Review my startup, joday.com

#1

Post by joday » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 8:44 AM UTC

Millions of videos are uploaded to internet every minute.

joday.com makes it easy to find entertainment you like based on your likes, location, profile, network and other trending signals on internet. It's your entertainment concierge.

I need feedback, please suggest

thanks, joday.com

Review my startup, joday.com
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#2

Post by cowls » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 8:59 AM UTC

I dont like being forced to log in with Facebook.

Also typo on the front page: uploded -> uploaded :)

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#3

Post by joday » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 9:10 AM UTC

cowls wrote: post #2

I dont like being forced to log in with Facebook. Also typo on the front page: uploded -> uploaded :)

Thanks @cowls.

My reasons for forcing Facebook login is to know more about my user in order to serve the relevant/personalize content. It's a chicken/egg situation...

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#4

Post by davidsmith8900 » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 9:13 AM UTC

- Yeah I second that. I think the app will be nice, but I dont like being forced to log in with facebook neither. Can people just sign up?

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#5

Post by davidsmith8900 » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 9:13 AM UTC

davidsmith8900 wrote: post #4

- Yeah I second that. I think the app will be nice, but I dont like being forced to log in with facebook neither. Can people just sign up?

- Im also interested in learning what machine algorithm you used.

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#6

Post by joday » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 9:18 AM UTC

davidsmith8900 wrote: post #5

davidsmith8900 wrote: post #4

- Yeah I second that. I think the app will be nice, but I dont like being forced to log in with facebook neither. Can people just sign up?

- Im also interested in learning what machine algorithm you used.

It's a heavily modified Barnes–Hut for clustering, lot of coding in python... used a lil bit of Levenshtein distance too.. alto is 20% of what I want to achieve but need to know if the concept has audience.

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#7

Post by joday » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 9:18 AM UTC

davidsmith8900 wrote: post #4

- Yeah I second that. I think the app will be nice, but I dont like being forced to log in with facebook neither. Can people just sign up?

My reasons for forcing Facebook login is to know more about my user in order to serve the relevant/personalize content. It's a chicken/egg situation... how to get around it?

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#8

Post by lukeholder » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 9:31 AM UTC

joday wrote: post #7

davidsmith8900 wrote: post #4

- Yeah I second that. I think the app will be nice, but I dont like being forced to log in with facebook neither. Can people just sign up?

My reasons for forcing Facebook login is to know more about my user in order to serve the relevant/personalize content. It's a chicken/egg situation... how to get around it?

I would suggest you simply ask the user for the information you need in order to give them something, then offer facebook as a simpler way to give them that.

I mean, if you are getting access to their FB accounts to see what they like, why not put 5 input boxes down the left side with something like "Name your 5 most favourite things" with a submit button.

On the right have something like: "Or sign in with facebook and save some time!"

If they like what they get with the inputs on the left, they are more likely to give you access to their facebook data to enjoy the experience more.

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#9

Post by alexyoung » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 9:32 AM UTC

Here's a small criticism: "uploaded to internet" is not cromulent

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#10

Post by pgsandstrom » Thu, Nov 14, 2013, 9:34 AM UTC

The text is mangled for me both in firefox and chrome. For some reason it looks okay in chrome incognito mode. It appears like this even with all extensions disabled.

"100_hours_of_videos_are_uploded_to_youtube_every_minute! which_one_would_you_atch?"