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Why, do you find that very surprising? I've done some birding on and off and I know that many birders are very passionate about what they do and would love to s

by raghus 18y ago

Why, do you find that very surprising? I've done some birding on and off and I know that many birders are very passionate about what they do and would love to sync up and go to a particular spot where some rare bird has been sighted - and what better way than some website/social network kind of thingy to keep up-to-date and share stories and photos?

axod 18y ago
Call me stupid, but how would it make money? It's not big enough to go mainstream advertising revenue,... what do bird watchers buy? I don't know, maybe they are so passionate they would pay for membership. It just seems like a niche inside a niche inside a niche to me.
- raghus 18y ago
  I certainly don't mean to say you're even remotely 'stupid'. It's just that I've been a birder so I know that this is an enthusiastic group and wanted to share that perspective. As for what they buy, they do buy a bunch of things like books, binos, recorders, clothes, travel to those places etc. etc. I have no idea if this particular TC50 company will execute well. And even if they do, whether they'll make any money at all. But you seemed to be questioning the very premise of such a site and I think you should reconsider that. Birding is not that small a niche within a niche... Perhaps a site for Latvian poetry that was written after the Soviet Occupation but before Gorbachev - that's a niche! Not birdwatching.
  - axod 18y ago
    Sure, I could be wrong. It just seemed to stick out a bit. Do you think a social news site for birdwatching would be a hot acquisition target? or get a few million funding? or turnover millions in revenue? I don't know about birdwatching... maybe everyone apart from me is doing it and spending a lot of money on it :)
    - raghus 18y ago
      Do you think a social news site for birdwatching would be a hot acquisition target? or get a few million funding? or turnover millions in revenue? - I have no idea. You might be right after all. I do think that if well executed, it is in the category of something people (birders) want. When I was into it, I bought a few books, a nice pair of binoculars, took a trip to a National Park in the north of India in the middle of winter and often woke up at daybreak to watch birds. That last thing required real commitment. I guess we'll leave it at that.
      - axod 18y ago
        Sure... I wasn't meaning bird watching was in any way not cool, or a waste of time, but as I say it stood out on the techcrunch list for me :)
bigbang 18y ago
Doesnt ning or FB communities exist for niche social networks? I do lot of stuff Im passionate about, but its hard for me to create a profile for each one of them.

by raghus 18y ago

axod 18y ago

Call me stupid, but how would it make money? It's not big enough to go mainstream advertising revenue,... what do bird watchers buy? I don't know, maybe they are so passionate they would pay for membership. It just seems like a niche inside a niche inside a niche to me.

raghus 18y ago
I certainly don't mean to say you're even remotely 'stupid'. It's just that I've been a birder so I know that this is an enthusiastic group and wanted to share that perspective. As for what they buy, they do buy a bunch of things like books, binos, recorders, clothes, travel to those places etc. etc. I have no idea if this particular TC50 company will execute well. And even if they do, whether they'll make any money at all. But you seemed to be questioning the very premise of such a site and I think you should reconsider that. Birding is not that small a niche within a niche... Perhaps a site for Latvian poetry that was written after the Soviet Occupation but before Gorbachev - that's a niche! Not birdwatching.
- axod 18y ago
  Sure, I could be wrong. It just seemed to stick out a bit. Do you think a social news site for birdwatching would be a hot acquisition target? or get a few million funding? or turnover millions in revenue? I don't know about birdwatching... maybe everyone apart from me is doing it and spending a lot of money on it :)
  - raghus 18y ago
    Do you think a social news site for birdwatching would be a hot acquisition target? or get a few million funding? or turnover millions in revenue? - I have no idea. You might be right after all. I do think that if well executed, it is in the category of something people (birders) want. When I was into it, I bought a few books, a nice pair of binoculars, took a trip to a National Park in the north of India in the middle of winter and often woke up at daybreak to watch birds. That last thing required real commitment. I guess we'll leave it at that.
    - axod 18y ago
      Sure... I wasn't meaning bird watching was in any way not cool, or a waste of time, but as I say it stood out on the techcrunch list for me :)

bigbang 18y ago

Doesnt ning or FB communities exist for niche social networks? I do lot of stuff Im passionate about, but its hard for me to create a profile for each one of them.