[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":518},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-19379357":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":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":47,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":91,"maker_in_thread":218,"shape":229,"grid":234,"attempts":481,"same_week":482,"maker_shows":46,"maker_hidden":511,"reader_version":512,"card":513},"19379357","Stuff","An Alternative to Facebook Events","title","Show HN: Stuff – An Alternative to Facebook Events","https:\u002F\u002Fstuff.li","stuff.li","stuffhq",1552489586,2019,201,95,190,2195,9,"notable","web_saas","event invitations","web_app",[21,24,25,26],"rsvp","facebook events alternative","event planning","debated",0.004,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":30},19,16,3,57,{"idea":35,"privacy":38,"design":41,"execution":42,"pricing":44,"docs":45},{"positive":36,"critical":37},13,8,{"positive":39,"critical":40},0,2,{"positive":39,"critical":32},{"positive":40,"critical":43},5,{"positive":39,"critical":39},{"positive":39,"critical":46},1,[46,39,43,43,43,32,46,39,46,32,46,43,46,32,43,32,46,32,32,43,43,32,32,46,46,32,43,32,43,32,46,40,32,32,46,43,46,40,46,43],null,{"problem":50,"audience":66,"pricing":75,"motivation":82,"time_to_build":48,"stack":88,"openness":89,"stage":90,"team_size":89},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Inviting people to social events without relying on Facebook Events","commenter",[54,58,62],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"19380752","huangc10","The whole point of Facebook events is that it's already integrated with a social network so it's easy to invite people. I dislike the whole concept of Facebook but sorry, but I…",{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},"19380822","gav","I agree, there's so much friction trying to get a group of people to signup for and use another platform. A personal anecdote: people were willing to fly thousands of miles to…",{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"19382042","wuliwong","I'm quite interested in this space, I have been for a while. In my experience, one problem with Facebook events is that when people aren't on Facebook they often just don't get…",{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"People hosting small to medium social events who want to avoid Facebook","inferred",[70,74],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"19381013","cmancini","This looks great! I like hosting small to medium events and even though it seems simple most platforms are not effective: -Most of my friends either don't use or don't regularly…",{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},{"value":76,"source":77,"evidence":78},"Free to use; plans to make money from professional organisers later","maker",[79],{"id":80,"by":11,"text":81},"19379693","Thanks you so much for the feedback. - It is free; and I know we should be more vocal about that. - We will make money on the professional organisers at some point. Looking into…",{"value":83,"source":77,"evidence":84},"Friction and Facebook users missing events on Facebook",[85],{"id":86,"by":11,"text":87},"19381011","Thanks for your feedback - and constructive critism :-) Invitations to social events can fortunately be distributed through a lot of other channels than on Facebook - email,…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":92,"objections":112,"requests":146,"questions":175,"alternatives":191},[93,108],{"value":94,"source":52,"evidence":95},"Good idea to split events from social networks and reduce friction",[96,100,104],{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"19380540","dvt","Huge congrats on the release. Stuff looks great, and my only minor suggestion would probably be to try to reduce friction as much as possible. Show me how many people are…",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"19384201","jamestimmins","Very cool! I like seeing people find ways to innovate in areas of social that are often just surrendered to FB. Also, just an encouragement to take the strong opinions here with…",{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"19381237","toomuchtodo","Links that can be distributed via any channel and are platform agnostic is great IMHO. You’re then a service on top of any social network (WhatsApp, Slack, SMS, email, whatever).",{"value":109,"source":52,"evidence":110},"Platform-agnostic shareable invite links",[111],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},[113,129,139],{"value":114,"source":52,"evidence":115},"Facebook events are integrated with the social graph, hard to replace",[116,117,121,125],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"19381289","jrochkind1","Facebook events is one of the only things keeping a lot of people I know on facebook. But, yeah, it's hard to go to something else cause of the friction. What we really need is…",{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"19391597","nikolay","There already a bunch of event management services such as evite, etc. Why is evite not a thing anymore? Because is not on Facebook. Even if people flee Facebook, it's still the…",{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"19384039","lquist","Genuine question: Did customers ask you to make this? I ask because to me (and it appears others in this thread) Events is one of FB’s best features because they own the social…",{"value":130,"source":52,"evidence":131},"Requires an account to create events",[132,136],{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"19380294","hiei","Is there an option to create an event without an account?",{"id":137,"by":11,"text":138},"19380736","No, unfortunately not. Creating and managing an invitation requires a login. Guests are not required to create a profile, though. -Simon, Stuff.",{"value":140,"source":52,"evidence":141},"Unclear business model and privacy wording",[142],{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"19381604","newscracker","The “Totally free” at the end of the second paragraph would be better placed at the end of the first paragraph. Right now the second paragraph is not very readable on the…",[147,157,164],{"value":148,"source":52,"evidence":149},"Support OAuth login with Google, Facebook or LinkedIn",[150,154],{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"19382075","KerryJones","This is a great idea and events are one of the things holding me on to FB, but the friction to signing up by not offering an option to OAuth (even for event creators). I don't…",{"id":155,"by":11,"text":156},"19382307","We are looking into Google\u002FLinkedin Oauth. Not fans of Facebook, though... -Simon, Stuff.li",{"value":158,"source":52,"evidence":159},"Show attendee counts and messaging on invitations",[160,161],{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},{"id":162,"by":11,"text":163},"19381065","Thanks a bunch. And thank you very much for your feedback. RSVPs does not require you to sign up. We will add features like how many are attending and messaging on invitations…",{"value":165,"source":52,"evidence":166},"Fix mobile layout and move RSVP higher on page",[167,171],{"id":168,"by":169,"text":170},"19381203","dewski","I would recommend putting the \"Are you coming?\" above the fold, if not the very top of the page. I'm on a 27\" monitor and had to scroll all the way to the bottom. If you want to…",{"id":172,"by":173,"text":174},"19381706","below43","I recommend testing your responsive site on smaller mobiles (I’m on an iPhone SE and your site is too wide for the screen) Edit: it’s the “Create Invitation Now” button pushing…",[176,184],{"value":177,"source":52,"evidence":178},"What is the business model and cost",[179,183],{"id":180,"by":181,"text":182},"19379642","trebor","One thing unanswered by your site (prior to signing up anyway) is what the cost is, or how you make money. Also, your about page is just a copy of your homepage content. Other…",{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},{"value":185,"source":52,"evidence":186},"Which cities are supported",[187],{"id":188,"by":189,"text":190},"19385946","bojanbabic","I love Events\u002FLocal, but would get off it in a heartbeat. I've looked at your app. Only Copenhagen and New York events are available. Do you plan to extend to other cities soon?",[192,199,210],{"value":193,"source":52,"evidence":194},"Evite",[195,198],{"id":196,"by":56,"text":197},"19380787","Right...so there's already Evites right? :)",{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},{"value":200,"source":52,"evidence":201},"Eventbrite",[202,206],{"id":203,"by":204,"text":205},"19380794","lucasverra","It looks more of a eventbrite alternative than FB events. my 2 cts",{"id":207,"by":208,"text":209},"19383938","alphagrep12345","What's the difference between this and Eventbrite?",{"value":211,"source":52,"evidence":212},"Paperless Post",[213,214],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},{"id":215,"by":216,"text":217},"19380836","dblock","Huge fan of any effort that gets rid of FB events. My biggest feature request in this space is around address book and inviting new people to a larger event. I want something…",{"comments":219,"answered":220,"key":221},23,10,[222,225,228],{"id":223,"text":224},"19381045","We are really trying to limit friction. 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