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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by Vinnl on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @02:23AM (#17713595)
Heh, this makes me think of this anti-viral startup idea I had - which I'm not going to make because it's... Anti-viral and thus not something I think I could pull off. Anyway, the idea was pretty funny: a meetup-like website where you'd sign in with e.g. Facebook, and then you could only see and attend meetups that none of your Facebook friends are attending. In other words: everybody goes to these meetups with the expectation of not knowing anybody and getting to know new people.

That said, I think there's only so many people interested in actually meeting new people, at least of a certain age, and even those who are, are only interested in getting to know a small amount of new people.

Still, I quite like the idea. I don't even think you need to group people based on interests (though of course the subject of a group allows people to self-select); just being open to meeting new people can probably go a long way.

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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by murph-almighty on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @08:57AM (#17715487)
Wouldn't this service, ideally, become useless after enough time because everyone would eventually become friends with each other?

Then again maybe that WOULD solve our problems.

(Disclaimer- I recognize this wasn't a serious proposition, and actually think it's a pretty cool idea)

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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by Vinnl on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @09:59AM (#17716015)
Haha, absolutely; especially since you quickly make friends with the kinds of people that go to these events, with the consequence that you're no longer able to go to these events.

But who knows, maybe enough people end up in a position where they want to make new friends (I'm thinking failed marriages, lonely elderly people, etc.) that there's a steady enough flow of new members.

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