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

[michael_dorfman]

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"?

[thatusertwo → michael_dorfman]

suppose so, maybe then the question becomes "is the product compelling enough"?

[michael_dorfman → thatusertwo]

That's a much better question for you to focus on. Or better yet, to ask some customers about.