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Very interesting concept, almost reminds me of a community -- sharing files and talking about them between users. I think the biggest trouble you will run into

Very interesting concept, almost reminds me of a community -- sharing files and talking about them between users. I think the biggest trouble you will run into is that unless a file is very popular, you may not have any people at all in most chatrooms, which would make it seem like the community was pretty empty. You also have to think about how people download files -- are they coming to your site to download files, or are they coming for the community? On forums, people will chat with other users, and then share files. But when people are looking to upload/download files, I don't know how often they are looking for a community.

robinduckett 16y ago
> Very interesting concept, almost reminds me of a community -- sharing files and talking about them between users. Exactly what I'm going for. > I think the biggest trouble you will run into is that unless a file is very popular, you may not have any people at all in most chatrooms, which would make it seem like the community was pretty empty. I think the way to solve this issue would to have notifications for anyone who has downloaded the file that there's been activity in the room. The system I've will save all activity forever, so it's not going to be an IRC type situation where all logs are lost unless a third party saves it. > You also have to think about how people download files -- are they coming to your site to download files, or are they coming for the community? On forums, people will chat with other users, and then share files. But when people are looking to upload/download files, I don't know how often they are looking for a community. I admit, when I'm downloading a file, I get annoyed by the "please wait 30 seconds to look at our advertising and whilst we pop up crap in the background", and I never want it to become the kind of situation here. I'm thinking of people who are uploading a group of files, say a collection of pixel art, and want feedback on what they've done. I realise this can be easily achieved by a forum but I think this idea is novel enough to not replace the forum, but become an alternate method of communicating in-situ with the subject matter.

robinduckett 16y ago

> Very interesting concept, almost reminds me of a community -- sharing files and talking about them between users. Exactly what I'm going for. > I think the biggest trouble you will run into is that unless a file is very popular, you may not have any people at all in most chatrooms, which would make it seem like the community was pretty empty. I think the way to solve this issue would to have notifications for anyone who has downloaded the file that there's been activity in the room. The system I've will save all activity forever, so it's not going to be an IRC type situation where all logs are lost unless a third party saves it. > You also have to think about how people download files -- are they coming to your site to download files, or are they coming for the community? On forums, people will chat with other users, and then share files. But when people are looking to upload/download files, I don't know how often they are looking for a community. I admit, when I'm downloading a file, I get annoyed by the "please wait 30 seconds to look at our advertising and whilst we pop up crap in the background", and I never want it to become the kind of situation here. I'm thinking of people who are uploading a group of files, say a collection of pixel art, and want feedback on what they've done. I realise this can be easily achieved by a forum but I think this idea is novel enough to not replace the forum, but become an alternate method of communicating in-situ with the subject matter.