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Re: Apparently HN gives you great advice and then 1536 users in 4 hours.

#21

Kudos on taking the initiative and implementing this idea. I've often wondered how Facebook became so successful given that the one thing it's supposed to do well---manage your social network---is probably the least functional aspect of the site. For the most part Facebook is a personal homepage with photos and a forum and that's about it.

Thanks...I figured someone has to do it right? :)

Re: Apparently HN gives you great advice and then 1536 users in 4 hours.

#22

Please explain in more detail how this works. I signed up, but did not connect facebook/twitter because I'd rather not spam my friends with something I'm not 100% sure on. Do my friends have to sign up for Wolfpack to be able to use this service? Does the messaging only happen on your platform, or does it duplicate messages across other platforms as well (fb messages, emails, etc)?

The messaging only happens on wolfpacktales...and we don't spam anyone. Basically you create a group, invite your friends to join, the get a notification and following the link takes them to the group you created, where u can begin interacting and sharing.

Re: Apparently HN gives you great advice and then 1536 users in 4 hours.

#23

Please explain in more detail how this works. I signed up, but did not connect facebook/twitter because I'd rather not spam my friends with something I'm not 100% sure on. Do my friends have to sign up for Wolfpack to be able to use this service? Does the messaging only happen on your platform, or does it duplicate messages across other platforms as well (fb messages, emails, etc)?

The messaging only happens on wolfpacktales...and we don't spam anyone. Basically you create a group, invite your friends to join, the get a notification and following the link takes them to the group you created, where u can begin interacting and sharing.

So why connect to social networks at all? Not to knock your idea, but it seems like this is just a modernized private chatroom with built in social network spamming.
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