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by friendstonight 3986 days ago
Great point dhimes! Not everyone that uses the app necessarily has to be "on the prowl".

I definitely was thinking about people in their early 30's and how hard to meet new people at that age.

If you have any ideas how to target this market, I'd love to hear them. You can email me at sam@friendstonightapp.com

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> I definitely was thinking about people in their early 30's and how hard to meet new people at that age.

Well, that definitely depends on your social abilities...

I know many socially adept people who have trouble making friends in their 30s. People in their 30s often are married or in a serious relationship, and spend most of their free time with their significant other. Or, people in their 30s often have kids and have little time to socialize. Also, people at this age may have an established social circle and may put in less effort to build new friendships.

Sure, you can still make friends, but it's definitely a much smaller pool than in your teens and twenties.

I don't know, being in that demo, seems like the main issue is that I don't meet many people through normal activities. And some of the hobby-like activities where I go to meetups are things aren't really filed with people I'd like to be friends with as a "couple" with my wife.

Probably widely varies by profession / lifestyle though.

Shared child care. As in, a when a handful of parents and kids are hanging out, it's way easier than just one family. So just make a big red button that says "my kids are driving my crazy can you bring your kids over to tire them out?" and the app does some kind of recommendation / reputation to make sure I'm introduced to the right folks.