Show HN: Glancd, a forum built around you, your friends, and the things you do
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Re: Show HN: Glancd, a forum built around you, your friends, and the things you do
#2Have been thinking the popular social apps are failing at the job of making me feel connected to the people I'm closest with. My experiences generally amount to feeds of funny cat pictures, buzzfeed articles, reposted news stories, and photos from random birthdays posted by friends who I haven't seen in years.
This early version of Glancd (launched this week!) is an attempt to solve that problem by creating social in a way that makes me feel a part of the lives of my closest friends and family.
Concept: A message message board where the forums are the people you know and the threads are the things they do.
Compliments or criticism welcome!
Re: Show HN: Glancd, a forum built around you, your friends, and the things you do
#3I think it would be a good idea to see some screenshots on your home page. That can go a long way to help push a desktop/laptop user to unlock his phone and convert to an install.
Re: Show HN: Glancd, a forum built around you, your friends, and the things you do
#4I think it would be a good idea to see some screenshots on your home page. That can go a long way to help push a desktop/laptop user to unlock his phone and convert to an install.
Good point. Hadn't thought of that. The promotion / marketing side of things is definitely something I'm learning as I go along.
Re: Show HN: Glancd, a forum built around you, your friends, and the things you do
#5I think it would be a good idea to see some screenshots on your home page. That can go a long way to help push a desktop/laptop user to unlock his phone and convert to an install.
There are now screenshots. Hopefully gives you a better sense of how the app is supposed to work.
Re: Show HN: Glancd, a forum built around you, your friends, and the things you do
#6Have been thinking the popular social apps are failing at the job of making me feel connected to the people I'm closest with. My experiences generally amount to feeds of funny cat pictures, buzzfeed articles, reposted news stories, and photos from random birthdays posted by friends who I haven't seen in years. This early version of Glancd (launched this week!) is an attempt to solve that problem by creating social in…
I appreciate the criticism you are making to the popular social apps and the initiative, but I don't see how this one improves anything. Conversations don't have a place in the app, experiences are reduced to a picture and an icon that people can use to fake their lives to feel better, "likes" are everywhere, replacing actual relationships.
I've been wanting and thinking about a better social network for a lot of time now, so I guess you can ignore my criticism, because it is based on what I would have done and you didn't, so biased. Anyway, it is sincere.
Re: Show HN: Glancd, a forum built around you, your friends, and the things you do
#7Have been thinking the popular social apps are failing at the job of making me feel connected to the people I'm closest with. My experiences generally amount to feeds of funny cat pictures, buzzfeed articles, reposted news stories, and photos from random birthdays posted by friends who I haven't seen in years. This early version of Glancd (launched this week!) is an attempt to solve that problem by creating social in…
I appreciate the criticism you are making to the popular social apps and the initiative, but I don't see how this one improves anything. Conversations don't have a place in the app, experiences are reduced to a picture and an icon that people can use to fake their lives to feel better, "likes" are everywhere, replacing actual relationships. I've been wanting and thinking about a better social network for a lot of tim…
Interesting perspective. Thanks for taking the time to check it out and send your thoughts!