Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by stablemap » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 5:10 PM UTC

Leap: An Online Community for Women
blog.ycombinator.com

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by cbcowans » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 5:40 PM UTC

Hi! I'm the creator of Leap. Glad to answer questions here.

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by aiiane » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 5:48 PM UTC

cbcowans wrote: post #2

Hi! I'm the creator of Leap. Glad to answer questions here.

Why exclusive to Facebook users?

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by EGreg » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 5:51 PM UTC

aiiane wrote: post #3

cbcowans wrote: post #2

Hi! I'm the creator of Leap. Glad to answer questions here.

Why exclusive to Facebook users?

Perhaps because Facebook provides an easy and fairly reliable way to determine someone's sex. Many projects including dating sites have relied on it to do authentication for this reason.

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 5:54 PM UTC

cbcowans wrote: post #2

Hi! I'm the creator of Leap. Glad to answer questions here.

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Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by thenayr » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 5:57 PM UTC

This is wonderful!!

Side note, prepare for HN backlash...neckbeards get really triggered by this stuff.

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by aphextron » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 5:57 PM UTC

EGreg wrote: post #4

aiiane wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why exclusive to Facebook users?

Perhaps because Facebook provides an easy and fairly reliable way to determine someone's sex. Many projects including dating sites have relied on it to do authentication for this reason.

And it’s awful. This trend needs to stop. Facebook is an ad tracking platform, not a universal authentication scheme.

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by cbcowans » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 5:59 PM UTC

aiiane wrote: post #3

cbcowans wrote: post #2

Hi! I'm the creator of Leap. Glad to answer questions here.

Why exclusive to Facebook users?

Leap members use their true identities, so when someone new joins I make sure they are a real person. I chose Facebook auth to get started, but I'm planning to add additional auth mechanisms down the road.

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by problems » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 5:59 PM UTC

EGreg wrote: post #4

aiiane wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why exclusive to Facebook users?

Perhaps because Facebook provides an easy and fairly reliable way to determine someone's sex. Many projects including dating sites have relied on it to do authentication for this reason.

I fail to see how it'd be good for this use - do they require a number of friends or something? I have 4 Facebook accounts for faking out exactly this kind of stuff, but none with any real information.

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by Operyl » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 5:59 PM UTC

cbcowans wrote: post #2

Hi! I'm the creator of Leap. Glad to answer questions here.

What’s the current queue look like, how long does it take for someone to get invited? How does moderation go on, what if a discourse gets way off track? There’s no perfect community, but I have high hopes here.