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semperfaux | 11 years ago

My question would be what this really does that isn't already happening. App discovery is definitely an open problem, but if what you're doing is facilitating sharing apps with people who know you (already easy directly between individuals) or seeing what people at large like (already done via the top charts), I'm not sure what the point is.

Also, and I know from sites like Flickr that I'm not exactly making a bulletproof point, I really dislike the whole "leave off a letter" approach to naming a product. Telling someone "jungle dot com, but without the e" moves you from a two syllable TLD to one that requires an extra five and perhaps a follow up just to make sure they're searching for the right thing.

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jungl|11 years ago

With this app we really want to work on social connections and the connections with people from apps we have in common. If we ever do a 'Top' chart, you will only see the top of your community and not the top from the entire Jungl crowd.

For example, at the moment we have 300 account created, each accounts have listed their favorite apps. I'm personally connected to 15 users with the most apps in common with me. My 'Top' chart would be different than yours as long as our favorite apps selections are different.

We are working to make a very personalized and living catalog of the latest cool apps.

I see your point with the naming choice.

Mithaldu|11 years ago

Instead of "apps from people you hassled with social network bullshit" i'd rather see "apps from people who have a similar set of apps you do".