cool idea. good luck!
Show HN: Launched my side project: Goalfinch
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#12One suggestion: goal URLs should use a salted hash key, so that they aren't so easily guessed. Alternatively, implement some kind of access control so that you can only see goals you are a party to. Otherwise, seems great, I'm trying it out!
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#13It looks neat, though I'd worry about being gypped out of my money: 1. I don't know your or your site from Adam (no offense intended, honestly) and your site hasn't been around long enough to have a rep. There aren't any "trust markers" around to help me decide whether or not to trust you with my money. 2. I'd worry about, for example, some of my facebook friends not responding in a timely fashion or forgetting to do…
number 1 totally. if i hadn't found this site on HN i'd think it's a scam.
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#14Incorporate twitter login or some other OpenID provider.
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#15I did something like this a while back (http://1week1project.com/tagged/week-9?chrono=1). The hardest thing was trying to set a price, ie Should I pay myself $25 to schedule a dentist appointment?
It would be really cool if you were able have some better way to determine the payout for a certain goal. Perhaps you have your friends vote on it or something like that.
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#16I can think of some pretty ironic goal/charities:
Lose 10 pounds or donate 10$ to heart disease research.
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#17Cf. http://www.stickk.com/
What does one do if there is an entrenched competitor? Theoretically there is room for more than one right? I haven't heard of stickk.com. It'd be interesting to see what OP does with this.
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#18It looks neat, though I'd worry about being gypped out of my money: 1. I don't know your or your site from Adam (no offense intended, honestly) and your site hasn't been around long enough to have a rep. There aren't any "trust markers" around to help me decide whether or not to trust you with my money. 2. I'd worry about, for example, some of my facebook friends not responding in a timely fashion or forgetting to do…
Yeah, I totally understand. I'm actively looking for ways to increase the level of trustworthiness and to make people feel confident that I won't take the money and run.
Wouldn't you be doing the same thing if you were running a scam?