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[{"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299103885.308948, "message": "Yah", "group_id": 97, "id": 253914}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104012.627876, "message": "thx", "group_id": 97, "id": 253939}, {"user_id": 17504, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104128.5015941, "message": "Bonsai somehow makes ye picture a bonsai tree ye snippet time to time", "group_id": 97, "id": 253965}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299103642.7469001, "message": "masonlevey@gmail.com", "group_id": 97, "id": 253848}, {"user_id": 17504, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299103973.733223, "message": "Um do ye have calculated how much starting money ye need? No need to answer me if ye do not want, i think i am not much help anyways...", "group_id": 97, "id": 253931}, {"user_id": 17504, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104085.4298921, "message": "I am not 100% sure i can afford put any money aside for 1 year forward anyways", "group_id": 97, "id": 253958}, {"user_id": 17504, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104173.0930619, "message": "ah, ok.. ill be silent now.. pai pai", "group_id": 97, "id": 253977}, {"user_id": 17504, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104192.8577621, "message": "but ye tend tree by snipping wrong growth", "group_id": 97, "id": 253981}, {"user_id": 18096, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104026.001389, "message": "I'd love to beta test the android app for you", "group_id": 97, "id": 253942}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299105248.3393171, "message": "Awesome. we should skype and talk further can you shoot me a quick email masonlevey@gmail.com", "group_id": 97, "id": 254168}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299103778.9751799, "message": "are you planning to develop an iOS app?", "group_id": 97, "id": 253895}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299105280.265624, "message": "@equinox Awesome. we should skype and talk further can you shoot me a quick email masonlevey@gmail.com", "group_id": 97, "id": 254175}, {"user_id": 224, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299103614.9621761, "message": "what idea?", "group_id": 97, "id": 253841}, {"user_id": 18096, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299103992.906194, "message": "Make sure you develop an Android app too", "group_id": 97, "id": 253932}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299103571.1042249, "message": "fdg", "group_id": 97, "id": 253829}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299103957.9532311, "message": "Are you an ios engineer?", "group_id": 97, "id": 253928}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104010.131788, "message": "For sure - want to execute well with ios first", "group_id": 97, "id": 253937}, {"user_id": 17504, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104144.9797959, "message": "so maybe ye have option of cutting too much growth in wrong direction?", "group_id": 97, "id": 253968}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299422990.460974, "user_id": 1094}], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299103623.370693, "message": "My name is Mason and I'm an entrepreneur over here in NYC. I'm currently working on a iOS project and seeking a technical co-founder.\n\nThe idea is for a mobile location based app named bonsai. The mission would be to show people how they're connected (digitally) to the people around them.\n\nThe concept is to have people sign up for bonsai, plug in their social graphs, twitter, tumblr, facebook, linkedin, etc. Then we can show how you're related to the people around you based on several social graphs.\n\nExample: Mason Levey and John Smith are in the same coffee shop and we could instantly see that we have 4 mutual friends on facebook, 17 of the same followers on twitter, and 8 mutual friends on 4sq, etc.\n\nI have some ideas on how to score/prioritize the Mason and John relationship so you can instantly see how connected we would be based on the bonsai score.\n\nAt a high level I'm intrigued with being able to instantly see how I'm digitally connected to people in the real world.\n\nPlease let me know if anyone is interested and would like to further discuss.\n\nThank you, \n\nMason", "group_id": 97, "id": 253843}, {"user_id": 17504, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104060.300772, "message": "I would love to donate small amount, but thru some kickstarter program.. that way it is good for everyone", "group_id": 97, "id": 253951}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104065.042011, "message": "Really looking for feedback on the concept as well :)", "group_id": 97, "id": 253953}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104147.4365549, "message": "good feedback", "group_id": 97, "id": 253970}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104174.413888, "message": "I thought bonsai b/c u think of all the branches as different social graphs w/ mutual connections", "group_id": 97, "id": 253978}, {"user_id": 17504, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299104215.022716, "message": "hmm maybe it is too complicated, yer idea is