Ask HN: Can a social web app be too simple?

by thatusertwo on 3/8/2011, 9:43 PM with 5 comments

Users can create and view content, as well as interact with other users and their content.

Is that be too simple?

  • by michael_dorfman on 3/8/2011, 10:08 PM

    Not if you have a compelling use case.

    Is there anything more to YouTube than "Users can create and view content, as well as interact with other users and their content"?

  • by JonathanWCurd on 3/8/2011, 10:18 PM

    Some of the best services are the simplest. Most times over thinking and over engineering leads to unneeded complexity and ultimately failure.

  • by droz on 3/8/2011, 11:43 PM

    I think you can do away with content. Think of sites like chatroulette, omegle and their ilk.