Hi
Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
81–90 of 216 posts
Re: Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
#82>"A few strangers from the Orange Site signed up"
Is that us?
Ironic this made it to the top of HN.
Re: Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
You could run something like Facebook but in tiny shards. It would be better. And require 1/1000th of the engineering workforce.
I liked Google Plus. "Circles (of friends)" is exactly how my brain works. So I had a family circle and computer geeks circle and photography circle and general circle. It was super easy to create and manage the Venn diagrams, and be in control of both how you share and what you see. It was even easy to share circles themselves! The joy of discovering somebody's shared circle with awesome photographers to follow. I f…
Google Plus correctly identified a major problem.
Unfortunately the solution that works for most people is to have multiple identities on multiple social media sites. So FB with one circle, work relationships on Slack, several channels on Discord, a group of friends on Instagram, a couple of groups on What's App, some mobile game friends on Line...
Re: Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
#84Had a similar thought recently: With the advent of AI, custom software became extremely attainable. DHI syndrome suddenly becomes less of an issue - and can actually become a perk, as you build the most minimal software that works for your org, skipping potential vendor / saas fees. Really curious how the landscape of software will change in the next years due to that.
Re: Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
#85>"A few strangers from the Orange Site signed up" Is that us? Ironic this made it to the top of HN.
Guess it better scale then :-)
Re: Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
#86> Could it be bigger? Sure. But at some point — maybe even before 1,000 people — the vibe breaks. The intimacy evaporates. You stop recognizing names. People talk less because it’s harder to know who’s listening. Growth would make it worse, not better. > > Some things work precisely because they’re small. I'd argue this is true for social networks like Facebook actually. There was a magical period in Facebook between…
The best social network I ever used was private one with a few thousand users. Over time you just know most active users.
Re: Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
#87> Could it be bigger? Sure. But at some point — maybe even before 1,000 people — the vibe breaks. The intimacy evaporates. You stop recognizing names. People talk less because it’s harder to know who’s listening. Growth would make it worse, not better. > > Some things work precisely because they’re small. I'd argue this is true for social networks like Facebook actually. There was a magical period in Facebook between…
Yeah, Facebook's best days were when it still required a .edu email to sign up. Makes me wonder if there would still be a market for a smaller, niche social media like that, but on the open web and not locked behind something like Discord servers.
This is the reason for facebooks success the rollout. Regardless of when you joined it was always better for you then the next group.
Everyone knows it's best days were when it was limited to Harvard.
There is a market for one. Can you roll it out the way facebook did to make it a success. Facebook technology started off pretty basic. There success is creating demand. Remember when facebook use to offer to login to hotmail and invite everyone for you before hotmail caught on and banned it? That's the secret sauce.
Re: Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
#88I find running a company over 50 people not nice. We had a few 1000 and it just really sucks imho.
Re: Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
#89> Could it be bigger? Sure. But at some point — maybe even before 1,000 people — the vibe breaks. The intimacy evaporates. You stop recognizing names. People talk less because it’s harder to know who’s listening. Growth would make it worse, not better. > > Some things work precisely because they’re small. I'd argue this is true for social networks like Facebook actually. There was a magical period in Facebook between…
I remember saying something on Facebook that wasn’t even that inflammatory but had a curse word and my grandma messaged me telling me to delete it. Instead I blocked grandma. Much happier just seeing grandma at holiday gatherings. I don’t think she even noticed honestly.
> I don’t think she even noticed honestly.
From her perspective, the post disappeared, and then you never posted anything like that again! Everyone wins
Re: Do things that don't scale, and then don't scale
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
I liked Google Plus. "Circles (of friends)" is exactly how my brain works. So I had a family circle and computer geeks circle and photography circle and general circle. It was super easy to create and manage the Venn diagrams, and be in control of both how you share and what you see. It was even easy to share circles themselves! The joy of discovering somebody's shared circle with awesome photographers to follow. I f…
Google Plus correctly identified a major problem. Unfortunately the solution that works for most people is to have multiple identities on multiple social media sites. So FB with one circle, work relationships on Slack, several channels on Discord, a group of friends on Instagram, a couple of groups on What's App, some mobile game friends on Line...
And that's why the real name policies helped kill Facebook. The best way to section off your friends from family from work is a separate somewhat anonymous account for each.