Maybe i missed something obvious, but why call yourselves a social network at all - why lead with that? Opinion engine is much more accurate and much more compelling.
Opinion Engine reminded me of Bing calling itself a decision engine.
DoDont: A New Social Network; Bring On The Snarky Comments
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#22Interesting idea: Two recommendations: (i) Add an openid-based login (e.g. GMail), nobody in their right mind would use Facebook connect (ii) The home page design is kinda weak, for example it doesn't show how the comments are grouped, e.g. will I be able to see all the Do's for restaurants, are they grouped by geotags, etc.
+1 for the alternative logins.. for those people who actually did delete their facebook account in the wake of the privacy contraversy a few months ago.
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#23Interesting idea: Two recommendations: (i) Add an openid-based login (e.g. GMail), nobody in their right mind would use Facebook connect (ii) The home page design is kinda weak, for example it doesn't show how the comments are grouped, e.g. will I be able to see all the Do's for restaurants, are they grouped by geotags, etc.
Yes please to OpenID. It kills me that an idea I was so excited about (single login) is being coopted by a site I hate so very much (Facebook), just because they are a behemoth. Offering both is great, but when I clicked through and saw only Facebook as an option, I immediately bounced.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seconded. I think the move towards not having a new login at every site is a good one, but FB connect doesn't seem like the way to go. I'd like to see something like OpenID, but at the very least there should (always!) be a simple userid or email option.
Or maybe you're just an outlier who (a) understands how Facebook Connect works (b) actually cares. Does anyone have hard numbers on Social (FB/Twitter/...) signup vs. old-fashioned signup. In other words: as a site owner, why should I go through the trouble of setting up my own user management when I can get that for free by integrating FB Connect?
As a real data point, the founder of Quora estimated losing 25% of his sign ups when it was a facebook connect only service[1].
[1] http://www.quora.com/How-much-is-Facebook-Connect-limiting-Q...
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#25DONT require a sign in just to browse. I'm not going to sign up just to see if there's anything in there worthwhile.
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#26i just did it.
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#27Maybe i missed something obvious, but why call yourselves a social network at all - why lead with that? Opinion engine is much more accurate and much more compelling.
Agreed. If I watched the video and then had to explain it to someone else...I would never even think to use the phrase "social network"...even if you made me talk for 10 minutes.
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#28Interesting idea: Two recommendations: (i) Add an openid-based login (e.g. GMail), nobody in their right mind would use Facebook connect (ii) The home page design is kinda weak, for example it doesn't show how the comments are grouped, e.g. will I be able to see all the Do's for restaurants, are they grouped by geotags, etc.
I agree the Facebook Connect was enough to scare me off. I did end up signing up, but didn't actually post any information because I don't care to connect with people on my/through my Facebook account.
For example, I thought about using my "Do/Don't" as a funny resource for hackers but none of my Facebook peeps really apply.
By the way, I LOVE the write up. What a great way of circumventing the inevitable ridicule by doing it yourself.