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Making “social” social again: Announcing Mozi

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Re: Making “social” social again: Announcing Mozi

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Post by duxup »

bigiain wrote: post #47
duxup wrote: post #8

>For example, I just got back from Miami. Before going, I put my plan (just the city and what days) into Mozi. This information was shared just with my contacts (minus any I wouldn’t want it to be). So, even before going, I was able to see both the people I know who live there and other friends who were visiting at the same time, so we could meet up and make plans. >Mozi also helps you decide where to go. “Events” on…

> Still, I don't dislike the general idea. An app that tracks your location (and future location), founded by a venture capitalist? I'll pass thanks. (I'd be interested to see it there is a way to build this in an e2e privacy-preserving way, perhaps built on tech used in Signal and the fediverse, where only you and your contacts ever see unencrypted data about your location and events?)

I'm more interested in the idea.

Despite the likelihood of this being not all that privacy friendly, I'm just considering the concept for now.

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Post by addicted »

neogodless wrote: post #45
giarc wrote: post #38

"The primary value proposition of Mozi (today) is simple: It lets you know when you’re going to be in the same place (city or event) as someone you know." This is fairly shortsighted. How many people actually travel from city to city. I bet the vast majority of people have a 3km bubble around their house and work and that's as far as they travel 90% of the time. Additionally, it tracks when you are going to an event.…

Makes me think back to Foursquare - it didn't tell anyone anything in advance but it did tell you who else was at your exact location. Depending on your permissions and if you would let it know about Facebook events, calendar events, etc. then you might get notifications or see when someone is going to be going to the same restaurant, etc. I think events is the key, while you're focused a bit on city . They do specif…

And Foursquare was great.

But they shot themselves in the foot by trying to become Yelp and moving Foursquare into “Swarm”.

Their problem was they couldn’t come up with a monetization strategy that was working and at the same time Yelp was raking in the valuations.

Re: Making “social” social again: Announcing Mozi

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Post by lotsofpulp »

ryandrake wrote: post #52
strict9 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Similar vibes to lawmakers that have public hearings with airline execs and talk about air travel issues as if it's an issue American voters frequently think about. Most Americans travel 0-2 times per year. About half don't fly at all.

It's also like the news always summarizing the stock market even though ~40% of Americans hold no stock at all, even indirectly through mutual funds or retirement accounts[1]. 1: https://news.gallup.com/poll/266807/percentage-americans-own...

All taxpayers are exposed to the stock market via taxpayer funded defined benefit pension plans and retiree healthcare plans. Stock market goes down, taxes go up (and/or quantity/quality of government services goes down).

Of course, that can happen anyway due to a relatively rapid decrease in the purchasing power of the currency.

Re: Making “social” social again: Announcing Mozi

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Post by nicwolff »

naming_the_user wrote: post #23

To me, this looks like a fantastic idea, and something that could be really useful in a niche, but I think it's going to fly over the head of a lot of folk because it's fairly obviously targeted at highly mobile, maybe HNWI's who do a lot of travel - it's not going to be useful for "most" people.

In the live-aboard sailboat cruising niche we have Sea People https://seapeopleapp.com which has a similar basic value prop but many features specifically for that lifestyle.

Re: Making “social” social again: Announcing Mozi

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Post by nikolay »

Not bad, but, please, don't display kids DOBs - just the age. Also, marriage should have an anniversary date to be social per the bold claim. Parents and other relatives should also be added, and each related person should have an invite link that links their name to the future profile. No usernames? That's refreshing, but I really hate when companies at usernames late and I can't grab my usual one on time, because I missed their emails, etc.

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Post by meiraleal »

> (BTW, we are fully staffed right now but will be slowly adding to the team this year. If interested, please reach out.)

Isn't it interesting how the vibes for hiring changed? Before, every founder would write something like "we are hiring!". Now it is: send us your curriculum, but we won't reply.

BTW I just tried it and what a terrible app. Feels like a ghost town.

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Post by themaninthedark »

fnfjfk wrote: post #69
ryandrake wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's also like the news always summarizing the stock market even though ~40% of Americans hold no stock at all, even indirectly through mutual funds or retirement accounts[1]. 1: https://news.gallup.com/poll/266807/percentage-americans-own...

16% of six-figure earners is the really shocking part here. They make 100k and don’t have a 401k or IRA? What?! How?!

I could see blue collar workers making up that segment, especially if they are self-employed.

A young plumber or electrician who doesn't know the value of compounding interest.

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