Interesting. I like the idea of splitting events away from the rest of the social network. Personally, I'd include surveys in that, like Doodle. Then I can start with a group of people, figure out what time works for us all, and then organize the event itself, all in the same place. It's odd to me that Facebook and others don't really support this. Facebook does have groups and surveys, but they don't work well at all for picking a date.
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#82The whole point of Facebook events is that it's already integrated with a social network so it's easy to invite people. I dislike the whole concept of Facebook but sorry, but I find this idea really counter intuitive? Creating social events online but not through a social network... *edit, so I can provide some constructive criticism. Maybe integrate this with social networks such as Facebook or Twitter (which I gues…
Facebook events is one of the only things keeping a lot of people I know on facebook. But, yeah, it's hard to go to something else cause of the friction. What we really need is something that is as integrated into fb events as fb, but _also_ allows people who aren't on fb to find and keep track of and RVSP to events. I think facebook API's don't really allow you to have that kind of integration for a third-party thin…
On iOS there is an app called "Local" developed by Facebook. I only have Facebook for the events part and I only use it through this app.
It kind of sucks that they have a monopoly on events except maybe Resident Advisor which is sometimes better than Facebook for Techno and House parties. But they are missing the invite and seeing what other people are doing that aren't in to my niche music.
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#83The link to your privacy page is broken on the about page.
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
And I think it's _really hard_ for a contender like `stuff` to become a better alternative for many people without the 'social network' features of facebook. An easy way to see what events your friends are interested in, as a primary one.
IDK, I think there's room for improvement in this area. I've had an idea rolling around in my head for a couple of years but I've never pursued it: I lived in NYC for a few years, and every so often I'd find myself wandering around the city on a weekend afternoon, wondering what I should do. Ideally, there'd be an app where I could simply open it up, look at a map, set it to the current time or maybe within an hour o…
I think that's because NYC is one of the few places that an app just like you describe would make any sense. :)
In many places, the list of "things happening this hour on a weekend afternoon within 10-20 minutes of where I am right now that I might possibly be interested in" approaches zero.
On the other hand, if there is a huge list of events happening close to you soon at any given time, the problem is "that I might possibly be interested in." The "things my friends expressed interest in" is useful not just because my friends might be there (although that can be a plus, or a prompt to text one of em and say hey you wanna go to this), but because if a buncha my friends are interested in it, that makes it more likely it will be something that will appeal to me, because my friends in aggregate are more likely than random to be interested in things I am.
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#85I love Events/Local, but would get off it in a heartbeat.
I've looked at your app. Only Copenhagen and New York events are available. Do you plan to extend to other cities soon?
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#86What's the difference between this and Eventbrite?
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#87What's the difference between this and Eventbrite?
Eventbrite or meetup.com
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#88The website defaults to Danish for me, coming from a Swedish IP.
Heja Sverige. My wife is Swedish. She told me you guys were ok with Danish ;-) Language switch is in the footer. Alternatively hit https://stuff.li/en directly. Simon, Stuff.
We can mostly understand it when reading but it really is not a good idea to default to danish for a multitude of reasons.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
Facebook events is one of the only things keeping a lot of people I know on facebook. But, yeah, it's hard to go to something else cause of the friction. What we really need is something that is as integrated into fb events as fb, but _also_ allows people who aren't on fb to find and keep track of and RVSP to events. I think facebook API's don't really allow you to have that kind of integration for a third-party thin…
On iOS there is an app called "Local" developed by Facebook. I only have Facebook for the events part and I only use it through this app. It kind of sucks that they have a monopoly on events except maybe Resident Advisor which is sometimes better than Facebook for Techno and House parties. But they are missing the invite and seeing what other people are doing that aren't in to my niche music.
Yeah at this point creating any "general" FB events alternative is just foolish and will wither in time.
There are literally only three ways out:
1) Create an events alternative for a niche group. This is what RA is, but it could easily also be for a university (like Highkey is doing for college events) or for a certain local area.
2) One of the other media giants creates an events alternative. Google, Twitter, Snapchat. That could still somehow work out.
3) Find a way to piggyback off FB's users/events. Seems like this would need to be done in some way that is clearly against their TOS, but we have seen startups form in similar means anyway. I already see some spam by sites that scrape events and attendee lists from FB, but they all seem to be in it just for the short run.
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#90Bookmarked for the next time I plan a get-together!