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Ask HN: What do you expect from a Facebook 'killer'?
recently me and my friends are working on a new startup, and we have tons of great things lined up for the folks, yet as i acknowledge.. its wise to ask the people who matter.. to as what do they expect from a new age social networking site which the current generation lack.
please submit valuable suggestions
please feel free to submit any other query, i will try to answer to them as well.
- genezeta 15y agoI expect it to appear one day and be something people want. I don't expect it to be something which comes out of asking people what is it that they want. No offense intended. Just being sincere.
- naf 15y agoLess clutter, an easier way to choose with who I want to share, a dislike button, possibility to comment on page likes (they removed that feature), an algorithm that filters the stuff that's irrelevant to me (f.e. farmville spam, fanpage posts, ...), a cleaner frontpage, a better distinction between groups and lists, no flood of e-mails, better family relationship options, ... The list is endless.
- narag 15y agoPrivacy. Thus a business model that doesn't require crushing it. Truly separate groups. Easy file sharing. That's all folks.
- dextorious 15y ago"""What do you expect from a Facebook 'killer'?""" I expect him to be some disturbed individual targeting Facebook users, befriending them, and them sending them messages to lure them somewhere where he kills them and/or makes unspeakable things to them.
- rikacomet 15y agoat narag, yes that's part of our model from the very start, privacy privacy and privacy! i would be happy to share the first look with my fellow HN users :) cheers! to the person below, yes, there are a lot of things we acknowledge and i mentioned it as well, well it was a bit vague of me to say we want suggestions, so let me rephrase it we are looking for suggestions that would not come easily to someone's mind, something on a advanced level. as for the dislike button, the one reason it does not exist on facebook, is that it raises concerns about hurting others easily. it would lead to a lot of negative vibes, and lot of people will hate to have a dislike button. simply putting it, you don't need to tell someone you dislike the way they look, just don't praise them and your message is heard in a way that doesn't hurt their feelings. yet, its possible to have a dislike button in a limited environment, like you can dislike a Bill like SOPA, you can dislike a public figure(they are public figures because majority of people like them already), you can dislike a faminine or disease.. or can dislike something as simple as 'waking up early in the morning' :P to the 3rd respondent: yes hoping is a good thing that some good change will come about, but if its around the corner, we need to have the wit to recognize our hero that we have been waiting for . just saying. ps: no offense taken. Note: i posted this hear, because i feel HN is a place where good minds collaborate, and i believe in the old saying and fact " gold is found underground " looking forward to more replies ^^
- genezeta 15y agoI guess I might have misunderstood the idea. It seems, for "Facebook killer" you understand "a better Facebook" or "a site similar to FB but with some stuff done better". I replied as I did, because I don't think a "Facebook killer" would be so similar to Facebook. If you ask about "Facebook but better", the only answers you'll get will always have FB as a basis. If you want to think about something that can have the power to replace Facebook, you'd be better off not thinking about it as FB but better. IMHO, you want a FB killer will be something which is explicitly different from Facebook.