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Ask HN: Better missed connections

Hey HN,

I've always liked the missed connections on craigslist. It's when you come across random people around you, and you want to reach out to them but due to various reasons (confidence, circumstances, timing, etc) you didn't. But that feeling bothers you till you want to get it out somewhere.

I'm wondering if there's an app where people "subscribe" to these attributes, like "girl with red dress who was at caltrain station in Palo Alto", and if someone sends a message to these attributes and you would get notified. It's an interesting search and matching problem to solve, but do you guys think it's useful?

There are other use cases for a service like this when all the features are built. But I think missed connections would be a perfect fit as a MVP. Any thoughts?

2 points idea_man 12 years ago 2 comments

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