RideZap

Consumer and social

ride sharing

SHOW HN2011

RideZap

This is a side project that I have been hacking on for the last two months.

news.ycombinator.com

#ride sharing#carpool#travel#rides between cities

7points
5comments
#912of 1,097 in 2011
Top 84%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

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

Idea: 1 for, 0 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

  • Useful for students needing rides home for holidays

    From 1 comment
    • Having recently graduated from University, I see this being huge for that specific market, first. If you can find a way to get this more exposure I see it being a useful tool for…
      eminkel on HN
  • Implementation liked

    From 1 comment
    • Having recently graduated from University, I see this being huge for that specific market, first. If you can find a way to get this more exposure I see it being a useful tool for…
      eminkel on HN

Objections

  • Text box search gives zero results for most city pairs

    From 1 comment
    • very interesting. "airbnb for travel"? There's gotta be a better way to get data though instead of a text box. I'm assuming most users will have zero results like my Boston to…
      rcavezza on HN

Requests

  • More users in different cities

    From 1 comment
    • Having recently graduated from University, I see this being huge for that specific market, first. If you can find a way to get this more exposure I see it being a useful tool for…
      eminkel on HN
  • Limit to a few cities with a select box

    From 1 comment
    • very interesting. "airbnb for travel"? There's gotta be a better way to get data though instead of a text box. I'm assuming most users will have zero results like my Boston to…
      rcavezza on HN

Questions

  • How payment is fulfilled between users

    From 1 comment
    • Having recently graduated from University, I see this being huge for that specific market, first. If you can find a way to get this more exposure I see it being a useful tool for…
      eminkel on HN

Alternatives named

  • Craigslist ride postings

    From 1 comment
    • The payment must be fulfilled by the different users, but as users are rated it is supposed to make them somewhat more credible than just a random person off of craigslist.
      thedjpetersen on HN

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