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by Igelau 2148 days ago
> networked solution for all and everyone

To get to that point the trick was to build it as something else first, and then switch. Myspace was primarily a platform for bands, which are fun and cool, which contributed to its early success.

Jwz:

> Your "use case" should be, there's a 22 year old college student living in the dorms. How will this software get him laid?

https://www.jwz.org/doc/groupware.html

And Facebook was ENTIRELY this initially.