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This made me realise that I want Tinder but for arbitrary content and able to be shared via links - photos, restaurants, date and times, or whatever. Create a

by strken 1y ago

This made me realise that I want Tinder but for arbitrary content and able to be shared via links - photos, restaurants, date and times, or whatever. Create a Google Drive folder for your trip photos, sync it with OAuth, send a link to your group chat, and share the ones that everyone liked.

HSO 1y ago
This would actually be a really good idea except it´s 100% this will be abused in no time and a cesspool of disgusting or disturbing pics "for lulz" On the other hand, arent infinite socmedia scrolls not already this but for the ux? with the like or bookmark serving as your right scroll?
- stavros 1y ago
  I don't think the OP meant for this to be public, probably something only for a private group.
blendaddict 1y ago
Isn't that just TikTok and TikTok share button?
- samrus 1y ago
  But the original idea is to crowdsource preference data and only publish the liked ones. Like screen testing a movie with a focus group. Tiktok doesnt really do that do they? Can yiu access interaction data from tiktok?
  - Mashimo 1y ago
    But most chats like discord / signal / telegram / fb messenger(?) can already react to images you send. Just send them in your group chat, then upload the ones with the most reaction.
    - samrus 1y ago
      Its almost there. The difference is the tinder like UX of swiping to input approval data, and being able to programmatically export the approval data so other apps can use it without you having to do it manually Its not impossible that those chat platforms can make plugins to do this. But theyd definitely have to build it
  - arghwhat 1y ago
    So a feed of links, videos, pictures or text shared by people that others could somehow vote on emphasize popularity, showing the most voted content on some form of easily accessible landing page... I feel like I have heard this idea before.
    - samrus 1y ago
      I know you think its just social media smartass, but the guy specifically mentioned getting the opinions of a private group, and exporting the data so as to post the best photos on a completely seperate platform. Its not social media, its kinda similar, but not public, and its main goal is to export the approval data to be used elsewhere. No ones supposed to keep scrolling on it
      - blendaddict 1y ago
        I know that the youtuber james scholz (jvscholz) mentioned recently that he is working on developing such a project. It even had a landing page. I can't find the link again however and would have to click through all his youtube videos.
      - arghwhat 1y ago
        I'm being sarcastic because Hacker News itself, and more generally Reddit, fits that exact description.
Buttons840 1y ago
How about Tinder that shows content instead of pictures of your date, and then sets up dates with people who like similar content.
- JoBrad 1y ago
  A lot of guys would be matched…and maybe find some new friends.
  - Buttons840 1y ago
    Actually, such an app could match people for non-romantic dates.
- 9rx 1y ago
  Then people would form meaningful relationships and have no reason to keep returning to your app after the first few minutes of engagement. That is not going to keep the VCs happy.
  - wizzwizz4 1y ago
    Then don't make it VC-funded: make it a charitable foundation or worker-owned cooperative or something.
    - 9rx 1y ago
      All joking aside, if you were to make a charitable foundation or worker-owned co-op, how would you overcome the same challenge software itself has? — Letting the world know it exists. Anyone can code up an application over a weekend. That isn't the problem. VC money is for use in letting everyone else know that you created it. Long, long gone is the age where you could throw something up on the App Store and see the masses flock to it. It takes serious resources to get the word out nowadays. Of course, there is nothing wrong with building software just for yourself. Not everything has to be shouted on every rooftop. But this specific type of software doesn't work so well if you are the only one using it.
pwdisswordfishz 1y ago
What do you do when every restaurant swipes left on you?
lesuorac 1y ago
StumbleUpon2? > StumbleUpon was a website, browser extension, toolbar, and mobile app with a "Stumble!" button that, when pushed, opened a semi-random website or video that matched the user's interests, similar to a random web search engine.[1] Users were able to filter results by type of content and were able to discuss such webpages via virtual communities and to rate such webpages via like buttons. StumbleUpon was shut down in June 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon
- SketchySeaBeast 1y ago
  I really loved StumbleUpon, but I fear reviving it would lead to nothing but inorganic traffic and malware.
  - kedean 1y ago
    I also fear that the centralization of the web to a handful of websites has made a revival impossible. If 80% of your stumbles are just reddit posts or imgur links, whats the point?
    - Izkata 1y ago
      That you can exclude them? People seem to have forgotten StumbleUpon had a pretty decent configuration page where you had to manually select what topics you were interested in, and that submitting new pages wasn't as simple as just submitting the URL. On top of that, I'm pretty sure I remember a "block this domain" option if you clicked the arrow next to the thumbs down: https://i.sstatic.net/VLS4c.png https://i.sstatic.net/VLS4c.png
  - Cthulhu_ 1y ago
    It'd only work today if it was hand-curated and every submission continuously checked in case the underlying page was altered. That said, it would work. Whether it would be financially viable is another matter, but going for profitability is ruining a lot of fun.
- epiccoleman 1y ago
ecolonsmak 1y ago
I built a small throwaway project that's kinda like that. https://flipr.social/ https://flipr.social/ I should add the links for sharing as a feature update.

