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Actually, I've never used chatterous, so I guess that wasn't me. Curious what you were discussing, though! Which main problems were you thinking of?

ErrantX 17y ago
That's interesting - there was a guy on last night that was asking peoples opinions on trying to tap the wedding planning market... The main problem that was pointed out is that your dealing with a very emotional point in someones life. Or as Troy Simpson noted last night (accurately): > its something about how society projects it as the 'most important day of your life' that makes everyone involved really demanding and evil At the end of the day if something your building interrupts the process or screws up to "spoil things" (using that term loosely - with the emotions involved spoiled could have a very diverse/off-the-wall meaning) then you could end up being blamed... However it was also pointed out people are willing to lavish money on weddings - so if is has value people are very likely to pay :D I guess it's a perfect example of taking the rough with the smooth! (the history of last nights, very brief, chat is here: http://www.chatterous.com/hnyc/history/ http://www.chatterous.com/hnyc/history/) EDIT: I'd like to add I love the idea btw! One thing about weddings is their one of the few mass-family and inter-family "joy" occasions. Lots of people together having fun. Now that more and more people are online and interacting it's a great opportunity to extend the "fun" either side of the wedding day too.
- midnightmonster 17y ago
  I'll just have to make sure the site doesn't screw up :-) As far as planning, I see my project as facilitating some forms of it in a very lightweight way--not a "serious" planning app. I'm going for beautiful, fun, informative, and friendly. The convergence of interest in this space is--interesting! I just got an email from someone saying he'd like to help, except he's working on a competitor.

ErrantX 17y ago

That's interesting - there was a guy on last night that was asking peoples opinions on trying to tap the wedding planning market... The main problem that was pointed out is that your dealing with a very emotional point in someones life. Or as Troy Simpson noted last night (accurately): > its something about how society projects it as the 'most important day of your life' that makes everyone involved really demanding and evil At the end of the day if something your building interrupts the process or screws up to "spoil things" (using that term loosely - with the emotions involved spoiled could have a very diverse/off-the-wall meaning) then you could end up being blamed... However it was also pointed out people are willing to lavish money on weddings - so if is has value people are very likely to pay :D I guess it's a perfect example of taking the rough with the smooth! (the history of last nights, very brief, chat is here: http://www.chatterous.com/hnyc/history/ http://www.chatterous.com/hnyc/history/) EDIT: I'd like to add I love the idea btw! One thing about weddings is their one of the few mass-family and inter-family "joy" occasions. Lots of people together having fun. Now that more and more people are online and interacting it's a great opportunity to extend the "fun" either side of the wedding day too.

midnightmonster 17y ago
I'll just have to make sure the site doesn't screw up :-) As far as planning, I see my project as facilitating some forms of it in a very lightweight way--not a "serious" planning app. I'm going for beautiful, fun, informative, and friendly. The convergence of interest in this space is--interesting! I just got an email from someone saying he'd like to help, except he's working on a competitor.