[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":480},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-18240755":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":48,"post_text":50,"what":51,"said":84,"maker_in_thread":235,"shape":247,"grid":251,"attempts":442,"same_week":443,"maker_shows":41,"maker_hidden":472,"reader_version":473,"card":474},"18240755","Coffee Chat","Trade your expertise","title","Show HN: Coffee Chat – Trade your expertise","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coffeechat.app","coffeechat.app","lw",1539794089,2018,182,78,206,2155,10,"notable","consumer_social","peer knowledge exchange","mobile_app",[24,25,26,27],"expert matching","skill exchange","coffee chat","peer advice","mixed",-0.157,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},7,18,4,14,43,{"execution":37,"docs":40,"idea":42,"design":44,"performance":45,"pricing":46,"privacy":47},{"positive":38,"critical":39},0,2,{"positive":39,"critical":41},1,{"positive":43,"critical":33},3,{"positive":38,"critical":39},{"positive":38,"critical":41},{"positive":38,"critical":33},{"positive":41,"critical":38},[41,43,49,41,38,38,38,41,38,43,43,49,43,41,41,43,43,49,43,41,38,43,49,43,43,43,43,41,43,43,41,43,41,49,49,41,43,41,43,49],5,null,{"problem":52,"audience":63,"pricing":71,"motivation":50,"time_to_build":50,"stack":81,"openness":82,"stage":83,"team_size":82},{"value":53,"source":54,"evidence":55},"Getting advice from people with specific experience or expertise","commenter",[56,60],{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},"18253872","blueadept111","I think \"Trade your experience\" would be more valuable than \"trade your expertise\". If I need expert knowledge of a well-defined domain, there's always Google. But if I need…",{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},"18252795","While you can ask any question on Coffee Chat (everything is acceptable), I agree! This is where Coffee Chat helps the most, and it has the potential to help everyone of us. We…",{"value":64,"source":54,"evidence":65},"People seeking advice and people willing to share expertise",[66,67],{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"18253870","maroonblazer","I think this idea has promise. Shouldn't the \"Apply as an expert\" really be \"What are you expert at and what would you trade for it?\" Otherwise how does the matching happen? I…",{"value":72,"source":73,"evidence":74},"Currently free; business model not yet decided","maker",[75,78],{"id":76,"by":11,"text":77},"18241054","Not selling data (see other FAQ). Probably the first two (at a later stage). Currently, Coffee Chat is completely free.",{"id":79,"by":11,"text":80},"18254840","Yes :)",[],"unknown","beta",{"praise":85,"objections":105,"requests":150,"questions":193,"alternatives":213},[86,97],{"value":87,"source":54,"evidence":88},"Good idea, wanted a service like this",[89,93],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"18252453","jamestimmins","This is awesome, I've wanted a service like this for a while. I really hope this takes off.",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"18252220","konschubert","This could be really powerful. Making this succeed will be all about maintaining a high standard in the community.",{"value":98,"source":54,"evidence":99},"Useful concept for getting expert advice",[100,104],{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"18248752","proszkinasenne2","Very cool! Keeping fingers crossed. Speaking to people with domain expertise willing to use their time to help you is an invaluable experience. A short 10-15 minutes talk can…",{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},[106,121,132,143],{"value":107,"source":54,"evidence":108},"No clear business model; free means user is the product",[109,113,117],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"18254782","pedro1976","I would love some clarity on how they plan to be sustainable. In the FAQs they claim \"We are currently focused on bringing the best possible service to you, completely free.\",…",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"18254784","menzoic","Free means you're the product",{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"18256923","wozmirek","Frankly speaking I was expecting I could get paid through this. Right now it seems like giving away my advice for free and you making a profit out of it in the long run. Or am I…",{"value":122,"source":54,"evidence":123},"Voice chat is unwanted; text preferred",[124,128],{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"18254433","Waterluvian","I'm scared off by the voice chat part. 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I don't know…",{"value":163,"source":54,"evidence":164},"Add shared whiteboard",[165,166],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"18254742","newscracker","Technology wise, voice is still (in 2018) an unpredictable mess over the Internet. There are a myriad of call quality issues even when both parties are on a fast connection…",{"value":171,"source":54,"evidence":172},"Clarify business model and data policy",[173,177],{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},"18254839","Ixio","Right, so free means you are bootstrapped or VC-funded and later on... your users are the product ? I can understand not wanting to communicate on a business model that isn't…",{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},"18255507","karambahh","I'm all for a product in that space. I've participated in a number of schemes aiming at sharing expertise in the past and would be glad to share and get some on your platform…",{"value":182,"source":54,"evidence":183},"Fix mobile and browser display bugs",[184,185,189],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},{"id":186,"by":187,"text":188},"18253848","sbfriends","Absolutely nothing renders without JS FYI :( noscript is simple to add, at least warning users it's required.",{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},"18252213","bdibs","Very interesting idea, looks good! As a side note, on Firefox I'm seeing horizontal and vertical scroll bars on the numbered steps section.",[194,198,206],{"value":195,"source":54,"evidence":196},"How will it reach critical mass?",[197],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},{"value":199,"source":54,"evidence":200},"How will it make money?",[201,205],{"id":202,"by":203,"text":204},"18252695","kornish","Out of interest, what's the eventual revenue model here? Middleman matchmaking services face some clear challenges to recurring revenue. Homejoy, for instance, still shut down…",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},{"value":207,"source":54,"evidence":208},"What expertise level is needed to participate?",[209],{"id":210,"by":211,"text":212},"18253520","GoldenPedro","What level of expertise does one need to be in order to participate?",[214,221,228],{"value":215,"source":54,"evidence":216},"Whenhub",[217],{"id":218,"by":219,"text":220},"18255569","beobab","Seems very similar to Scott Adams' Whenhub Interface. http:\u002F\u002Fblog.dilbert.com\u002F2018\u002F03\u002F26\u002Fsay-hello-to-the-whenhub-interface-app-and-our-public-ico-ito\u002F",{"value":222,"source":54,"evidence":223},"Clarity.fm",[224],{"id":225,"by":226,"text":227},"18256625","m3nu","Reminds me of https:\u002F\u002Fclarity.fm\u002F except that you get paid to do the same thing there.",{"value":229,"source":54,"evidence":230},"Quora",[231],{"id":232,"by":233,"text":234},"18255389","akrymski","How is this really different to Quora? What use cases do you see this being used for that are more applicable?",{"comments":236,"answered":18,"key":237},21,[238,241,244],{"id":239,"text":240},"18255087","Thank you for the bug and typo reports! Agree with 1. 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