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There Are Now 200,000 People In Everyme (YC S11) Circles

34 points by olivercameron 15y ago

yesimahuman 15y ago
Interesting. Seems like something I've been wanting: a way to chat with just my very best friends and not worry about anyone else reading what we are saying or seeing what we post. It's hard to tell from the article whether this really is that app. I'll have to check it out.
achompas 15y ago
For those who haven't used Everyme: when you install the app, it asks you to link up your phone contacts (not stored on their server), FB, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts. I think it then identifies your most important contacts and places them into circles for you. My point? Of those 200k people in circles, only 24k have explicitly opted in: Specifically, he says that 24,000 people have created Everyme accounts. Because of the way Everyme is designed, that’s only a small part of its social footprint. The other ~175k, which includes my mom, dad, girlfriend, and brother, might not know Everyme actually exists. Everyme has been advertising very heavily (5by5, Daring Fireball) leading up to its launch, so I don't know if this is a win or not. At least they're putting on the full-court PR press--smart, given that they're selling a social network. Best of luck to them.
- pork 15y ago
  Thanks for the clarification. I suppose we're in a time of inflated usage numbers. Sigh...
- hristov 15y ago
  Great. You just ruined someone's billion dollar payday.
AznHisoka 15y ago
1) Create social network. Pitch to TC and tech blogs. 2) Spend loads of time hyping it. 3) ??? 4) Wait until Facebook or Google acquires you.
kurtvarner 15y ago
Every number in this article is a pure vanity metric. 200,000 "total audience" doesn't mean anything. Someone call Eric Ries.
- amirmc 15y ago
  Vanity numbers are only a problem if you, the company start believing they matter. They can be great when used as tools for generating hype and getting attention. I'd give the everyme guys the benefit of the doubt and assume there are other numbers they really care about.
dantiberian 15y ago
This was the key quote from the article for me. The question is: How many of those 200,000 people are actually engaging with Everyme, rather than just ignoring messages from the app? Cameron says it’s too soon to say, since not everyone is checking their email constantly.

34 points by olivercameron 15y ago

Interesting. Seems like something I've been wanting: a way to chat with just my very best friends and not worry about anyone else reading what we are saying or seeing what we post. It's hard to tell from the article whether this really is that app. I'll have to check it out.

achompas 15y ago

For those who haven't used Everyme: when you install the app, it asks you to link up your phone contacts (not stored on their server), FB, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts. I think it then identifies your most important contacts and places them into circles for you. My point? Of those 200k people in circles, only 24k have explicitly opted in: Specifically, he says that 24,000 people have created Everyme accounts. Because of the way Everyme is designed, that’s only a small part of its social footprint. The other ~175k, which includes my mom, dad, girlfriend, and brother, might not know Everyme actually exists. Everyme has been advertising very heavily (5by5, Daring Fireball) leading up to its launch, so I don't know if this is a win or not. At least they're putting on the full-court PR press--smart, given that they're selling a social network. Best of luck to them.

pork 15y ago
Thanks for the clarification. I suppose we're in a time of inflated usage numbers. Sigh...
hristov 15y ago
Great. You just ruined someone's billion dollar payday.

AznHisoka 15y ago

1) Create social network. Pitch to TC and tech blogs. 2) Spend loads of time hyping it. 3) ??? 4) Wait until Facebook or Google acquires you.

kurtvarner 15y ago

Every number in this article is a pure vanity metric. 200,000 "total audience" doesn't mean anything. Someone call Eric Ries.

amirmc 15y ago
Vanity numbers are only a problem if you, the company start believing they matter. They can be great when used as tools for generating hype and getting attention. I'd give the everyme guys the benefit of the doubt and assume there are other numbers they really care about.

dantiberian 15y ago

This was the key quote from the article for me. The question is: How many of those 200,000 people are actually engaging with Everyme, rather than just ignoring messages from the app? Cameron says it’s too soon to say, since not everyone is checking their email constantly.