ShoutFast
Consumer and social
location-based social network
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How HN took it
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 10 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.59.
Design: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea and good luck wishes
From 2 comments
It's a good idea! :) One of the problems that I foresee is the critical mass problem. Is the app as useful if you're the only one using it, as it would be if it had 100,000…
hobonumber1 on HNYour terms of service seem to be for a different site. It states: "shoutfast.com provides users with a search engine service to locate mp3 files and metadata from external web…
gschwarzer on HN
Objections
Critical mass and cold-start problem for a location-based social network
From 3 comments
It's a good idea! :) One of the problems that I foresee is the critical mass problem. Is the app as useful if you're the only one using it, as it would be if it had 100,000…
hobonumber1 on HNSeriously? YALBSN? (Yet Another Location-Based Social Network) The social-network chicken-egg problem (SNCEP?) is even harder when it's location-based... not only do you need to…
joshwa on HNA lot people wants something like this.(Big market) Do they? I know a lot of startups want to tackle this space, but I haven't seen much in the way of demand from anyone besides…
joshwa on HN
Unclear value proposition and copy that sounds like marketing
From 2 comments
Seriously? YALBSN? (Yet Another Location-Based Social Network) The social-network chicken-egg problem (SNCEP?) is even harder when it's location-based... not only do you need to…
joshwa on HNTo the developers, are you using this with your own friends? Make it more of a hack for your own use (like your own CB radio or something) and see what happens. At the moment,…
_urga on HN
Sign-up form fields invisible or unlabelled in Internet Explorer and Firefox
From 3 comments
I'm in IE8 (Not my computer) trying to sign up, and it doesn't tell me what to put in the 3 fields: http://i.imgur.com/293Rp.png
codabrink on HNField names on your signup form aren't visible in Internet Explorer. It might be useful to indicate on a map where the locations are listed when you do a quick browse.
rmason on HNYour terms of service seem to be for a different site. It states: "shoutfast.com provides users with a search engine service to locate mp3 files and metadata from external web…
gschwarzer on HN
Server error (HTTP 500) during sign-in
From 1 comment
""Whoops! Something bad happened. Something went wrong on our side of things. We'll check it out and try to avoid this in the future."" tried to sign in twitter, changed…
ahmetalpbalkan on HN
Requests
Fix sign-up friction: drop repeat password, use email as login
From 1 comment
To the developers, are you using this with your own friends? Make it more of a hack for your own use (like your own CB radio or something) and see what happens. At the moment,…
_urga on HN
Show locations on a map when browsing
From 1 comment
Field names on your signup form aren't visible in Internet Explorer. It might be useful to indicate on a map where the locations are listed when you do a quick browse.
rmason on HN
Questions
What will make users open the app repeatedly?
From 1 comment
A lot people wants something like this.(Big market) Do they? I know a lot of startups want to tackle this space, but I haven't seen much in the way of demand from anyone besides…
joshwa on HN
How will users trust people making offers?
From 1 comment
A lot people wants something like this.(Big market) Do they? I know a lot of startups want to tackle this space, but I haven't seen much in the way of demand from anyone besides…
joshwa on HN
Alternatives named
Foursquare
From 1 comment
A lot people wants something like this.(Big market) Do they? I know a lot of startups want to tackle this space, but I haven't seen much in the way of demand from anyone besides…
joshwa on HN
Google+
From 1 comment
I dunno, I guess services like this have kind of jumped the shark for me personally. Google+ ties much of this up in a nice little bow, for how I want to consume this data.
mattdeboard on HN