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Show HN: a social network conducted entirely through email
- revorad 15y agoWouldn't you get a ton of spam?
- tci22 15y agoIt is likely...but we don't want to weed emails in order to preserve the experience. You're still gonna get a lot of insightful discussion. But unfortunately, spam would come with the territory.
- bricestacey 15y agoI think you underestimate the sheer volume of spam.
- tci22 15y agoAdditionally, you could choose to just communicate with whomever the sender of the email is if you find their email interesting.
- kunday 15y agoUnderstandable. Wouldn't that mean that spam will roll very quickly to many email accounts? Wouldn't spam engines start picking up application emails as spam emails(assuming once some discussion goes rogue with spammers the email receivers mark the conversation as spam)? Or am i missing something here.
- tci22 15y agoThanks for your response. Just select from those email address that hold potential for interesting discussion and communicate with them directly. Forwarding enables you to pick and choose from people dropping in to comment on the topic.
- kunday 15y agoCool. It does bring a new way of discussion to the table. But was wondering what would normally be an users behaviour? You could selectively reply to it, mute it or mark it as spam. Any trends data you got so far to throw light on this?
- tci22 15y agoHonestly, only a couple people have emailed in so I can't offer you anything concrete. The goal is for users to reply to the forwards so that anyone involved in the topic is updated.
- athst 15y agoStock wordpress install? Come on guys
- tci22 15y agoyep, it's a bare-bones design. The purpose if for you to communicate through email with other users. The blog is merely for posting topics.
- tci22 15y agofrom the forwards, select those email addresses you wish to communicate with, and ignore the spam email addresses
- agileqr 15y agoActually, I totally applaud these guys for getting their MVP out quickly via WordPress to get to what matters most - finding out what users/customers want!
- Harkins 15y agoYou really need an example on the homepage. I read the opening description and still don't feel like I understand how it works. What kind of mail would I get? Would I be able to turn it off? You say 'social network' - so, do I have friends, or is this just a public discussion forum?
- tci22 15y agoI would suggest you set up a throwaway yahoo email and email the site. I understand it may be confusing but all discussion happens through email and the focus shouldn't be the homepage. We can demo thru email once you set up a throwaway account. In addition, you can use the throwaway email to actually use the site if you have an aversion to using your personal email.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoThat's asking me for a lot of effort without giving me much of a reason.
- tci22 15y agoThe concept of the site, or the description of the site? What seems taxing?
- pavel_lishin 15y agoHaving to set up a throwaway e-mail account to try out your service, without an explanation of how it works, first. Yes, it's easy. No, I don't want to have to do it.
- tci22 15y agoUm...okay
- Skywing 15y agoThere is still a ton of information that you could provide to the new users visiting your home page. It is your job to convince the users to send that first email. Suggesting that people create throw away email accounts does not sound like the best user on-boarding process. This is where examples, or better descriptions on your home page would help.
- orenmazor 15y agoI can't wait for the social network that's conducted entirely through beer at a pub.
- tci22 15y agoOh lord...
- agileqr 15y agoThat would be pretty sweet!
- orenmazor 15y agoright? instead of 'poking' girls you like, you can buy them a drink.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoI think Apple is coming out with it next month, it's called iDrink.
- agileqr 15y agoInteresting. I found myself reluctant to start using this just because of the fact that I'd have to use an e-mail address, but I ended up submitting a topic anyway from one of my secondary e-mail accounts, just because I'm interested in participating in new ideas. I do wonder though, how many people who would otherwise try out the service, are stopped in their tracks due to the mandatory e-mail aspect?
- tci22 15y agoThank you for your response and thanks for checking the service out. It may be prohibitive for many people who do rely on a personal email account rather than a secondary one.
- agilefoster 15y agoWhat problem is this attempting to solve?
- tci22 15y agoNone at all. Just communicate via email (per the website instruction) and get tips ($) for interesting discussion.