Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On?
by randomlurking on Monday April 19, 2021 @09:18AM
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Gold digger heaven, here I come!
Seriously cool idea, sounds like fun and it might be quite refreshing for the fire-folks to talk to like-minded people, it can be hard not to talk about your passion too much.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On?
by firedating on Monday April 19, 2021 @11:30AM
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It is interesting that so many people think of gold diggers, but so far this haven't been a problem (there is a way to report users and the number of reports is very small).
My impression is that FIRE folks are not that good of target. But I understand that this could become more of a problem when the site grows and I have couple ideas how I could tackle it then.
Maybe start with decoy profiles, too good to be true people, once the dms start you can decide what to do (freeze account et ) ;)
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On?
by toomuchtodo on Monday April 19, 2021 @05:26PM
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You should absolutely submit this to /r/fire and /r/fatfire on Reddit. Finding a financially compatible partner is crucial for long term life success. Wishing you much success.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On?
by firedating on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:10AM
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Thank you!
I posted on r/leanfire, r/fatfire is on the list :)
Unfortunately I wasn't able to reach out to r/fire moderators.
If you want to work together on building an app, let me know! I have several decently successful iOS apps on the store including Hacker News client HACK.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On?
by firedating on Monday April 19, 2021 @03:58AM
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I am interested. I can't find any way to reach out to you, please reach out to me via https://firedating.me/feedback. Thank you!
how would you monetize it if you were to do so?
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On?
by firedating on Monday April 19, 2021 @03:57AM
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I don't want to artificially slow down the users, so I am considering donations. This would align my incentives with the users' the most. There is a vague idea to use financial contribution as a way to validate account and seriousness. Some people are extremely serious about their search. They can feel frustrated by the people, who spend less effort. I could make some "super serious" club with profile moderation and some contribution.
The site is 100% free and even ad-free. It is my hobby project and I just enjoy helping others, meeting interesting people and learning while developing it.
Looks like loneliness is widespread in the FIRE community especially during the current times, so there is a large demand for meeting like minded folks.
It took me at least 517 hours and 211$ so far, but I met a lot of people and learned so much. It definitely gets harder and harder to continue developing it on my own, since the code base and complexity grows. But I try to fight that and use more ready-made solutions.