omgmetoo, our startup project

Consumer and social

friend availability tracker

SHOW HN2010

11points
5comments
#114of 370 in 2010
Top 31%of 2010 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.

Privacy: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

Objections

  • Asking for email address in permissions is a privacy concern

    From 1 comment
    • I started giving this a try, but backed out on the third permission page (which was getting boring quickly ;) where it asked to share my email address with you guys. Why do you…
      mootothemax on HN
  • Facebook account required to sign up

    From 1 comment
    • Inspired by the Internet Free/Busy protocol, we created a little tool, which lets you signal your friends if you are free, and what you feel like doing today. You can invite…
      andr on HN

Requests

  • Use Facebook messaging and events instead of building own notifications

    From 1 comment
    • Right, but all that functionality could be implemented via Facebook. It supports messaging - between several people at once - and you could have it create events/activites etc…
      mootothemax on HN

Questions

  • Why is the email address needed

    From 1 comment
    • I started giving this a try, but backed out on the third permission page (which was getting boring quickly ;) where it asked to share my email address with you guys. Why do you…
      mootothemax on HN

Alternatives named

  • Facebook events and messaging

    From 1 comment
    • Right, but all that functionality could be implemented via Facebook. It supports messaging - between several people at once - and you could have it create events/activites etc…
      mootothemax on HN

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