The Foursquare of sex(ijustmadelove.com)
ijustmadelove.com
The Foursquare of sex
http://ijustmadelove.com/
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Can we get this crap off HN? Please? It's just sad that the current #1 story is one about people having sex. And not even anything intellectually interesting about sex. Just "there are people having sex". Um... Great?
As the submitter, maybe I should annotate the submissions as to why I submitted.
I was watching the Colbert report and he was making fun of Blippy, which is like the Twitter for your receipts. To highlight how we seem to be moving to broadcasting every ridiculously mundane aspect of our lives, he highlighted what I submitted above.
Is it indicative of a larger trend of over-sharing? Don't know, and hard to say. But it is interesting that someone would try to build it to see if people would use it, and it is an interesting example of an app that takes over-sharing to the extreme.
And it is also interesting to ask the question, what if you take over-sharing to the extreme? Beyond the cultural taboos, can all this perceived uselessness be useful from a different angle?
If it was just a webapp, I don't know that I'd submit it. However, as an iPhone app, which it does, I can see how one might want to both record your sexual behaviors to see if you need to change it up, and if it was shared anonymously, you'd get to compare sexual behaviors with your city or state. It wasn't until Masters and Johnson did their study that a lot of the myths about American sexual behavior was dispelled.
This has the same potential, perhaps. Into S&M, but not finding lots of people that are? Maybe you need to move somewhere else. If you don't like LA, where else in the country would you go?
As a long time HN user, I don't like seeing crap on the front page either, and if you check my submit history, the last two things of mine that made the front page are about git and arc in js.
I was watching the Colbert report and he was making fun of Blippy, which is like the Twitter for your receipts. To highlight how we seem to be moving to broadcasting every ridiculously mundane aspect of our lives, he highlighted what I submitted above.
Is it indicative of a larger trend of over-sharing? Don't know, and hard to say. But it is interesting that someone would try to build it to see if people would use it, and it is an interesting example of an app that takes over-sharing to the extreme.
And it is also interesting to ask the question, what if you take over-sharing to the extreme? Beyond the cultural taboos, can all this perceived uselessness be useful from a different angle?
If it was just a webapp, I don't know that I'd submit it. However, as an iPhone app, which it does, I can see how one might want to both record your sexual behaviors to see if you need to change it up, and if it was shared anonymously, you'd get to compare sexual behaviors with your city or state. It wasn't until Masters and Johnson did their study that a lot of the myths about American sexual behavior was dispelled.
This has the same potential, perhaps. Into S&M, but not finding lots of people that are? Maybe you need to move somewhere else. If you don't like LA, where else in the country would you go?
As a long time HN user, I don't like seeing crap on the front page either, and if you check my submit history, the last two things of mine that made the front page are about git and arc in js.
Is it indicative of a larger trend of over-sharing? Don't know, and hard to say.
My perspective:
I was a military wife and homeschooling mom for many years. I am also medically handicapped, which used to limit me a lot more than it does now. So I spent a lot of time on the Internet, to have a social outlet, to get information to help me homeschool, to attend college online, etc. Then I got divorced and got a job -- my lifelong dream: To be Normal. Woohoo!! And I am shocked and appalled at the shallow relationships that pass for Deep And Meaningful at work and in other "normal" social settings. I am used to being able to have serious, in-depth conversations, whether with my grown sons or in some online forum. Most of what I discuss with people at work and other IRL settings is trivial and there isn't time or opportunity to get into anything more than that.
So it seems to me that people probably post stuff like this online because you can. It's not like you are likely to have a bulletin board up at work with this kind of info. It gives people a better idea of who they are and where they stand. Are they "normal"? Does their life look pretty good compared to that of other people? etc.
I think people crave intimacy and information, both of which seem largely taboo in most social settings. So it ends up on the Internet.
My perspective:
I was a military wife and homeschooling mom for many years. I am also medically handicapped, which used to limit me a lot more than it does now. So I spent a lot of time on the Internet, to have a social outlet, to get information to help me homeschool, to attend college online, etc. Then I got divorced and got a job -- my lifelong dream: To be Normal. Woohoo!! And I am shocked and appalled at the shallow relationships that pass for Deep And Meaningful at work and in other "normal" social settings. I am used to being able to have serious, in-depth conversations, whether with my grown sons or in some online forum. Most of what I discuss with people at work and other IRL settings is trivial and there isn't time or opportunity to get into anything more than that.
