Site seems down, but assuming it is meals at home with people, I like the concept. I wouldn't want to drop in to a dinner with a family or something, but if you did themed dinners ("crypto hackers dinner?" "YC applicants dinner") it would be both more appealing AND legally a lot safer -- even a heavy handed government would be wary of censoring free association and speech with incidental food, rather than purely commercial food.
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Re: Show HN: A new way of eating out – by dropping in
#22Site seems down, but assuming it is meals at home with people, I like the concept. I wouldn't want to drop in to a dinner with a family or something, but if you did themed dinners ("crypto hackers dinner?" "YC applicants dinner") it would be both more appealing AND legally a lot safer -- even a heavy handed government would be wary of censoring free association and speech with incidental food, rather than purely comm…
Thank you for your comments. I am the founder of Cozymeal. The overwhelming interest in Cozymeal and the resulting traffic brought down our site. We are working on bringing it up ASAP.
Re: Show HN: A new way of eating out – by dropping in
#23Site seems down, but assuming it is meals at home with people, I like the concept. I wouldn't want to drop in to a dinner with a family or something, but if you did themed dinners ("crypto hackers dinner?" "YC applicants dinner") it would be both more appealing AND legally a lot safer -- even a heavy handed government would be wary of censoring free association and speech with incidental food, rather than purely comm…
The site is back now.
Re: Show HN: A new way of eating out – by dropping in
#24It occurs to me that x -sharing startups in the mold of Airbnb/Uber may be most likely to overcome their regulatory challenges not through litigation or lobbying, but simply due to more of them popping up and the increased likelihood that the average person knows someone who has benefitted ("my friend's daughter who paid her way through law school driving for Uber", "my cousin the line cook who was offered the opport…
> It occurs to me that x-sharing startups in the mold of Airbnb/Uber may be most likely to overcome their regulatory challenges not through litigation or lobbying, but simply due to more of them popping up and the increased likelihood that the average person knows someone who has benefitted
I think there's something sublime about that. It seems the technology drives culture in many ways and it happens when an innovation goes viral and benefits people faster than the law can react.
Some technologies don't get the chance to do that. People see harms before they can feel the benefits and start to turn public opinion and law against the innovation. Segway's and Google Glass are in that category, I think.
Re: Show HN: A new way of eating out – by dropping in
#25The site seems to be down for me. Can someone describe what's it all about?
People can host others at their home for a meal. Every prospective host is vetted by Cozymeal before they can host a dinner. People pay to attend the dinner. Cool concept that seems to be picking up steam. Recent dinners were hosted by Michelin Star rated chefs.
Site is still down, but the facebook page has more info: https://www.facebook.com/cozymeal
Re: Show HN: A new way of eating out – by dropping in
#26Site seems down, but assuming it is meals at home with people, I like the concept. I wouldn't want to drop in to a dinner with a family or something, but if you did themed dinners ("crypto hackers dinner?" "YC applicants dinner") it would be both more appealing AND legally a lot safer -- even a heavy handed government would be wary of censoring free association and speech with incidental food, rather than purely comm…
The site is back now.
its still down for me :(
Re: Show HN: A new way of eating out – by dropping in
#27Thank you for your comments and interest in Cozymeal. I am the co-founder of Cozymeal, which we launched three months ago. What started as a side project attracted a lot of interest and I am now working full-time on it.
The quality of the food and the experience in general are very important to us. Every host has to go through a vetting process before he can join our site.
Our guests use Cozymeal for the great food but also the amazing experience they get in terms of meeting new people and enjoying delicious food in a nice ambience without the unpleasant noise and rush you often have in restaurants.
Recently, some of our hosts started offering cooking classes which are also very popular.
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#29hacker news broke the cozymeal :/
Re: Show HN: A new way of eating out – by dropping in
#30Nice looking site. But sites like this are only continuing to influence the many public health worries that we face today. There is no nutritional information on any of the meals on this site! Just another social site, looking at the wrong aspect of health.
Meals have been social for much longer than they've been nutritionally quantified. IOW, we've shared food and community for thousands of years just fine without a list of nutritional facts for the buffalo or potatos we've eaten. I'd say this site is bringing things back to their roots, not focusing in the wrong direction.