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Show HN: GetToLike.me - a place to meet people with similar interests

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Show HN: GetToLike.me - a place to meet people with similar interests

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Post by andyhin »

Just finished this over the last few weekends, wanted to get this in front of a few users.

A few things:

- There are no users as of me posting this.

- Add "Hacker News" to your interests once you've signed up. It'll allow us to see each other.

- You will only see other users with similar interests.

- Only common interests will be revealed.

Let me know any feedback/suggestions/bugs/idea sucks, etc.

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#3

Post by nyellin »

Cool. I think meeting new people (not necessarily for dating) is one area that social networks still haven't perfected. I predict that interest-based social networks will gain popularity as people grow tired of their junk-ridden Facebook feeds and start to look for people they can communicate with about topics they care about, rather than topics that their friends care about.

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#5

Post by andyhin »

nyellin wrote: post #4

Why does your app need access to my pictures and videos? That creeps me out.

Good point. I actually added that in because I initially wanted to allow users to select which profile picture they wanted to use. But I decided to drop that feature for the MVP. I've updated the FB permission request.

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#7

Post by mikerhoads »

Cool idea, seems like facebook makes their recommendations based only on mutual friends, which is great for connecting to other friends or people in your network. This interest based approach would do a better job of meeting brand new people altogether.
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