Do You Wanna Hook Up? - example of a facebook connect app • Hacker News Board

The last time I saw something like this was way back as a LiveJournal meme. It reappeared two months later as "Pay $5 to see all the people who wanted to hook up with you".

That's when they made all their money. Sinister.

Re: Do You Wanna Hook Up? - example of a facebook connect app

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Post by prt2101 » Sat, Jan 03, 2009, 12:36 AM UTC

hansmoleman wrote: post #3

I really have a hard time imagining someone I actually wanted to "hook up" with ever using a site like this. In fact, I'd be surprised if a single female signed up for this.

I totally disagree - there are lots of females who are lonely and want dates, and would be willing to try something like this. After all, lots of females use dating sites like match.com

Re: Do You Wanna Hook Up? - example of a facebook connect app

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Post by superchink » Sat, Jan 03, 2009, 12:43 AM UTC

I won't be surprised if we see 10 different sites with the same basic concept. The details in each implementation will ultimately determine if anyone of them finds success.

Re: Do You Wanna Hook Up? - example of a facebook connect app

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Post by ahoyhere » Sat, Jan 03, 2009, 12:47 AM UTC

February 15, 2005:

"So I said, narrow the focus. Your 'use case' should be, there's a 22 year old college student living in the dorms. How will this software get him laid?" — jwz @ http://www.jwz.org/doc/groupware.html

FINALLY IT'S COME TRUE

Re: Do You Wanna Hook Up? - example of a facebook connect app

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Post by mseebach » Sat, Jan 03, 2009, 1:03 AM UTC

It's nice concept, because it's immune to the problem of whatever it's called that dating sites have, where they need many profiles to be popular, and to get profiles they need to be popular. A service like this has zero-to-little barrier to entry, it only takes a few minutes to tag who you would want to hook up with, and once you do, it can sit there for months without requiring any maintenance. Once it starts working, word will get around, and I believe the word viral is more than appropriate here.

Re: Do You Wanna Hook Up? - example of a facebook connect app

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Post by JunkDNA » Sat, Jan 03, 2009, 1:04 AM UTC

What a brilliant way to make use of Facebook. I can see this being great for the High School and college crowd especially.

Re: Do You Wanna Hook Up? - example of a facebook connect app

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Post by prt2101 » Sat, Jan 03, 2009, 1:23 AM UTC

thorax wrote: post #4

The last time I saw something like this was way back as a LiveJournal meme. It reappeared two months later as "Pay $5 to see all the people who wanted to hook up with you". That's when they made all their money. Sinister.

ouch! good thing these guys actually have a privacy policy. lol