Mobile only? No thanks.
Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
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Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#12Whilst the founder has credibility in this space, I don't see what the problem is they are solving. There are many communities all across the internet, and also in centralised places like Facebook & reddit. Forums still remain hugely popular for niche community operators. The only way social is going to work and be improved going forward is through decentralisation and taking our data out of the hands of a central re…
The problem it solves is Google+ lol.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#13The initial release was in 2016. The post on the home page is from 2017. They are all over the news today... good timing I guess.
Yes! I was doing the math from that "13 years ago...".
Anyway, it sounds like a very short time for something that was created, became a such relevant part of my life and all my friends, then disappeared.
If asked from top of mind, I would say it was founded 20 years ago.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#14This is very confusing. Your landing page is available in German, but the app is not available in Germany. Ratings in the Play Store are horrible, and support responds to bad reviews in the wrong language (English Review, Spanish response). The "download page" is 50% India and 50% all other countries. What is special about hello? After 2min on the website, I have no idea. And if I did not know orkut already, I would be soooo lost by the copy.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#15If it allows me to remain anonymous and does not tracks me, spy me etc. I am down for it!
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#16This is very confusing. Your landing page is available in German, but the app is not available in Germany. Ratings in the Play Store are horrible, and support responds to bad reviews in the wrong language (English Review, Spanish response). The "download page" is 50% India and 50% all other countries. What is special about hello? After 2min on the website, I have no idea. And if I did not know orkut already, I would…
It's the same with Turkish. There is a text in Turkish on orkut.com, but the app hello is not available in iOS App Store in Turkey.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#17I didn't know that Google shut down Orkut. Why did they shut down a network with such a large userbase? Was it focused on dating?
iirc, lawsuits and people started to migrate to Facebook.
iirc, it was just a business decision to focus on Google+ and other efforts. A bad one in my opinion though.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#18> hello is the first social network built on loves, not likes.
Ah, ok.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#19The founder has an amazing history, and the description of Hello is enticing but vague of what differentiates it.
None of that matters for me though, because when I attempted to sign up from my laptop I got the message 'Sorry, we're mobile only'. I see no compelling reason to be mobile-only at full launch. Mobile-first for your MVP with early adopters, yes that makes a great deal of sense. But when a company does a full launch I think they should support as many of the major platforms as they can (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS).
Also, I am not convinced that we need yet another social media company (YASMC, "Yazz-em-see"?) that is centralized and will by necessity make money by monetizing attention.
Cal Newport thinks social protocols are the answer, as he discusses in http://calnewport.com/blog/2018/03/20/on-social-media-and-it.... I agree. I worked on this as the OASIS XDI technical committee co-chair for a while, and am working on something new now.
Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator
#20Just wondering: How did you (supposing Orkut reads this here) get the IP out of Google?