Comments on: Is this the biggest UK social network you’ve never heard of? http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/ Tracking European web and mobile start-ups Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:49:33 +0100 hourly 1 By: Qype*Vibes » In with the Out crowd http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/comment-page-1/#comment-110415 Qype*Vibes » In with the Out crowd Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:32:54 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/#comment-110415 [...] an interesting article over at Web2.0 gossip site Techcrunch UK about the clubber’s networking site Don’t Stay [...] [...] an interesting article over at Web2.0 gossip site Techcrunch UK about the clubber’s networking site Don’t Stay [...]

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]]> By: QYPE*Vibes » Blog Archive » Qype auf uk.TechCrunch http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/comment-page-1/#comment-93230 QYPE*Vibes » Blog Archive » Qype auf uk.TechCrunch Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:00:00 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/#comment-93230 [...] schreibt TechCrunch zwar nicht, sie fragen: Is this the biggest UK social network you’ve never heard of?. Im verlinkten Artikel geht es um DontStayIn und als Vergleich bezüglich Traffic und [...] [...] schreibt TechCrunch zwar nicht, sie fragen: Is this the biggest UK social network you’ve never heard of?. Im verlinkten Artikel geht es um DontStayIn und als Vergleich bezüglich Traffic und [...]

]]> By: Stephan Uhrenbacher http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/comment-page-1/#comment-93226 Stephan Uhrenbacher Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:32:25 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/#comment-93226 Congratulations to the dsi team. We at Qype have been following several other clubbing and party picture websites in Europe and we are quite impressed with what they are doing in the UK. It just goes to show that the local/social model can work on so many different levels. I see the usage patterns and behaviour being different to what we see on local review sites like Qype, which is a good thing :-) Congratulations to the dsi team. We at Qype have been following several other clubbing and party picture websites in Europe and we are quite impressed with what they are doing in the UK.

It just goes to show that the local/social model can work on so many different levels. I see the usage patterns and behaviour being different to what we see on local review sites like Qype, which is a good thing :-)

]]> By: David Brophy http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/comment-page-1/#comment-93171 David Brophy Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:47:03 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/#comment-93171 Hi all - if you'd like to have a jolly good laugh, here's the documentary about DontStayIn that was made for Channel 4 back in 2005: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2814261186846054856 Hi all – if you’d like to have a jolly good laugh, here’s the documentary about DontStayIn that was made for Channel 4 back in 2005:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2814261186846054856

]]> By: Sokratis http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/comment-page-1/#comment-92927 Sokratis Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:00:23 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/#comment-92927 Mike, you don't seem like a hardcore clubber so I'm not that suprised you haven't heard of them ;-) DSI has delivered really well and although I don't know the team personally, people who do put a lot of the success down to the personalities of the founders and how well they fitted with the community they were building. Nic had mentioned somehting similar in this post: http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/11/30/personality-important-on-social-media-sites/ Mike, you don’t seem like a hardcore clubber so I’m not that suprised you haven’t heard of them ;-)

DSI has delivered really well and although I don’t know the team personally, people who do put a lot of the success down to the personalities of the founders and how well they fitted with the community they were building.
Nic had mentioned somehting similar in this post: http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/11/30/personality-important-on-social-media-sites/

]]> By: Paul Fabretti http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/comment-page-1/#comment-92923 Paul Fabretti Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:46:26 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/#comment-92923 Great find Mike. I remember the TV programme. Started out as a way to get clubbers together, although I guess that now, people are doing it on Facebook. From memory, the guys claim that membership was fiercely loyal and I would argue that it would still enjoy significant support if it ventured into something like Facebook to increase numbers rather than lose members because of the features Facebook has to offer. Great find Mike. I remember the TV programme. Started out as a way to get clubbers together, although I guess that now, people are doing it on Facebook.

From memory, the guys claim that membership was fiercely loyal and I would argue that it would still enjoy significant support if it ventured into something like Facebook to increase numbers rather than lose members because of the features Facebook has to offer.

]]> By: Jason Willans http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/comment-page-1/#comment-92921 Jason Willans Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:38:38 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/#comment-92921 Being the owner of a UK dance brand, I have used Dontstayin from a business angle, and seen amazing results. What initially started with some people handing out cards in our club has quickly progressed into a 1000+ members community that we now have instant access to to tell them about our events. The one thing that DSI manages to do where many sites have fallen down, is gain a national coverage, and not be too localised (although London does hold a majority of members). DSI gives us the ability to run our own website within itself, so we don't have to fuss about with maintaining an entire site ourselves, and can get on with promoting. I'd recommend this site to any other promoters out there. Feel free to check out www.dsi.summitevents.net if you would like to see how we feel we are using the site to it's full potential. Being the owner of a UK dance brand, I have used Dontstayin from a business angle, and seen amazing results.

