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by goldfeld 4782 days ago
I have been thinking for a while that what I get the most out of Facebook are events. But it's a poorly featured platform. Now take events (and local and mobile) and create a platform for checking what's hot right now. But don't focus on clubs and big parties. Focus on the the weird events, the house parties, all that stuff that's off the beaten path. Create a slot functionality so people can allow half-strangers (friends of friends of friends) to sign up for a slot, then the hosts can check before accepting or something. Also allow blind-accept events. The accepted/blind-accepted people are then given the address. I don't know, something like that. I think it could quite work out. People do love random, fun people when I bring them over to a house party (well sometimes it sucks actually, but those times also make for good stories). Foreginers especially.

> Other than name and face

Well some of my most amusing and memorable house parties were ones where I barely knew anyone (besides a friend who brought me over) and pretended that I was given a girl's name (being a guy.) Never gets old.

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The Airbnb model, injecting personal reputation into a transaction. (In this case a non-monetary one.)