I recently did some research on sites like this and one of the oldest ones I found was "Yo You Want To" from 2009. It was basically the same as the others, but

I recently did some research on sites like this and one of the oldest ones I found was "Yo You Want To" from 2009. It was basically the same as the others, but what was really interesting was finding analysis of why it and all the similar services since haven't made it by the founder in a comment: Nikhil Nirmel · Lawdingo Founder I, too, started a site like this for college kids back in the day (perhaps the first one. See: http://columbiaspectator.com/2009/11/04/columbia-students-say-yo-new-meet-site http://columbiaspectator.com/2009/11/04/columbia-students-sa...). This idea doesn't work. The primary reasons are: 1 - there's not sufficient motivation among people (let alone busy college students) to meet for platonic reasons. Either there's a prospect of clothes coming off, or there isn't interest. 2 - It requires, right out of the gate, a high proportion of students to be on it. It does the app not good if it has ten thousand users spread across 1000 schools. 3 - The time-based expiration means that there has to be huge number of requests posted; a lull in activity will mean there's no content, thus discouraging future activity. 4 - No good way to monetize. No virality since. 5 - And perhaps the biggest problem: even if all of these things were solved, it doesn't add more utility that mere messaging or group messaging. http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/30/google-asks-if-you-are-down/?fb_comment_id=950961164964557_954475077946499 http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/30/google-asks-if-you-are-down...