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Path — Introducing The Personal Network

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Re: Path — Introducing The Personal Network

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Post by norova »

zalew wrote: post #7
ibrow wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> not all of us an Apple one Which is probably why they are looking for an Android developer: http://twitter.com/path/status/26431179050

If so, obviously there should be some info about other releases comming.

"...via the photos you take every day with your mobile device.

We’re launching first on the App Store on iPhone. If you do not have an iPhone, you can still register and check out Path through your browser."

I took this to mean that they're definitely planning on releasing for other platforms.

Re: Path — Introducing The Personal Network

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Post by ssclafani »

It looks like they scrapped their original idea. ReadWriteWeb reported in February based on a Google cache of the site before it was locked down that Path was "a tool that facilitates the creation, sharing and correlation of lists."

"The site so far is a list of lists. You make a list, give it a name and add items to it. Then you can see who else has made a list with the same name, what's on their list and what the most popular items are across all lists with the same name. Lists are things like "best coffee in San Francisco," or "evil corporations."

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/first_peek_at_pathio_th...

Re: Path — Introducing The Personal Network

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Post by nolanbrown23 »

zalew wrote: post #2

Practically all of us carry a camera phone, not all of us an Apple one. should I feel sorry I'm not your target or you should be sorry because you restrict a social network to one platform?

Have they stated that they're an iPhone only platform? Are there no plans to develop an Android version? A Windows version? From the blog post they say, "We’re launching first on the App Store on iPhone." implying versions for other mobile platforms will be available in the future.

Don't mistake limited resources for a decision to be iPhone only. In my experience, iPhone development tends to be significantly faster than on other platforms. Both because of the ubiquity of information about the iOS SDK and the learning curve necessary to learn a mobile platform is lower than Windows or Android.

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Post by evansolomon »

peteforde wrote: post #10

Would anyone care about this if it wasn't launched by highly visible Facebook alums? Quality should be judged on merit, not who made them. If there's magic here, somebody lift the kimono.

I don't believe you don't take into account who makes something in judging it, at least initially. Few things are impressive on day 1, either because they actually aren't that impressive or because it often takes more than 1 day to understand an impressive thing. Who makes something is a good way to understand the thing faster, and I don't think that's the least bit unreasonable.

Re: Path — Introducing The Personal Network

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Post by fraserharris »

For anyone trying to take down Facebook, this presentation (link below) on real life social networks by Paul Adams (Senior User Experience Research, Google) is a must consume. A social network that forces you to bin friends based on groups you create, and forces all interactions in terms of the groups would be a huge step forward.

http://www.slideshare.net/padday/the-real-life-social-networ...

Re: Path — Introducing The Personal Network

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Post by ssclafani »

peteforde wrote: post #10

Would anyone care about this if it wasn't launched by highly visible Facebook alums? Quality should be judged on merit, not who made them. If there's magic here, somebody lift the kimono.

Just launched startups are not static pieces of art to be "judged on merit." They are about iteration and execution. At this stage the team is more important than the product.

Re: Path — Introducing The Personal Network

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Post by ajg1977 »

I wonder how much of their funding they spent on the domain name.

I kind of like the idea, and the world is becoming ripe for a simpler Facebook, but christ - I can only imagine the difficult conversations about why I didn't reciprocate when someone 'pathed' me. "Sorry, you're not in my top 50".

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Post by jacoblyles »

peteforde wrote: post #10

Would anyone care about this if it wasn't launched by highly visible Facebook alums? Quality should be judged on merit, not who made them. If there's magic here, somebody lift the kimono.

I like the idea of a more limited social network. Or better yet, one with tiers. I hesitate adding people on facebook if I don't know them that well. It would be cool if adding them didn't automatically give them "friend" access level.

Re: Path — Introducing The Personal Network

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Post by schammy »

While I agree with some of you that this probably wouldn't get nearly as much attention if there was an unknown team/investors behind it, I still find all of the negativity surrounding startups these days on HN and other sites like TechCrunch to be annoying and totally counter-productive. If you think something is stupid or lame, fine - whatever. But do you really need to tell us all about it? Why do you think any of us care? My guess is that most of these people are probably failed entrepreneurs and the only thing that makes them feel better is wishing the same failure upon others trying to make it.

As for myself, I am not particularly interested in this service and have no plans to use it, but that doesn't mean it's lame or that there's no market for it or that it can't be a success.

Re: Path — Introducing The Personal Network

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Post by ziadbc »

peteforde wrote: post #10

Would anyone care about this if it wasn't launched by highly visible Facebook alums? Quality should be judged on merit, not who made them. If there's magic here, somebody lift the kimono.

It's about leverage. If they can build equal or better things than what they built inside of Facebook, it makes it easy and likely for Facebook to acquire them. At best Facebook can copy them, but then they are chasing their own tail. If path doesn't get acquired by FB, they can sell to someone else who wants to get some FB-like magic, or shoot for the moon and become a destination in their own right.
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