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

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

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Post by snprbob86 »

alexc218 wrote: post #18
snprbob86 wrote: post #16

There are DOZENS of apps exactly like this one already on Facebook. What does Facebook Connect buy them over being a normal app? And what suggests this one will succeed where all the others failed to achieve critical mass?

nope. you're 100% wrong. there are tons of cheesy matching apps on facebook, but none do exactly what this one does.

I typed in "Crush" to an Application search and found a whole bunch.

"Crush Tracker" says:

Here's how it works: 1. Add the Crush Tracker application. 2. Create your secret list of crushes. Don't worry, only you can see this list. 3. Invite your friends to use Crush Tracker. If one of your crushes adds you to their crush list, you'll both be notified. 4. Live happily ever after in a magical land filled with rainbows and unicorns.

"Crush List" is described as "Add your friends that you have a secret crush on. If they also add you to their crush list, both of you are notified!"

I only searched for "Crush" and even then only for about a minute. There are at least a dozen of these apps by various names.

Maybe you should check your facts before you declare someone is 100% wrong...

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

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Post by gjm11 »

mseebach wrote: post #8

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 worki…

The phrase you're looking for is "network effect", but I'm not convinced that this doesn't suffer from it. If, as someone else has (fairly convincingly) said elsewhere in this HN discussion, there are a bunch of other Facebook apps doing the same thing, do you really expect each user to maintain lists with all of them? If not, the value is greatly reduced.

(I suppose it's possible that different ones consistently appeal to different demographics or something, in which case the effective number of competitors for any given person would be less.)

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

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Post by gjm11 »

volida wrote: post #22

because it's so hard to send a message to the person you want to go out with? what's next? help me drink my coffee?

Very first non-content-free sentence on the site's front page: "Ever want to ask someone out, but are afraid of getting rejected? This site is your solution!"

The whole point is the "afraid of getting rejected" bit. (Well, I guess there are other reasons besides fear of rejection why you might want someone not to know you wanted to "hook up" with them unless it was mutual. For instance: consider someone who has a partner, wants to have an affair with someone else, but doesn't want anyone to know they're willing to be unfaithful unless they won't mind that. I make no comment on the ethics of this.)

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

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Post by ShardPhoenix »

I always thought something like this would be a good idea, but it still requires the people you know to actually use it, which tends to be the sticking point.

Also, there's a significant risk that if people are shy enough to use this rather than asking someone out directly, they'll still be too shy to openly talk about it with the other person even after receiving the notice of mutual attraction. I actually had that happen with a similar feature on OKCupid (where you rate people on looks/personality, and if you have a mutually high rating, it notifies you both). I think it might be related to the game theoretical concept of common knowledge (http://www.gametheory.net/dictionary/CommonKnowledge.html) (vs. mere mutual knowledge), or something along those lines.

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

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Post by yummyfajitas »

Orkut had this feature several years back. My girlfriend at the time made me sign up to orkut just to test it out.

Then I added all 6 of my friends who were actually on orkut to see who liked me. The only hit I got was a guy doing the same thing.

Big problem with this app: some girls will add all their friends just for an ego boost. Dating sites have this problem as well, I think.

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

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Post by mseebach »

gjm11 wrote: post #23
mseebach wrote: post #8

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 worki…

The phrase you're looking for is "network effect", but I'm not convinced that this doesn't suffer from it. If, as someone else has (fairly convincingly) said elsewhere in this HN discussion, there are a bunch of other Facebook apps doing the same thing, do you really expect each user to maintain lists with all of them? If not, the value is greatly reduced. (I suppose it's possible that different ones consistently app…

Yeah, network effect. I seem to recall having heard a more specific term for social networks, but that doesn't matter now.

I maintain that the concept is, if not immune, then more resistant to it - I'm not going to a dating site, because the people I want to hook up with aren't there (at least I don't know them to be). They are, however, on Facebook.

Of course, and that's where I think you have a point - it's not immune to competition. But once the first of these services get a few breakthroughs, the viral effect is going to be pretty hefty, I think.

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

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Post by prt2101 »

snprbob86 wrote: post #21
alexc218 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

nope. you're 100% wrong. there are tons of cheesy matching apps on facebook, but none do exactly what this one does.

I typed in "Crush" to an Application search and found a whole bunch. "Crush Tracker" says: Here's how it works: 1. Add the Crush Tracker application. 2. Create your secret list of crushes. Don't worry, only you can see this list. 3. Invite your friends to use Crush Tracker. If one of your crushes adds you to their crush list, you'll both be notified. 4. Live happily ever after in a magical land filled with rainbows a…

this one is really suseptible to someone adding all his/her friends just to see who they match - once you delete someone, the other person is no longer notified of the crush. plus, multiple people can match (downside) and there's only one type of relationship (the crush). and there aren't many fb connect sites out there: this is a good example of one.

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

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Post by dunk010 »

I thought this would be a good idea but there's a problem (as has been alluded to by someone else) in that anyone can add everyone they know so that they can find out who has already selected them and then get a notification whenever anyone selects them in the future. Your data's not safe, not in the least ;P.

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

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Post by dunk010 »

mseebach wrote: post #8

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 worki…

more generally "chicken and egg" :p
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