[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":509},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-4191756":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":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":46,"post_text":51,"what":52,"said":81,"maker_in_thread":223,"shape":233,"grid":238,"attempts":473,"same_week":474,"maker_shows":49,"maker_hidden":501,"reader_version":502,"card":503},"4191756","The City Swig","VA kids love drinking, hate paying. Step 1. Thoughts?","title","Show HN: VA kids love drinking, hate paying. Step 1. Thoughts?","http:\u002F\u002Fthecityswig.com","thecityswig.com","tomasien",1341274115,2012,60,99,391,1677,24,"notable","consumer_social","nightlife deals","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"drink specials","bar deals","happy hour","college nightlife","mixed",-0.071,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},13,31,7,19,70,{"idea":37,"design":40,"execution":42,"pricing":44,"docs":45},{"positive":38,"critical":39},10,9,{"positive":41,"critical":39},1,{"positive":43,"critical":43},0,{"positive":43,"critical":43},{"positive":43,"critical":41},[41,47,41,47,48,41,43,47,41,49,47,47,48,47,50,47,41,41,47,49,47,41,47,49,47,49,49,41,47,47,47,47,41,47,47,47,49,49,47,41],3,2,5,4,null,{"problem":53,"audience":61,"pricing":51,"motivation":69,"time_to_build":51,"stack":77,"openness":78,"stage":79,"team_size":80},{"value":54,"source":55,"evidence":56},"Hard to keep track of bar drink specials and cheap drinks","commenter",[57],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"4192093","character","We're not about trying to replace the experience of word-of-mouth drink specials. We just want to make that happen even easier. In larger cities it is difficult to keep track of…",{"value":62,"source":55,"evidence":63},"College students and nightlife goers in Virginia",[64,68],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"4192189","forrestthewoods","I like it a lot. I'd love to see an option to filter out cheap stuff for going out. The site is currently aimed at college kids so it's fine, but if you ever expand to hit the…",{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"value":70,"source":71,"evidence":72},"Make it easier to find drink specials and plan nights out","maker",[73,74],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"id":75,"by":11,"text":76},"4192142","We're not about cheap drinks, that's just step one. We're going to be about recommendations for drinks, social night planning, and flash deals for bars. The change from…",[],"unknown","launched","team",{"praise":82,"objections":109,"requests":153,"questions":182,"alternatives":198},[83,98],{"value":84,"source":55,"evidence":85},"Good idea for college nightlife and local deals",[86,90,94],{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"4191827","groovy2shoes","This is a really awesome idea. I'd love to see this spread out of Virginia, too.",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"4192195","skian","I love the idea. The idea that college kids don't follow price as a drinking pattern is way off -- notice that bars coordinate happy hours as to note compete with each other. As…",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"4191997","porterhaney","I was one of the first college kids outside harvard to get my eyes on facebook almost 8 years ago. This reminds me a lot of that. When FB first came about everyone was chasing…",{"value":99,"source":55,"evidence":100},"Social and price-comparison angle is appealing",[101,105],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"4192076","nikphilipsen","The great thing about drinking is that it's an inherently social experience. Where are my friends going? What great deals or events can I find -- and show off to everyone I know?…",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"4192211","trg2","This reminds me of a vertical-focused Yelp, with good semantic markup for prices of individual items. Super cool, nice work guys. Will definitely keep an eye on you going forward.",[110,121,132,142],{"value":111,"source":55,"evidence":112},"Hard to get traction and repeat users",[113,117],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"4191891","DanielBMarkham","I like it! Somebody said once the ultimate app would help people get laid. I'd imagine helping college kids find beer would be a close second. If you could only combine the…",{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"4192109","alttab","Maybe so. I guess I don't drink enough to adopt software that saves me a couple bucks on a drink. When I buy alcohol in a store I go for convenience unless I'm buying single malt…",{"value":122,"source":55,"evidence":123},"Confusing onboarding and slow multi-page flow",[124,128],{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"4191908","tylermenezes","Two things (I'm using the mobile version): I wasn't actually sure what the site did until I finally got through all the pages. I understood that it was supposed to help find…",{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"4191917","obituary_latte","Coming from mobile (iOS) my first impression is: ???? 