Potluck

**ekolis** · July 3, 2013, 10:26

Pretty neat. Any reason Potluck doesn't have a consistent logo? When importing contacts from various other social media platforms, every time Potluck has a different logo!

Also, after doing so, I appear to be trapped in the new-user setup process - there's no button to click to continue! Had to refresh the page for the button to appear...

How do I add a friend by username? I want to add you, but the only way I can add friends is to import them from Facebook, Twitter, or Gmail...

**Mikko Lehtinen** · July 3, 2013, 11:14

Hmm, try this link to add me (click "I already have an account"):

https://www.potluck.it/users/new_from_invitation/1b0d49b1

You can also use the link to create an account & then add me.

**ekolis** · July 4, 2013, 07:58

Nope, didn't work. Clicked "already have an account", logged in... and then was dumped at my home page, with no way of accepting your invitation

Also, it's kind of hard to bookmark the home page, because it always redirects me to the first article in my feed. I have to manually edit the bookmark in my browser...

**Mikko Lehtinen** · July 4, 2013, 08:50

Originally posted by ekolis

Nope, didn't work. Clicked "already have an account", logged in... and then was dumped at my home page, with no way of accepting your invitation

Well that's weird. I'll find a way to note the creators about this!

Hey, if you send me email from your Gmail to mine (miihkali dot lehtinen), Potluck should recognize us as Gmail friends. (If you have a Gmail account.)

Originally posted by ekolis

Also, it's kind of hard to bookmark the home page, because it always redirects me to the first article in my feed. I have to manually edit the bookmark in my browser...

I think that's a feature. The most talked about article is on top and already visible. You don't really need the home page for anything, all the articles show on the left panel.

**ekolis** · July 4, 2013, 09:22

Oh, I thought this was something you created yourself...

Actually, now I have you twice, but it says "Pending". I guess the invite took, but you somehow have to accept?

**buzzkill** · July 4, 2013, 15:49

I signed up as well. Never was a huge fan of Facebook. Through the years my friend count has grown steadily from single digits and now numbers in the 30's, and in actuality that's probably a bit more than reality calls for.

In any case, I'm Buzzkill on Potluck. Don't know if I'll use it or not but feel free to 'friend' me. Let's see where this goes.

**Mikko Lehtinen** · July 4, 2013, 16:23

buzzkill, 'friending' anyone seems to be awfully hard in Potluck after you've already signed in.

If you send me email to my gmail.com address (miihkali dot lehtinen), Potluck seems to notice it. (If you allowed it to dig your gmail for addresses.) Not sure if both email addresses need to be in gmail or only one of them.

I hope that people are able to 'friend' other people's friends, otherwise this connecting effort gets pretty hard... I know that if you 'heart' or comment a link, the friends of your friends will also see it. Hopefully at that point they can 'friend' each other. Not sure.

**Mikko Lehtinen** · July 4, 2013, 16:38

What I like about Potluck is that I'm able to Potluck a ton of links without being seen as a desperate attention seeker or a spammer, like in Facebook.

**ekolis** · July 4, 2013, 16:48

Originally posted by Mikko Lehtinen

buzzkill, 'friending' anyone seems to be awfully hard in Potluck after you've already signed in.

I wonder if that's an intentional design decision? Like, make it hard to have "Potluck friends" who aren't actually your friends? Of course, it does make Potluck's success entirely dependent on that of other social media platforms. Well, and Gmail. Hopefully these guys add support for other email services too!

**ekolis** · July 4, 2013, 16:51

Originally posted by Mikko Lehtinen

What I like about Potluck is that I'm able to Potluck a ton of links without being seen as a desperate attention seeker or a spammer, like in Facebook.

Google+ kinda lets you do that, too, if I'm not mistaken...

**Mikko Lehtinen** · July 4, 2013, 16:52

Originally posted by ekolis

I wonder if that's an intentional design decision? Like, make it hard to have "Potluck friends" who aren't actually your friends?

Yes, it's surely something like that. But sharing an invitation url should work even between people who already have a Potluck account. That it doesn't work is hopefully a bug.

**Mikko Lehtinen** · July 4, 2013, 17:06

Originally posted by ekolis

Google+ kinda lets you do that, too, if I'm not mistaken...

I'm trying to resist Google's world domination.

For example, I'm a Linux enthusiast, but I'd rather use a Windows Phone than an Android. Android's business plan is to collect as much information as possible about the user for advertising purposes. Android is NSA's best friend. It's getting scary.

EDIT: this Firefox and Chrome extension helps a bit against Google's (and others') spying: https://disconnect.me/

**Derakon** · July 4, 2013, 20:19

Originally posted by Mikko Lehtinen

For example, I'm a Linux enthusiast, but I'd rather use a Windows Phone than an Android. Android's business plan is to collect as much information as possible about the user for advertising purposes. Android is NSA's best friend. It's getting scary.

I don't deny that Google collects an awful lot of information about its users, but at the same time I don't think they're collecting any more than any other company does. They're notable for how pervasive they are, not for how invasive they're being.

**Mikko Lehtinen** · July 4, 2013, 20:37

Originally posted by Derakon

I don't deny that Google collects an awful lot of information about its users, but at the same time I don't think they're collecting any more than any other company does. They're notable for how pervasive they are, not for how invasive they're being.

Yeah, everybody does it. But in Google's case, collecting information & advertising is the core of their business model. They don't get money out of sold phones (unlike Apple).

Google is able to collect information from many more sources than any other company. Pervasiveness + invasiveness is a scary combination.

I'm already using Google's email and search. I want someone else to collect my location data.

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