19

Post by freshhawk »

callmeed wrote: post #12
napoleond wrote: post #3

I don't understand this post at all. The reason no one has built a monopoly around lists is that they are a ridiculously cheap commodity, both for the personal and network use cases.

sure but you could say the same thing about tweets or 1-5 star restaurant reviews

Which both need significant network effects to be useful to people.

How does the list making app get exponentially better the more people are using it?

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