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Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook? by danfang on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:44PM (#22142767)
The project I'm currently working on - Thread (https://get.thread-app.com) has first class support for events and RSVPs.

Let me know what you think!

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Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook? by fossuser on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:55PM (#22142852)
Nice - I’ll check it out, I agree with the goals.

Can you invite people to events that don't have an account via SMS and have it handled that way or do they need an account and the app?

I think being able to support people not on the app is the big thing I want (then the network may grow or not overtime, but at least it's immediately useful even without other people on it).

One other suggestion would be a default retention period or “fuse” people can set that something like 6 months, but can be set anywhere from 1 day to 1 year.

The other networks make it so hard to scrub old posts, I think there’s value in old stuff getting automatically dropped.

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Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook? by danfang on Friday January 24, 2020 @07:33PM (#22143697)
Yes, you do need an account and the app.

Signup for the app is as simple as possible, just a phone number (to reset your account), name, and password is required.

The reason an account is required is Thread does a lot more than just event planning - it includes messaging, photo sharing, location sharing, and more.

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Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook? by fossuser on Friday January 24, 2020 @07:37PM (#22143728)
Yeah, but if I have to force the people I want to invite to sign up then it’s dead on arrival.

I want to invite people whether or not they also have the app.

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