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Interested in Search? Ark is hiring (YC W12)(ark.com)
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Hiring for Chief Technology Officer - Ark (YC W12)(ark.com)
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Chief Technology Officer(ark.com)
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by priley 14y ago
So impressive. You guys execute like a freight train. Keep it up.
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by priley 14y ago
I'm sorry you think we are overly ambitious. Zuck was very demonstratively inspired and confident (see below), and we are all better off that we was.
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by priley 14y ago
Why do you guys think that? I received this email in 2004 from TheFacebook.com founders encouraging me to join their team. " - Thefacebook.com is one of the hottest new websites. - Our numbers are some of the best on the Internet: 1.5-2 bi
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by priley 14y ago
Thanks! But we feel like we are only 1% done. Our team has confidence in what we can accomplish... now it's just a matter of execution and having smart hackers on the team.
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by priley 14y ago
We were just messing with you guys (Causes). ;) You can have your 4sq mayorship back. We initially were trying to enable people to connect based on similar charity interests. It's still available and people still use it. We just broade
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by priley 14y ago
I can certainly see it both ways. Thanks for the link and discussion guys. It's valuable for those just starting to make these kinds of decisions.
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by priley 14y ago
Absolutely correct. We are using the Graph API. The magic comes with you do link analysis and cluster it with other public data.
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Ark (YC W12) raises big seed round(allthingsd.com)
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Mashable: Ark (YC W12) Beats Facebook, Google at People Search(mashable.com)
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by priley 15y ago
It was a little of both. ;) Hey... everyone... I just wanted to thank you for all your comments about our new search engine! This community has such great insight and I just really appreciate the support with Ark. It has been an exhausti
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by priley 15y ago
:) Ha.
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by priley 15y ago
I agree.. but again, it starts with a "name" input field. Many of the interesting searches are where you know qualities of people, but no idea about their name. It's x10 more powerful than pipl.
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by priley 15y ago
Pretty fancy detective work there. :) Our beta users felt more "confident" with this design, data layout, probably because they were used to a similar mental model with FB.
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by priley 15y ago
Great point! Just as Google first thought they were badass with "1 million pages" indexed, we realize we are just getting started. We'll add more social networks in the future. :)
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by priley 15y ago
I think what he means which of your friends are single AND live in New York AND like Radiohead. Search only gets interesting when you learn how to power search, and Ark is that power people search.
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by priley 15y ago
Great question. So, there are two parts of Ark: 1) Massive index that spans across all the world's social networks. This publicly accessible data is normalized, cleansed, etc. 2) You can make a "private" index of just your friends. This
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by priley 15y ago
True.. but they all use public records. Use one of these services and find all your friends and old classmates that live in New York. And their UI makes you start by typing a name... we reimagined and redesigned what people search could be
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by priley 15y ago
Greplin is awesome and Daniel's team is super impressive. But they focus and index on all your private data like messages, emails, etc. We are trying to improve the 30% of internet searches online that are people-related. I love how you
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by priley 15y ago
The story is actually a great one, and will be told someday. I'll save it for the book that is turned into a movie about how I made Ark just because I wanted to be as cool as a crew guy.
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by priley 15y ago
Great point. We'd love to completely open up and allow you to search without authenticating, but part of the app allows you to setup a private index of all the private data of your Facebook friends. We need to scale that out a little. But
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Ark (YC W12) launches a modern people search engine(techcrunch.com)
132 points by priley 15y ago|53 comments
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Ark.com: A Powerful New Social Network for Social Change(blogs.forbes.com)
3 points by priley 15y ago|0 comments