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Well my signup screen (first thing the user sees) has a background photo of a night life party to set the tone. Maybe I should make it darkmode themed to set th

Well my signup screen (first thing the user sees) has a background photo of a night life party to set the tone. Maybe I should make it darkmode themed to set the tone more but I don't want to discourage people using this to meet up for coffee. I strongly agree though, lots of hard work will be needed to be put in culture.

rdtwo 6y ago
I don’t think there is currently any danger of anybody using it for anything.
rblatz 6y ago
Why are you forcing singup? Skip that, make it optional. When people are invited to an event send them a unique link tied to their email/phone number/WhatsApp or whatever. Create a long lived cookie that identifies them as that user. If someone really wants to create an account with a login and password let them, but don’t make them create yet another account to manage. Edit: Also as you build the graph out, consider making all events private by default, and providing a what’s up feature that would let your friends/clique/circle/squad or whatever you are calling it know you are looking for plans tonight. Then let them opt you into visibility for their evening plans.
- ryansam 6y ago
  Well there is a signup wall however it's "Sign in with Google" or "Sign in with Apple". For now it's iPhone only so by default everyone already has an account (after hitting the Apple button). Once on android I think Google is the default for that as well. Also I could use their APIs to send links to people who don't have the app.
  - rblatz 6y ago
    Obviously your long term goal is to get an app on your users phone. But today you need to build a base of users and get a network effect going. That’s going to be extremely hard. Any barriers to getting someone using your platform should be torn down. Requiring an app is a barrier. Find a way to build a web version of this to show value and get people to choose to install the app.

rdtwo 6y ago

I don’t think there is currently any danger of anybody using it for anything.

rblatz 6y ago

Why are you forcing singup? Skip that, make it optional. When people are invited to an event send them a unique link tied to their email/phone number/WhatsApp or whatever. Create a long lived cookie that identifies them as that user. If someone really wants to create an account with a login and password let them, but don’t make them create yet another account to manage. Edit: Also as you build the graph out, consider making all events private by default, and providing a what’s up feature that would let your friends/clique/circle/squad or whatever you are calling it know you are looking for plans tonight. Then let them opt you into visibility for their evening plans.

ryansam 6y ago
Well there is a signup wall however it's "Sign in with Google" or "Sign in with Apple". For now it's iPhone only so by default everyone already has an account (after hitting the Apple button). Once on android I think Google is the default for that as well. Also I could use their APIs to send links to people who don't have the app.
- rblatz 6y ago
  Obviously your long term goal is to get an app on your users phone. But today you need to build a base of users and get a network effect going. That’s going to be extremely hard. Any barriers to getting someone using your platform should be torn down. Requiring an app is a barrier. Find a way to build a web version of this to show value and get people to choose to install the app.