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by buss
3730 days ago
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Why will you be successful when so many neighborhood websites have failed in the past? How do you overcome people's general apathy towards their neighbors (which is especially true in cities!). For the sake of discussion, let's take as a given that people care about things happening in their neighborhood. Why would someone use your app instead of instagram with a hashtag for the neighborhood? |
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I'd argue that despite feeling apathetic about the individuals in your community, one could be motivated use Placewire. Because person-to-person connections/follower counts are not a core part of the product (today), there's a lesser ambient sense of social haves and have nots. I also think an ambivalent person could use Placewire for both practical reasons (I learned that there's a new Cambodian restaurant opening on Smith Street), or because you enjoy being a person who has information. Think about Matt Drudge, a news hound and apparently somewhat of a hermit.
Instagram with a hashtag is fine if you 1. aren't bothered by sending the majority of your followers content that is irrelevant to them, and 2. believe that non-followers will discover your content by surfing your chosen hashtag. Algorithmic feed could change some of this - we'll see!