I rarely would say things like I built the same thing, and yes web&#x2F;mobile are very diff but given the context it effectively was the same thing at that time.<p>I actually had never seen anyone do anything quite like it since until now -- what are these other ones?<p>Social is very tricky -- network effect is everything, and the founders ability to time and push that out is a combo of luck and skill. Just looking at the history of chat services is a clear demonstration of that.<p>Thus I&#x27;m not saying nitester was guaranteed to be successful, but the concept was the same, the context was good (I was in college and Facebook didn&#x27;t exist yet so social was open), and I had the friend networks and already threw big parties&#x2F;raves. I just regret not giving it a bigger shot. It did help me get into MIT for grad school so at least something good came out of my laziness :)