A few weeks ago I woke up and the top story on HackerNews was a NYTimes article about a woman who fell in love after answering 36 questions from a 20 yr old research study.
I was inspired and spent the next 12 hours building a web app version and around 1am the next day posted it on HN. Then things got really wild.
1] Before sunrise it hit the front page and hovered around #3 all day and there were over 200 comments.
2] Over 200,000 people visited the site, including Mark Zuckerberg who "Liked" us on his personal facebook page in the first 36 hours.
3] hundreds shared it on twitter
4] we hit the top 3 on Product Hunt.
5] editors of very big publications reached out about (now pending) exclusives
6] we had about 3,000 double confirmed opt ins to a mailing list
7] People wrote me saying they "said I love you" to each other for the first time while playing the game
8] the original author of the study emailed me with tips on how I might improve the questions
This was all just so fun and exciting, and felt so aligned with my core beliefs around love & relationship. As a transformational coach, I believe falling in love can be the fastest path to self actualization - if done with the right context and tools.
I decided to launch a crowdfunding campaign !
I designed a deck of physical cards that could be used on a first date or with a lover; found a manufacturing partner; wrote the copy; shot the video with my macbook pro retina; figured out premier; and got it live. We are almost at 20% of the goal after the first day and a half and I have commitments from some big "relationship gurus" with list of hundreds of thousands who are going to promote it.
I would LOVE your help in spreading the word further, since it all started here on HackerNews.
Also, if you back the project and mention HACKERNEWS I will include an extra special unlisted prize just for HN backers.
I am so grateful for the outpouring of support and encouragement and inspiration the web app received here and for how great this community has been in general.
A few weeks ago I woke up and the top story on HackerNews was a NYTimes article about a woman who fell in love after answering 36 questions from a 20 yr old research study.
I was inspired and spent the next 12 hours building a web app version and around 1am the next day posted it on HN. Then things got really wild.
1] Before sunrise it hit the front page and hovered around #3 all day and there were over 200 comments.
2] Over 200,000 people visited the site, including Mark Zuckerberg who "Liked" us on his personal facebook page in the first 36 hours.
3] hundreds shared it on twitter
4] we hit the top 3 on Product Hunt.
5] editors of very big publications reached out about (now pending) exclusives
6] we had about 3,000 double confirmed opt ins to a mailing list
7] People wrote me saying they "said I love you" to each other for the first time while playing the game
8] the original author of the study emailed me with tips on how I might improve the questions
This was all just so fun and exciting, and felt so aligned with my core beliefs around love & relationship. As a transformational coach, I believe falling in love can be the fastest path to self actualization - if done with the right context and tools.
I decided to launch a crowdfunding campaign !
I designed a deck of physical cards that could be used on a first date or with a lover; found a manufacturing partner; wrote the copy; shot the video with my macbook pro retina; figured out premier; and got it live. We are almost at 20% of the goal after the first day and a half and I have commitments from some big "relationship gurus" with list of hundreds of thousands who are going to promote it.
I would LOVE your help in spreading the word further, since it all started here on HackerNews.
I set up an inner circle share link here. If you spread the word, it would mean the world to me. >> http://PlayTheLoveGame.com/crowdfund
Also, if you back the project and mention HACKERNEWS I will include an extra special unlisted prize just for HN backers.
I am so grateful for the outpouring of support and encouragement and inspiration the web app received here and for how great this community has been in general.
- Anthony David Adams