HN, I'm out to fix urban loneliness, help me.
The idea is to fix urban loneliness, picking random people by their self-descriptions and making them party together. The site is http://randomparty.ru . It's in Russian and aimed at Moscow specifically; I'd be actually very glad if other startups stole this idea and used it in other locales. Here's a translation of the homepage text for your convenience:
"Life doesn't have enough variety, as my friend Timer says. Well, we'll make you meet new people. Launching in Moscow on December 1st, sign up in advance. <registration form>"
It has three signups so far :-) Now the battle will start in earnest: I need to reach the demographic of young, pleasant, urban-lonely people in my city. The next few weeks will probably involve no programming, only talking to folks, writing well-crafted text, printing flyers/stickers and distributing them in well-chosen places. Promotion isn't magic - it works by cause and effect, like everything else in life. Still, I wish there were some kind of shortcuts to make my nights and weekends easier (I haven't left my current job yet). Do any ideas spring to your mind?
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