Uber S-1 - Hackdot

Re:Uber S-1 by fossuser on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:36PM (#19639981)

I’d want one that’s just an online account with a single picture, name, address, phone number that lets you have friends. No posting - basically just a contact list that’s always up to date because people update themselves.

Keybase could be this.

The main way to get people in would be a focus on event scheduling relying on twilio and sms for including users that don’t have accounts.

Make it cheap but not free ($1/month for people with more than 25 contacts) and advertise no ads or tracking ever.

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Re:Uber S-1 by gowld on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:58PM (#19640142)

What would motivate everyone you know to use this service?

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Re:Uber S-1 by fossuser on Thursday April 11, 2019 @07:19PM (#19640298)

Convenient way to do event scheduling - some friends I know are not on FB so it’s a pain currently.

Also having up to date contacts to stay in touch. Phone numbers and addresses change and it’s hard to know when that happens (and currently most people don’t put this on FB).

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Re:Uber S-1 by cheerlessbog on Thursday April 11, 2019 @07:11PM (#19640238)

Could LinkedIn go this way...bridge from its business network to casual social network also?

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Re:Uber S-1 by fossuser on Thursday April 11, 2019 @07:20PM (#19640304)

I doubt it - linked in is a mess. They also have too much tied up with recruiters being their real users.

I’d want something simple.

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