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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

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Post by addicted »

netrus wrote: post #14

This 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…

Probably because Orkut was hugely popular in 2 countries. India and Brazil.

India probably dominates the downloads due to population differences.

Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator

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Post by blunte »

akskos wrote: post #61

Orkut is a finnish colloquial word for "orgasms".

It's the guy's name. Give him a break. There are a lot of names which don't translate well in other languages.

On the other hand, having your social network associated with orgasms might not be such a bad plan!

Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator

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Post by bryanlarsen »

Communitivity wrote: post #19

The 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 f…

Being mobile-only ensures that the network will only consist of pictures and low-effort posts. That's fine, there's a bigger market for Instagram competitors than for social networks with substance. But between that and the video that consisted almost solely of liking cat pictures makes it obvious that it's not for me.

Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator

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Post by projectramo »

You know, no network is made for "hate" per se. The problem is that hate from the outside looks like love on the inside.

You see this most clearly in conservative v liberal tribalism, but that example is so close to most people you may not see it.

Even the most horrible "haters" feel they are protecting or preserving their secularism/race/religion/political opinion etc

Re: Hello: A new social network founded by Orkut's creator

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Post by pcnix »

Communitivity wrote: post #19

The 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 f…

Native app support might be too much to ask, but at least a webapp should be a major part of the launch time product.

It's fairly trivial to build a webapp around APIs that they've probably already developed for android/ios apps, so it's hard to forgive them for not having it ready by now.

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