Show HN: PairBuddy - Secret Crush App - built in 72 hours, learnt Bootstrap • Hacker News Board

bongs wrote: post #6

Friends, jokes apart, we really believe that making the first move is hard. People fear losing their good friends or getting rejected. So we created PairBuddy. Please give us your constructive feedback. Thanks!

The project itself looks ok to me - I don't really mind the logo, though.

Concering growth/spreading of the project: BangWithFriends had huge media coverage because it was something new and also a little controversial. I'm afraid PairBuddy is missing this aspect.

I nonetheless with you the very best of luck with your weekend project.

Re: Show HN: PairBuddy - Secret Crush App - built in 72 hours, learnt Bootstrap

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 12:27 PM UTC

senic wrote: post #7

bongs wrote: post #6

Friends, jokes apart, we really believe that making the first move is hard. People fear losing their good friends or getting rejected. So we created PairBuddy. Please give us your constructive feedback. Thanks!

The project itself looks ok to me - I don't really mind the logo, though. Concering growth/spreading of the project: BangWithFriends had huge media coverage because it was something new and also a little controversial. I'm afraid PairBuddy is missing this aspect. I nonetheless with you the very best of luck with your weekend project.

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Re: Show HN: PairBuddy - Secret Crush App - built in 72 hours, learnt Bootstrap

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Post by bongs » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 12:29 PM UTC

senic wrote: post #7

bongs wrote: post #6

Friends, jokes apart, we really believe that making the first move is hard. People fear losing their good friends or getting rejected. So we created PairBuddy. Please give us your constructive feedback. Thanks!

The project itself looks ok to me - I don't really mind the logo, though. Concering growth/spreading of the project: BangWithFriends had huge media coverage because it was something new and also a little controversial. I'm afraid PairBuddy is missing this aspect. I nonetheless with you the very best of luck with your weekend project.

Thanks senic. We are not controversial - so not expecting a viral growth. We think that people interested in serious relationships will benefit from it. Even if we are able to reach to a few thousand and are genuinely able to help them, we will be happy. :)

Re: Show HN: PairBuddy - Secret Crush App - built in 72 hours, learnt Bootstrap

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Post by Triamis » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 12:40 PM UTC

Idea: Add ALL your friends to your crush list and then you can find out whenever someone has a crush on you and you can laugh at them.

This doesn't solve the problem of making the first move, since you can't know that the person adding you to the crush list is actually doing so because they have a crush on you. They may just do it to see if you have a crush on them.

It's a good problem to solve, but I think that after a short burst of initial activity everyone will realise how exploitable this is and so be unable to use it seriously.