by strken 1y ago

HSO 1y ago

This would actually be a really good idea except it´s 100% this will be abused in no time and a cesspool of disgusting or disturbing pics "for lulz" On the other hand, arent infinite socmedia scrolls not already this but for the ux? with the like or bookmark serving as your right scroll?

stavros 1y ago
I don't think the OP meant for this to be public, probably something only for a private group.

blendaddict 1y ago

Isn't that just TikTok and TikTok share button?

samrus 1y ago
But the original idea is to crowdsource preference data and only publish the liked ones. Like screen testing a movie with a focus group. Tiktok doesnt really do that do they? Can yiu access interaction data from tiktok?
- Mashimo 1y ago
  But most chats like discord / signal / telegram / fb messenger(?) can already react to images you send. Just send them in your group chat, then upload the ones with the most reaction.
  - samrus 1y ago
    Its almost there. The difference is the tinder like UX of swiping to input approval data, and being able to programmatically export the approval data so other apps can use it without you having to do it manually Its not impossible that those chat platforms can make plugins to do this. But theyd definitely have to build it
- arghwhat 1y ago
  So a feed of links, videos, pictures or text shared by people that others could somehow vote on emphasize popularity, showing the most voted content on some form of easily accessible landing page... I feel like I have heard this idea before.
  - samrus 1y ago
    I know you think its just social media smartass, but the guy specifically mentioned getting the opinions of a private group, and exporting the data so as to post the best photos on a completely seperate platform. Its not social media, its kinda similar, but not public, and its main goal is to export the approval data to be used elsewhere. No ones supposed to keep scrolling on it
    - blendaddict 1y ago
      I know that the youtuber james scholz (jvscholz) mentioned recently that he is working on developing such a project. It even had a landing page. I can't find the link again however and would have to click through all his youtube videos.
    - arghwhat 1y ago
      I'm being sarcastic because Hacker News itself, and more generally Reddit, fits that exact description.

Buttons840 1y ago

How about Tinder that shows content instead of pictures of your date, and then sets up dates with people who like similar content.

JoBrad 1y ago
A lot of guys would be matched…and maybe find some new friends.
- Buttons840 1y ago
  Actually, such an app could match people for non-romantic dates.
9rx 1y ago
Then people would form meaningful relationships and have no reason to keep returning to your app after the first few minutes of engagement. That is not going to keep the VCs happy.
- wizzwizz4 1y ago
  Then don't make it VC-funded: make it a charitable foundation or worker-owned cooperative or something.
  - 9rx 1y ago
    All joking aside, if you were to make a charitable foundation or worker-owned co-op, how would you overcome the same challenge software itself has? — Letting the world know it exists. Anyone can code up an application over a weekend. That isn't the problem. VC money is for use in letting everyone else know that you created it. Long, long gone is the age where you could throw something up on the App Store and see the masses flock to it. It takes serious resources to get the word out nowadays. Of course, there is nothing wrong with building software just for yourself. Not everything has to be shouted on every rooftop. But this specific type of software doesn't work so well if you are the only one using it.

pwdisswordfishz 1y ago

What do you do when every restaurant swipes left on you?

lesuorac 1y ago

StumbleUpon2? > StumbleUpon was a website, browser extension, toolbar, and mobile app with a "Stumble!" button that, when pushed, opened a semi-random website or video that matched the user's interests, similar to a random web search engine.[1] Users were able to filter results by type of content and were able to discuss such webpages via virtual communities and to rate such webpages via like buttons. StumbleUpon was shut down in June 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon

SketchySeaBeast 1y ago
I really loved StumbleUpon, but I fear reviving it would lead to nothing but inorganic traffic and malware.
- kedean 1y ago
  I also fear that the centralization of the web to a handful of websites has made a revival impossible. If 80% of your stumbles are just reddit posts or imgur links, whats the point?
  - Izkata 1y ago
    That you can exclude them? People seem to have forgotten StumbleUpon had a pretty decent configuration page where you had to manually select what topics you were interested in, and that submitting new pages wasn't as simple as just submitting the URL. On top of that, I'm pretty sure I remember a "block this domain" option if you clicked the arrow next to the thumbs down: https://i.sstatic.net/VLS4c.png https://i.sstatic.net/VLS4c.png
- Cthulhu_ 1y ago
  It'd only work today if it was hand-curated and every submission continuously checked in case the underlying page was altered. That said, it would work. Whether it would be financially viable is another matter, but going for profitability is ruining a lot of fun.
epiccoleman 1y ago

ecolonsmak 1y ago

I built a small throwaway project that's kinda like that. https://flipr.social/ https://flipr.social/ I should add the links for sharing as a feature update.