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I may try setting it up if I have a chance, I'm assuming the packaging of it all will take time before it becomes something a layperson can just run on an extra windows machine.
I'm sorry, but for $200k+ funding you need to do more to impress me than throwing a bunch of gems together and putting it on MongoDB. I like the minimalist design, though.
in my book, it takes balls to release something this early. so, kudo's to them.
They are building social networking software which means that at some point the goal will need to be to get everyone and their mother on board. Because they built the app on Rails, they are now facing an uphill battle with distribution as there are not a lot of places that you can easily setup a Rails site. I love Rails but for this type of app, it might have helped them gain traction faster if it was built on PHP, o…
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You're unfortunately right. I say unfortunate because I really, really like the name: it sounds good and conveys their mission very well, but ease of spelling is probably paramount.
I'm not so sure about the name. I understand how it conveys their mission exactly and it does that really well: leave facebook(or twitter or wherever), come here. I can see how setting themselves up from word 1 as opposition to facebook has a huge amount of importance but what happens to that branding on the off chance they win? (I know this is like planning where to put the swimming pool in your 1 bedroom apartment…
As long as I am praising, I'll add a thumbs up for using AGPL: IMHO a very good license choice.
can anyone articulate it?
Good job on the cool stack checklist: Rails 3 (check), Haml generated HTML5 (check), nicely laid out Rails app (check), uses MongoDB (check). As long as I am praising, I'll add a thumbs up for using AGPL: IMHO a very good license choice.
They are building social networking software which means that at some point the goal will need to be to get everyone and their mother on board. Because they built the app on Rails, they are now facing an uphill battle with distribution as there are not a lot of places that you can easily setup a Rails site. I love Rails but for this type of app, it might have helped them gain traction faster if it was built on PHP, o…
Oh well hopefully it will work on Heroku.
It looks surprisingly advanced, from a screenshot perspective - more than I admit I would have given them credit for. Is there additional insight into what "aspects" are, though? It confuses me - will it confuse an ordinary user?