So it seems to me that people probably post stuff like this online because you can. It's not like you are likely to have a bulletin board up at work with this kind of info. It gives people a better idea of who they are and where they stand. Are they "normal"? Does their life look pretty good compared to that of other people? etc.
I think people crave intimacy and information, both of which seem largely taboo in most social settings. So it ends up on the Internet.
It's a web app someone made, I think linking to interesting web apps is almost always on topic as long as they are more complicated than a single serving web site.
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looking forward to when pg lets us starting tagging things as meta
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looking forward to when pg lets us starting tagging things as meta
So if I made a webapp "Cats On Keyboards", which displays pictures of wonderfully cute kitties blissfully sleeping on keyboards, then that would be HN material?
Don't think so.
Don't think so.
http://icanhascheezburger.com/ is a very successful startup website which has been discussed on HN in the past.
I am very, very interested in hearing a discussion of the business, marketing, or technical aspects of ICHCB on Hacker News. That goes ditto for just about any site, from a titan of Internet publishing down to what some high school kid whipped up in his bedroom which has a total of 100 users (as long as there is some hook to it).
However, linking to the front page of a site just because it is on the Internet probably wouldn't pass muster with me.
However, linking to the front page of a site just because it is on the Internet probably wouldn't pass muster with me.
If it had enough users, probably.
Geesh! I think someone needs to get laid...
"Make something people want" takes on new meaning here.
Neat website. It's naturally viral and has a lot of monetizing potential.
I'm reminded of the scene in idiocracy where two of the morons actually get off their couches and meet. Their dialog went something like this:
"So what do you like?"
"I like eating and sex."
"Really? Me too!"
Apps like this seem to fit the idiocracy mold; striving to find the lowest common denominator of interest. What's next? Tracking our bowel movements? Places we've had diarrhea? Places we saw pretty girls?
In short, looks like a great idea. I'm happy to not be using it.
"So what do you like?"
"I like eating and sex."
"Really? Me too!"
Apps like this seem to fit the idiocracy mold; striving to find the lowest common denominator of interest. What's next? Tracking our bowel movements? Places we've had diarrhea? Places we saw pretty girls?
In short, looks like a great idea. I'm happy to not be using it.
" What's next? Tracking our bowel movements? Places we've had diarrhea? Places we saw pretty girls?"
That's what Twitter is for.
Or at least, that's what Twitter gets used for. Most people have entirely unremarkable lives (nothing wrong with that). You get a Twitter account, and you say ... what? "I just went to Starbuck's again. LOL!"
That's what Twitter is for.
Or at least, that's what Twitter gets used for. Most people have entirely unremarkable lives (nothing wrong with that). You get a Twitter account, and you say ... what? "I just went to Starbuck's again. LOL!"
pretty ironic comment, given that sex is amongst our first basic needs
Is it on-topic to remark, "pics or it didn't happen"?
this is sooooooooooooo funny!!!! :-D
(and I would like to deeplink to a specific area please :) )
(and I would like to deeplink to a specific area please :) )
What's the reason behind this? Please someone explain? I would be happy to see "I just fall in love" or "I've just said I'm in love" since it is romantic and positive, but why would I want to know sex positions on the valentine's day?
Maybe they are planning on monetizing based on those stats. I'm sure certain companies would like to deliver targeted ads based on individuals' preferences.
Also, judging by the "Use of condoms by country" graph on the Love Stats page (http://ijustmadelove.com/map/statistics/), users in certain ahem countries could do with some condom ads or sex/health info delivered to their phones!
Also, judging by the "Use of condoms by country" graph on the Love Stats page (http://ijustmadelove.com/map/statistics/), users in certain ahem countries could do with some condom ads or sex/health info delivered to their phones!
People like to screw. shrug
My guess is that most (read 99%) of the markers are fake. The map was most likely populated by the website owner.