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Something that enhances your actual social life instead of acting as a parasitic replacement for it.",{"value":87,"source":80,"evidence":88},"Solves wrangling friends' schedules; open event joining is appealing",[89],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"31880733","asdfqwertzxcv","Love this! It's been a hassle wrangling friends since we all have different schedules and commitments and love the open concept of joining events.",{"value":94,"source":80,"evidence":95},"Polished design and a clear focus on one thing",[96],{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"31878882","PhilippGille","Looks pretty polished already, good job! And sounds interesting. It's a good focus on one thing which is important as differentiator to other social networks. 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