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Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com

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Post by ansy »

ascendant wrote: post #18
noduerme wrote: post #17

I really, really like the idea, but I hate Facebook and I won't have an account with them. Otherwise I'd definitely host a meal.

Yeah, maybe next steps could involve logins via other sites like Google, Twitter, OpenID, etc?

Or, you know, just use a login name with a password? Why do identities need to be connected by default? Who really thinks making up a name and password is too much trouble? Are the Hacker News and Reddit models really so bad?

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com

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Post by jbigelow76 »

dgurney wrote: post #15

My advice would be to show more content before you make people sign in with Facebook. Since I don't like connecting things to my Facebook profile I clicked out of the site, when otherwise I might have been interested and spent more time exploring.

Too many questions left if somebody isn't willing to sign in to an unknown service with FB (which I am not).

I'm guessing this like an AirBnb for meals?

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com

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Post by prawn »

I don't use Facebook so I couldn't get very far. And I like cooking, but I wouldn't be keen to host absolute strangers in my house - I'm guessing that's the idea?

I wondered if you could have something like this but the host would cook a dish if they got a minimum number of takers and perhaps pick-ups were an option/encouraged/forced. So there'd be a tipping point to make a meal happen. If I already have a broad social group, but I want to make a bit on the side from my cooking, it's barely worth the $x to risk having some nutbag show up. But it might be worth me cooking twice a week for a minimum of 10 people each time, and charging $8. Then they drop in at a certain time to eat or pick up their containers/bags and away they go.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com

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Post by dr_ »

Interesting idea. While it would be nice to have alternative log in options, I do give you credit for making the facebook log in just that - logging in, rather than asking for permission to post to my wall, etc. etc. etc. which turns me off right away from most sites. Another advantage to using facebook for log in is that fact that you are basically inviting strangers into your home, so it wouldn't hurt to know something a little about their identity in advance.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com

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Post by pamelafox »

There was a site similar to this in SF, HouseFed, but it looks like its down now. Another variation here is Munchery, where the meals are actually made by chefs.

I love cooking and hosting meals at my place, but I don't actually want to meet new people through my meals or make money. Instead, I just want to catch up with people I haven't seen in a while in a way that doesn't involve drinking (the default around here).

But I find it hard to figure out who to invite for meals, because I'm not sure who's around on any given night, and I don't want to invite too many people, and I don't want to invite someone too many times (and have them feel bad for having to say no so much). I wish I could just say "tonight I'm making X, come over if you're interested, reply by X so I can buy appropriate portions."

I've tried using G+ circles and Facebook lists, but everyone's on different networks and has different rates of response.

Anyway, that's my problem, would love an app with a solution. :)

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