6+ taps and I still had no idea what I was supposed to be doing nor what I was trying to get. Maybe I'm just gettin old...",{"value":133,"source":55,"evidence":134},"Sorting by cheap shows tiny airplane bottles",[135,139],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"4191979","fsckin","The tabbed interface feels like tabs for the sake of tabs. I want the cheapest way to get a bunch of folks drunk, with a couple of options. \"Cheap\" liquor sorting doesn't seem…",{"id":140,"by":137,"text":141},"4192039","I see now. Sorting by \"Cheap\" gives me airplane bottles. Additionally, the subtle difference between \"Cheap\" and \"Best Value\" doesn't quite justify making a new sort option -- to…",{"value":143,"source":55,"evidence":144},"Data collection for specials is hard to scale",[145,149],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"4192058","misiti3780","i think it is a cool idea. i had a similar idea a few years ago, where you could take bar data like beer and food prices, and make an app collect a bunch of data, and then make a…",{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"4192013","henryboston","How are you guys obtaining the data for the specials and alcohol costs?",[154,170,178],{"value":155,"source":55,"evidence":156},"Expand to other cities and states",[157,161,162,166],{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"4191929","eupharis","Me too! Can I make a request for Portland next? :) It seems like the easiest way to keep prices updated would be to have an iPhone and Android app (or maybe just a good mobile…",{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},"4191889","bdunn","Hampton Roads, please!",{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"4192010","mateosu05","I for one, am all for expanding to the West Coast. I'm sick of these humid Virginia summers anyway",{"value":171,"source":55,"evidence":172},"Add a mobile app or location-aware features",[173,177],{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},"4192167","nikkaelle","Two suggestions: 1) use geo location services to automatically pick which location to show (thus eliminating a click in the beginning) 2) put a big \"call a cab\" button up. You…",{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},{"value":179,"source":55,"evidence":180},"Add a cab-calling feature",[181],{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},[183,191],{"value":184,"source":55,"evidence":185},"How is the price and specials data obtained?",[186,190],{"id":187,"by":188,"text":189},"4191840","mey","Would you mind saying how you get the price lists for your stocking up section? Is there a public data source?",{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},{"value":192,"source":55,"evidence":193},"Is there a legal issue with advertising drink specials?",[194],{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},"4192117","DanielN","So I had a similar idea about six months ago. Briefly start working on the app when I was informed by a lawyer friend of mine that most states had laws against advertising drink…",[199,210,216],{"value":200,"source":55,"evidence":201},"moredrunk.com for NYC",[202,206],{"id":203,"by":204,"text":205},"4192113","goldins","As dweis mentioned here, I am working on something like this for the NYC area: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.moredrunk.com - it is still in early development but I will definitely post an update to…",{"id":207,"by":208,"text":209},"4191919","dweis","This already existed for NYC: http:\u002F\u002Fmoredrunk.com",{"value":211,"source":55,"evidence":212},"Facebook and word of mouth",[213],{"id":214,"by":119,"text":215},"4192047","For your use case, people use Facebook and word of mouth. College towns are social enough and close in proximity enough they don't need these sorts of apps. VT is my alma mater…",{"value":217,"source":55,"evidence":218},"Gas Buddy style apps",[219],{"id":220,"by":221,"text":222},"4191829","jim-greer","Kind of like Gas Buddy for beer? Not a bad idea...",{"comments":224,"answered":50,"key":225},12,[226,227,230],{"id":75,"text":76},{"id":228,"text":229},"4192137","We 100% agree, we're going to make this about the crowd, that's Step 2!",{"id":231,"text":232},"4192329","We've considered this issue and done a lot of research on it, there's really only 12 states to worry about, and even those the problems can be overcome. 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