What initially started with some people handing out cards in our club has quickly progressed into a 1000+ members community that we now have instant access to to tell them about our events.

The one thing that DSI manages to do where many sites have fallen down, is gain a national coverage, and not be too localised (although London does hold a majority of members).

DSI gives us the ability to run our own website within itself, so we don’t have to fuss about with maintaining an entire site ourselves, and can get on with promoting.

I’d recommend this site to any other promoters out there. Feel free to check out http://www.dsi.summitevents.net if you would like to see how we feel we are using the site to it’s full potential.

]]> By: Mike Butcher http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/comment-page-1/#comment-92917 Mike Butcher Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:09:40 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/#comment-92917 Ivan - Apologies, have changed that to read, 13,000 over the course of a day. These - of course - are numbers they publish and are not independently verified. Ivan – Apologies, have changed that to read, 13,000 over the course of a day. These – of course – are numbers they publish and are not independently verified.

]]> By: John http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/comment-page-1/#comment-92916 John Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:09:24 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/#comment-92916 Hi Guys. John from DSI here. The 511 is users active in the last five minutes. We have about 40-50,000 uniques a day. Some more detailed stats are avaliable here: http://s6.dontstayin.com/6f/41/6f416902-65c1-4e71-bdbb-6de19abed023.gif The site has a lot of depth that you dont really see straight away, have a good play with it before judging us! The hot forums page has some nice times updates, so you can see how often the popular forums get updated: http://www.dontstayin.com/pages/hotforums The live chat on the left hand side is also a nice little site wide feature where peopel can IM all day long. We currently working on a new user wizard that should help people on their first visit. I think Tim is having a chat with Mike now giving him a few more details. If you have any questions give us a shout. Hi Guys. John from DSI here. The 511 is users active in the last five minutes. We have about 40-50,000 uniques a day.

Some more detailed stats are avaliable here:

http://s6.dontstayin.com/6f/41/6f416902-65c1-4e71-bdbb-6de19abed023.gif

The site has a lot of depth that you dont really see straight away, have a good play with it before judging us!

The hot forums page has some nice times updates, so you can see how often the popular forums get updated:

http://www.dontstayin.com/pages/hotforums

The live chat on the left hand side is also a nice little site wide feature where peopel can IM all day long.

We currently working on a new user wizard that should help people on their first visit.

I think Tim is having a chat with Mike now giving him a few more details. If you have any questions give us a shout.

]]> By: foaf http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/comment-page-1/#comment-92914 foaf Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:05:50 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/#comment-92914 In the clubbing scene this is a big site, and if you're not on it, you're not clubbing. I have had a great time with the site literally since its inception. And before facebook it was THE site to rush to after the lights went up at 6am and upload you're pictures and tag them. For many it still is. It is a true word of mouth set up, free cards are given to new members that request them, and you give them out when you take a photo of someone when out. I believe it's truly made clubbing more friendly. A few downfalls have been the clique'ness that groups of people enevitably conjour up, and many "pro-spotters" spend their entire nights just taking pictures in hope of, I can only guess, a break at professional photography. Originally donations were quite common, though advertising has become more prevelant over time, and ticket sales are a relatively recent introduction. It's a great site! In the clubbing scene this is a big site, and if you’re not on it, you’re not clubbing. I have had a great time with the site literally since its inception. And before facebook it was THE site to rush to after the lights went up at 6am and upload you’re pictures and tag them. For many it still is.

It is a true word of mouth set up, free cards are given to new members that request them, and you give them out when you take a photo of someone when out. I believe it’s truly made clubbing more friendly.

A few downfalls have been the clique’ness that groups of people enevitably conjour up, and many “pro-spotters” spend their entire nights just taking pictures in hope of, I can only guess, a break at professional photography.

Originally donations were quite common, though advertising has become more prevelant over time, and ticket sales are a relatively recent introduction. It’s a great site!

]]> By: Ivan http://eu.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/comment-page-1/#comment-92909 Ivan Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:39:30 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/is-this-the-biggest-uk-social-network-youve-never-heard-of/#comment-92909 Mike, not sure where your numbers came from, but the site lists '511 members currently logged in' which is a bit shy of 13,000! Also, it seems a bit, how can I put this, turgid ... Mike, not sure where your numbers came from, but the site lists ‘511 members currently logged in’ which is a bit shy of 13,000! Also, it seems a bit, how can I put this, turgid …

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