Lunchspire
Consumer and social
lunch dating
SHOW HN2012
39points
24comments
#600of 1,677 in 2012
Top 36%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
2 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.29.
Privacy: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Impressive to build in 6 hours
From 1 comment
I'm guessing that it shows that you know your tools, and can put together a proof of concept quickly. There is no telling how much of the code was copied from other projects the…
joeblau on HN
Pretty cool idea
From 2 comments
I haven't tried it out yet (it seems pretty early-on) but it is a pretty cool idea. Lunchspire is to Meetup.com what Twitter is to Blogging.
basicallydan on HNGreat idea. Get G+ hangout integrated maybe?
phear on HN
Objections
Requests Twitter/Facebook access without explaining why
From 3 comments
Gah. Yet another site that wants access to a social media account without explaining why. OK, you had a "cool" idea. Took you a few hours to implement it. Now that you've…
delinka on HNI like the idea (as someone who knows few other techies/entrepreneurs in his small town). But, the 'Update your profile' and 'Post tweets for you' requirements are huge red…
mbylstra on HNThanks for sending out a tweet as my Twitter account without asking or telling me. I really wanted that. Who knows what this site will do with your credentials on other sites.
tomotomo on HN
Poor quality; errors on time input and hosting a lunch
From 3 comments
So I suppose these "I implemented this in less than a day" headlines do not imply any kind of quality control. I'll adjust my mental model to incorporate that. Attempt to enter…
delinka on HNWould love to check it, but: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tornado/web.py", line 988, in _execute getattr(self,…
t_kozak on HNTrying to host a lunch: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/tornado/web.py", line 931, in wrapper return callback(args, *kwargs) File…
instakill on HN
Source code link is not adequate documentation
From 1 comment
Pointing me to the source as documentation is just lazy. Entice me to use your project. Excite me about your goals. Interest me in looking at your code. Besides, from a security…
delinka on HN
Requests
Explain permissions or make social login optional
From 2 comments
I like the idea (as someone who knows few other techies/entrepreneurs in his small town). But, the 'Update your profile' and 'Post tweets for you' requirements are huge red…
mbylstra on HNGah. Yet another site that wants access to a social media account without explaining why. OK, you had a "cool" idea. Took you a few hours to implement it. Now that you've…
delinka on HN
Add city to each lunch
From 1 comment
Maybe add the city to each lunch? I think all of them are in Stockholm right now, but not sure.
jensnockert on HN
Hide past lunches
From 1 comment
This could be awesome. How about a filter for not showing past lunches or lunches today.
Stefan_Wallin on HN
Cancel a join option
From 1 comment
Maybe a way to cancel a join?
ivanovb on HN
Google+ Hangout integration
From 1 comment
Great idea. Get G+ hangout integrated maybe?
phear on HN
Questions
Why only ask for Twitter/Facebook access
From 2 comments
Why don't you ask for just an email address?
derrida on HNGah. Yet another site that wants access to a social media account without explaining why. OK, you had a "cool" idea. Took you a few hours to implement it. Now that you've…
delinka on HN
Why was it built in 6 hours
From 2 comments
Awesome, may I ask why you did decide to hack that together in 6hours. Were 5hours ot 7 hours options also on the table?
atirip on HNI applaud people who are self starters and love to create. I'm one of them. But why the importance on the short amount of time the project was made in? (I assume you're trying to…
timjahn on HN
Alternatives named
Meetup.com
From 1 comment
I haven't tried it out yet (it seems pretty early-on) but it is a pretty cool idea. Lunchspire is to Meetup.com what Twitter is to Blogging.
basicallydan on HN