Show HN: Roomd, find new friends to live with

#1

Post by codetonowhere » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 1:18 PM UTC

Show HN: Roomd, find new friends to live with
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Re: Show HN: Roomd, find new friends to live with

#2

Post by zerovox » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 2:13 PM UTC

It seems there's not really much to show here. And the request invite button doesn't work for me on Fiefox.

Re: Show HN: Roomd, find new friends to live with

#3

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 2:21 PM UTC

zerovox wrote: post #2

It seems there's not really much to show here. And the request invite button doesn't work for me on Fiefox.

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Re: Show HN: Roomd, find new friends to live with

#4

Post by codetonowhere » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 2:22 PM UTC

zerovox wrote: post #2

It seems there's not really much to show here. And the request invite button doesn't work for me on Fiefox.

Hi, we're working on getting the full product ready so it's just an invite page at the moment. Did you have any specific queries?

What OS are you running? We tested on Firefox so should work. Relies on having a Facebook account right now so could that be the issue?

Re: Show HN: Roomd, find new friends to live with

#5

Post by aeurielesn » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 2:34 PM UTC

Are you kidding me? Why would I give you access to all of that information only to request an invitation.

Also, I can't find whether this is US-specific only.

Re: Show HN: Roomd, find new friends to live with

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Post by tedmiston » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 2:36 PM UTC

Finish the product before you promote.

I tried to demo it and all I got was "thanks for signing up".

Re: Show HN: Roomd, find new friends to live with

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Post by mirsadm » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 2:40 PM UTC

codetonowhere wrote: post #4

zerovox wrote: post #2

It seems there's not really much to show here. And the request invite button doesn't work for me on Fiefox.

Hi, we're working on getting the full product ready so it's just an invite page at the moment. Did you have any specific queries? What OS are you running? We tested on Firefox so should work. Relies on having a Facebook account right now so could that be the issue?

I think the issue is that this is a completely unknown company/product. Why should users give out any personal information to request for an invite for something with next to no information.

Re: Show HN: Roomd, find new friends to live with

#8

Post by codetonowhere » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 2:40 PM UTC

aeurielesn wrote: post #5

Are you kidding me? Why would I give you access to all of that information only to request an invitation. Also, I can't find whether this is US-specific only.

We use the information requested to generate your profile on the site, but I see your point at this stage so will remove some of the extra options.

Re: Show HN: Roomd, find new friends to live with

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Post by codetonowhere » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 2:47 PM UTC

tedmiston wrote: post #6

Finish the product before you promote. I tried to demo it and all I got was "thanks for signing up".

We discussed this... at length. But in the end decided it would be better to get some early feedback rather than blindly go forward. This may have been as mistake.

We're working on the initial version, but this really isn't ready for public consumption yet, unfortunately.

Re: Show HN: Roomd, find new friends to live with

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Post by martswite » Thu, Apr 12, 2012, 3:02 PM UTC

zerovox wrote: post #2

It seems there's not really much to show here. And the request invite button doesn't work for me on Fiefox.

Same issue here, running on Ubuntu 11.10, Firefox V 11.0