OpenCirclez

Consumer and social

local events discovery

SHOW HN2011

15points
9comments
#616of 1,097 in 2011
Top 57%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.50.

Execution: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 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

What people liked

  • Neat idea

    From 1 comment
    • Neat idea... 2 things: 1) When I change location In more options while I already have search results for manhattan (Im assuming thats default) it fails to load/is stuck in a…
      thinkdevcode on HN

Objections

  • Landing page does not explain what the site does

    From 1 comment
    • Maybe explain what the site does on the first landing page — took me half-a-dozen click to make sense of it. A big “Find fun things to do near you” would be fine. I'm not sure…
      bertil on HN
  • Changing location gets stuck or fails to load

    From 3 comments
    • Neat idea... 2 things: 1) When I change location In more options while I already have search results for manhattan (Im assuming thats default) it fails to load/is stuck in a…
      thinkdevcode on HN
    • Maybe explain what the site does on the first landing page — took me half-a-dozen click to make sense of it. A big “Find fun things to do near you” would be fine. I'm not sure…
      bertil on HN
    • Using Safari 5.0.2, after clicking "Share my location" and then searching, it used Manhattan as my location, and I had to go and manually change it in the search options.
      sil3ntmac on HN
  • Unclear how it differs from existing event sites like Meetup, Facebook and MySpace

    From 3 comments
    • what exactly are you trying to do different from other event based sites, say that Facebook and MySpace don't provide ?
      minalecs on HN
    • Maybe explain what the site does on the first landing page — took me half-a-dozen click to make sense of it. A big “Find fun things to do near you” would be fine. I'm not sure…
      bertil on HN
    • well just off the top of my head, I know upcoming (yahoo), going (aol), and myspace events all are events sites that allow search by location.
      minalecs on HN
  • Location defaults to Manhattan and location sharing prompt is easy to miss

    From 3 comments
    • I can't figure out how to change my location from Manhattan (I'm in Australia)
      mhansen on HN
    • Using Safari 5.0.2, after clicking "Share my location" and then searching, it used Manhattan as my location, and I had to go and manually change it in the search options.
      sil3ntmac on HN
    • Thanks for replying! I didn't see anything on pageload. I'm on Chromium 8.0.552.224 (68599) Ubuntu 10.10. (EDIT: I reloaded again, and I saw a bar come down asking if I can give…
      mhansen on HN

Requests

  • Explain the site on the landing page

    From 1 comment
    • Maybe explain what the site does on the first landing page — took me half-a-dozen click to make sense of it. A big “Find fun things to do near you” would be fine. I'm not sure…
      bertil on HN
  • Add a cancel button to the post message form

    From 1 comment
    • Maybe explain what the site does on the first landing page — took me half-a-dozen click to make sense of it. A big “Find fun things to do near you” would be fine. I'm not sure…
      bertil on HN
  • Fix the sidebar Twitter bar layout

    From 1 comment
    • Neat idea... 2 things: 1) When I change location In more options while I already have search results for manhattan (Im assuming thats default) it fails to load/is stuck in a…
      thinkdevcode on HN

Questions

  • How does it improve on Meetup?

    From 1 comment
    • Maybe explain what the site does on the first landing page — took me half-a-dozen click to make sense of it. A big “Find fun things to do near you” would be fine. I'm not sure…
      bertil on HN
  • What is different from other event sites like Facebook and MySpace?

    From 1 comment
    • what exactly are you trying to do different from other event based sites, say that Facebook and MySpace don't provide ?
      minalecs on HN

Alternatives named

  • Meetup

    From 1 comment
    • Maybe explain what the site does on the first landing page — took me half-a-dozen click to make sense of it. A big “Find fun things to do near you” would be fine. I'm not sure…
      bertil on HN
  • Upcoming (Yahoo), Going (AOL), MySpace events

    From 1 comment
    • well just off the top of my head, I know upcoming (yahoo), going (aol), and myspace events all are events sites that allow search by location.
      minalecs on HN
  • Facebook events

    From 1 comment
    • what exactly are you trying to do different from other event based sites, say that Facebook and MySpace don't provide ?
      minalecs on HN

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