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How We Went From Being Virtually Unknown to 3k Signups a Day in 5 Weeks Pt 2

45 points by dshipper 16y ago

JCB_K 16y ago
I like the idea, but you should be able to remove people from the map. There's always that funny guy in your friend list who fills in Timbuktu as the place they're living in.
- dshipper 16y ago
  Haha thanks for the suggestion I'm glad you enjoyed the post
  - narcissus 16y ago
    Can I make another suggestion, too, then (and also related to 'removing people')? I live halfway around the world from where I grew up, so most of my friends are either "back there" (childhood friends) or "over here" (friends I've made in the last few years). I'd love some way of just seeing friends that I grew up with that are now living relatively close to me, if that makes sense. As in, is there anyone nearby now that I grew up with? I don't know if it's possible, but seeing that on a map would be really cool and helpful, actually... Anyway, just a thought. Nice work, by the way.
    - dshipper 16y ago
      We'll definitely look into that it's a cool idea. We are looking around for some way to pivot WhereMyFriends so that could be a interesting direction
minalecs 16y ago
the site doesn't do anything, when i click on go to your map ?
- dshipper 16y ago
  Did you by chance already make an account in the past few days?
  - minalecs 16y ago
    no , first i've heard of it
younata 16y ago
"Mark had created a website called ThreeWords.Me which went very viral and he had posted to Hacker News asking for advice about how to keep his server up." I remember seeing that, anyone have a link to that Ask HN? Google isn't really helping me.
- Smerity 16y ago
  http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2051288 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2051288 Admittedly the mixture of punctuation plus the fact the page's name wasn't in the title would likely cause Google a fair chunk of confusion.
waterlesscloud 16y ago
I've seen this friend map on Facebook in the last few days and noted it as one of the very few naturally spreading apps I'd seen on FB of late. I think the last one was the "what writer are you" thing, which was also a HNer. The plural of anecdote is data, so my new assumption is that every viral app I see on FB is a HN project!
- dshipper 16y ago
  Thanks I'm glad you liked the app and definitely glad we can continue in the tradition of good Facebook apps from HN regulars

45 points by dshipper 16y ago

JCB_K 16y ago

I like the idea, but you should be able to remove people from the map. There's always that funny guy in your friend list who fills in Timbuktu as the place they're living in.

dshipper 16y ago
Haha thanks for the suggestion I'm glad you enjoyed the post
- narcissus 16y ago
  Can I make another suggestion, too, then (and also related to 'removing people')? I live halfway around the world from where I grew up, so most of my friends are either "back there" (childhood friends) or "over here" (friends I've made in the last few years). I'd love some way of just seeing friends that I grew up with that are now living relatively close to me, if that makes sense. As in, is there anyone nearby now that I grew up with? I don't know if it's possible, but seeing that on a map would be really cool and helpful, actually... Anyway, just a thought. Nice work, by the way.
  - dshipper 16y ago
    We'll definitely look into that it's a cool idea. We are looking around for some way to pivot WhereMyFriends so that could be a interesting direction

minalecs 16y ago

the site doesn't do anything, when i click on go to your map ?

dshipper 16y ago
Did you by chance already make an account in the past few days?
- minalecs 16y ago
  no , first i've heard of it

younata 16y ago

"Mark had created a website called ThreeWords.Me which went very viral and he had posted to Hacker News asking for advice about how to keep his server up." I remember seeing that, anyone have a link to that Ask HN? Google isn't really helping me.

Smerity 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2051288 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2051288 Admittedly the mixture of punctuation plus the fact the page's name wasn't in the title would likely cause Google a fair chunk of confusion.

waterlesscloud 16y ago

I've seen this friend map on Facebook in the last few days and noted it as one of the very few naturally spreading apps I'd seen on FB of late. I think the last one was the "what writer are you" thing, which was also a HNer. The plural of anecdote is data, so my new assumption is that every viral app I see on FB is a HN project!

dshipper 16y ago
Thanks I'm glad you liked the app and definitely glad we can continue in the tradition of good Facebook apps from HN regulars