Ask HN: Can a social web app be too simple?

Posted by thatusertwo on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @04:43PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Users can create and view content, as well as interact with other users and their content.

Is that be too simple?

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Re:Ask HN: Can a social web app be too simple? by michael_dorfman on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @05:08PM (#2302786)

Not if you have a compelling use case.

Is there anything more to YouTube than "Users can create and view content, as well as interact with other users and their content"?

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Re:Ask HN: Can a social web app be too simple? by thatusertwo on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @05:50PM (#2302930)

suppose so, maybe then the question becomes "is the product compelling enough"?

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Re:Ask HN: Can a social web app be too simple? by michael_dorfman on Wednesday March 09, 2011 @02:42AM (#2304226)

That's a much better question for you to focus on. Or better yet, to ask some customers about.

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Re:Ask HN: Can a social web app be too simple? by JonathanWCurd on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @05:18PM (#2302817)

Some of the best services are the simplest. Most times over thinking and over engineering leads to unneeded complexity and ultimately failure.

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Re:Ask HN: Can a social web app be too simple? by droz on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @06:43PM (#2303093)

I think you can do away with content. Think of sites like chatroulette, omegle and their ilk.

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