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Nice job on the branding. The question I find my self asking is \"what type of person is using this?\" \"who do I want to connect with?\" \"why…",{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"41055359","okaleniuk","I like how the terms of service and privacy policy are actually readable. Overall, the site design is really nice. However, I got stuck at \"Your account is being set up, check…",{"value":83,"source":72,"evidence":84},"Useful product feedback and idea for a non-US user to access tech scene.",[85],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"41092518","figassis","As an engineer and entrepreneur not residing in the US, the value for me here would be to get into the tech scene without having to be in SV meetups or other events, because it’s…",[90,113,121,133,141],{"value":91,"source":72,"evidence":92},"Requiring a LinkedIn account is off-putting and feels like data collection.",[93,97,101,105,109],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"41053257","hnlurker22","I found it strange that LinkedIn url is required. It did't give me 'we want to make sure you are real' vibes. Instead it gave me 'we're about to collect some data about you'…",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"41054545","calmbonsai","Yep. And some of us deleted our LinkedIn profiles years ago precisely 'cuz it got spammy. That makes this a non-starter.",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"41058090","skeledrew","Adding my voice here as another who avoids LinkedIn. Seeing this comment, I won't even bother to check the site though I'm interested.",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"41052942","juped","It's true, LinkedIn is too spammy, which is why I don't have an account. Unfortunately, you didn't advertise that you're just a LinkedIn app until demanding my LinkedIn account…",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"41058065","ldbooth","The question that goes unanswered (and will turn people away) if you want to use this site is: how and what data is being used to inform the overlap algo. I signed up and it…",{"value":114,"source":72,"evidence":115},"Unclear why it is better than LinkedIn and may add spam to inbox.",[116,117],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"41078099","jaffa2","I dont get what the point of this is. What do i get out of it?",{"value":122,"source":72,"evidence":123},"Sign-up and login bugs; account stuck in setup.",[124,128,132],{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"41052569","gonzaloalvarez","Sign up using email + password didn’t work. 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Yeah, as soon as you get a single signup from someone using their work email, you add the…",[157,161,165,169],{"value":158,"source":72,"evidence":159},"Show user success stories and proof of value.",[160],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},{"value":162,"source":72,"evidence":163},"Focus on niche such as accelerators or incubators.",[164],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},{"value":166,"source":72,"evidence":167},"Explain what data is used for matching and add email confirmation.",[168],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},{"value":170,"source":72,"evidence":171},"Explain what skills and industries importance settings do.",[172],{"id":138,"by":80,"text":139},[174,178,185],{"value":175,"source":72,"evidence":176},"What type of person uses it and why connect with them?",[177],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},{"value":179,"source":72,"evidence":180},"Does it work for job networking beyond tech?",[181],{"id":182,"by":183,"text":184},"41051672","pogue","This looks very cool! Will this work for any type of job networking or is it just for tech people?",{"value":186,"source":72,"evidence":187},"How would matching work across countries?",[188],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},[190,195],{"value":191,"source":72,"evidence":192},"LinkedIn",[193,194],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},{"value":196,"source":72,"evidence":197},"Kismet (HN-focused networking)",[198],{"id":199,"by":200,"text":201},"41054582","Brajeshwar","There was a Networking focused on HackerNews users, targeting similar demographics. I still get emails once a while from there. https:\u002F\u002Ffindkismet.com",{"comments":203,"answered":32,"key":204},7,[205,208,211],{"id":206,"text":207},"41052639","This feedback is incredible. I am trying to figure out how to niche down instead of being the everything-networking tool to everyone. 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