better..", "group_id": 97, "id": 253983}, {"user_id": 2597, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299105074.3739469, "message": "@mlevey yes I am, interested.. but not sure how serious this will be", "group_id": 97, "id": 254145}, {"user_id": 18134, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299112789.388586, "message": "There is a big treasure chest hidden in hear, and that's social interactivity. If you can make the service act like a game (Similar to what foursquare does with locations), I think it would skyrocket. But make it for more than just iOS; Android, WP7, Symbian, and WebOS all deserve some love. Even more, perhaps make it a web service that all of these can be integrated into.", "group_id": 97, "id": 254931}, {"user_id": 18134, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299112807.867712, "message": "Sort of like a social dashboard, where you keep stats on everything going on in Bonsai.", "group_id": 97, "id": 254932}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299114274.583786, "message": "@forwardtwo yeah definitely have to go multi-platform", "group_id": 97, "id": 255188}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299114183.3085229, "message": "exactly social anaytics", "group_id": 97, "id": 255159}, {"user_id": 224, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299179811.0280931, "message": "basically it would turn the entire world into ladies night", "group_id": 97, "id": 262622}, {"user_id": 15615, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299179527.59691, "message": "Have I mentioned that I'm interested? :)", "group_id": 97, "id": 262586}, {"user_id": 15615, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299179493.189811, "message": "Definitely sounds like a nice idea. Long term question though: How are you going to make money with it? There it is. Flat out. It's just part of what you should think about.", "group_id": 97, "id": 262580}, {"user_id": 224, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299179796.9415269, "message": "Make it free for women, but guys have to pay", "group_id": 97, "id": 262621}, {"user_id": 18410, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299186705.827925, "message": "This sounds like a lovely idea. I do have a couple of questions I would think about first though. Is this not very similar to foursquare applied to social graphs from other services? Granted you take the radius of your social graph a step further but that seems to be of a lot less value than the first step.", "group_id": 97, "id": 263720}, {"user_id": 18410, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299186747.597342, "message": "Are you going to have to be really careful about broadcasting your friend lists to anyone near you?", "group_id": 97, "id": 263728}, {"user_id": 17510, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299252230.2398889, "message": "I'd be wary if it automatically broadcasts within a given radius.  You should have the user check-in first to foursquare/gowalla/fb places and then have it provide the social graph of their relations to each other.", "group_id": 97, "id": 270112}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299268477.2398601, "message": "@m4dhatt3r we should chat can you send me a message at masonlevey@gmail.com", "group_id": 97, "id": 272245}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299268919.823025, "message": "@jonathanbusch @phantomAI  I like the idea of being able to open your bonsai app and it automatically shows how you're connected to people nearby. I think making someone check in adds friction to the process - pros and cons to both I guess.", "group_id": 97, "id": 272346}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299269144.08757, "message": "@jonathanbusch @phantomAI I was not thinking 24/7 background GPS - I was thinking you have to open the app and then Bonsai grabs your location.", "group_id": 97, "id": 272375}, {"user_id": 4, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299385289.7491031, "message": "@mlevey sounds like a pretty solid idea, I'd recommend finding a good technical co-founder and applying to YC ;)", "group_id": 97, "id": 278533}, {"user_id": 14009, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299393678.1831601, "message": "i've had similar ideas.... would be willing to share some thoughts with you.  sulleleven on gmail", "group_id": 97, "id": 278847}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299516037.47929, "message": "@etmaguire Thanks! please let me know if you think of any good technical co-founders masonlevey@gmail.com", "group_id": 97, "id": 288777}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299516264.2607329, "message": "@etmaguire Do you have to code to be accepted into YC?", "group_id": 97, "id": 288788}, {"user_id": 13695, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299516061.677124, "message": "@etmaguire Love the design of the convore site!", "group_id": 97, "id": 288780}, {"user_id": 4, "stars": [], "topic_id": 10275, "date_created": 1299526209.138942, "message": "@mlevey thanks for the compliments and no you don't have to code although anything you can add to the actual production of the product would be helpful. There are definitely non-technical founders at YC", "group_id": 97, "id": 289952}]