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Wow. You had just what I had in mind. I created Strangers for Dinner to that extent. We've had about 4 dinner parties so far and they were pretty amazing. The
by chewxy 14y ago
Wow. You had just what I had in mind. I created Strangers for Dinner to that extent. We've had about 4 dinner parties so far and they were pretty amazing.
The amount of conversation you get with strangers, learning more about different people.
Hope I don't sound too self-promotional, but you can check out Strangers for Dinner: http://strangersfordinner.com http://strangersfordinner.com
- yequalsx 14y agoNice website. Would love to check it out but I don't use Facebook. I really don't understand why websites don't have alternative means of creating an account. It's worth considering that people who are more likely to use such a site might be more introverted than the average person and perhaps less likely to have a Facebook account.
- chewxy 14y agoWe actually target INTJ and INTP people for Strangers for Dinner. And yes, we're looking to move away from Facebook, but right now, Facebook has a wealth of information about a user. Our system can make heuristic guesses (and validate that you're a real person) about your interests by using Facebook, so it's gonna be difficult to replace for the time being. Sorry about your non-experience with SfD
- benmccann 14y agoWhy target INTJ and INTP? Do you do anything on the site to verify the personality type? I thought it was a bit weird you used Pyongyang as the default. If you had picked any other foreign city I would have assumed it was a foreign website and given up then. Probably better to leave blank (I had to delete Pyongyang, so this would have saved me typing) or fill in using IP geolocation.
- chewxy 14y agono we don't verify personality types. That'd be creepy. I started SfD for a personal reason (in fact I posted it here at HN first saying I didn't have friends). People like me would be my target audience, I decided. Them extroverts have enough friends already. I used Pyongyang as a form of negging. The idea was to use repugnance to force people to change the form. There is a IP geolocation version coming out really soon (as well as other features)
- HaloZero 14y agoHow do I finish filling out the profile? Apparently I can't respond to "Bring a plus one" to the party?
- chewxy 14y agoIf you click on the Plus One button it will toggle and automatically save the status. This is a clear usability issue. Do you have any suggestions on how to fix it?
- achristoffersen 14y agoVery nice, for what little I can see. One of those loonies who have deleted my facebook account. I have twitter, openID etc.