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> Thoughts? Yes, one: this idea has no chance. Also it's been tried. App.net, diaspora, etc. If there aren't any people there there's no reason to join. If you

> Thoughts? Yes, one: this idea has no chance. Also it's been tried. App.net, diaspora, etc. If there aren't any people there there's no reason to join. If you think your engineering buddies will be the catalyst, look how well that's turned out for Google+, and Google+ is made by Google and they forced it down millions of people's throats and it's still not being used by normal people. You think selling it as "it can't be banned in Turkey" is going to be appealing to many people? This is how it's going to go down, you're going to make some minimal app, a few people will use it once and never check it again, then you get burned out and go back to fixing some problem in your day job.

peterkelly 13y ago
> You think selling it as "it can't be banned in Turkey" is going to be appealing to many people? It might in Turkey :) I'm aware these things are really, really hard to get off the ground. But if what you said was entirely true, there would be no new social networking services appear, ever. Among the thousands of efforts, every now and then one manages to become successful. Additional paragraph which seems to be cut off from all comments.
- yukichan 13y ago
  > But if what you said was entirely true, there would be no new social networking services appear, ever. I never said that. Obviously new social networks are being created through mobile apps, like whatsapp, because they fill a need that has nothing to do with your approach. There are already thousands of whatsapp, snapchat, etc clones so attempting to copy the first mover is going to be about as effective as you might imagine.