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Got super frustrating that my ability to even see how this site worked required me to drag my friends into this mess without their consent. I'm going to add so
by jmtame 14y ago
Got super frustrating that my ability to even see how this site worked required me to drag my friends into this mess without their consent.
I'm going to add some explanations to the home page, I definitely agree with you here. It's a lot of trust to let someone access your Facebook, and we are not trying to abuse that trust. Your friend only finds out if someone is interested in talking to them, and if they want to delete their profile, it's easy to do.
Your friend will never find out unless you enter their e-mail address. We don't contact your friends on your behalf, ever. You must allow us to do that explicitly.
And from what I can see, there's no way for me to specify which genders I'm actually interested in meeting.
I don't want to exclude anyone from using this service. We're so early, which is why the feedback really helps me. There are two different things you mentioned here: one is the ability to wing your friends who are not straight. This requires a better filter. I can build that. The other part is creating a profile for your friend and indicating their sexual orientation so that other people on the site can indicate interest. That's a little tricky, but that can be added.
I'm going to e-mail you and see if you'd be open to helping me get this right, or if you know any friends who would be.
- djcapelis 14y agoSure. I think your social thing is going to need a lot of work to feel comfortable to people though, but I'd be happy to talk about it when I have time to spare.
- jmtame 14y agoJust sent an e-mail, no need to reply. I'll reach out again after we've built this.
- steveklabnik 14y ago> That's a little tricky Ahh, the enthusiasm of a new startup. :) Relationships are such a spectrum that this part is actually really, really hard. OKC gets it mostly correct, which is one of the reasons they're really popular with that crowd.
- chacham15 14y ago> Frankly, the most valuable antidote to schlep blindness is probably ignorance. Most successful founders would probably say that if they'd known when they were starting their company about the obstacles they'd have to overcome, they might never have started it. -pg I know its considered a bit tacky to quote pg, but I am not as eloquent as he.
- jmtame 14y agoI've done multiple startups at this point, so I'm not as ignorant as you would suspect. Sometimes I wonder why I still do startups. I know exactly what I'm getting myself into, the only reason I'm willing to take it on is because I felt the pain from the end of my last relationship, followed by the pain of trying online dating. It's something I genuinely want to solve, and I know that it won't be easy. "User growth" will flatline next week. Engagement will be low. But we're going to figure it out.
- chacham15 14y agoThats the attitude, I wish you the best of luck!