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I am working on an app to solve the issue of making friends and meeting like-minded people. https://www.trypoppin.com https://www.trypoppin.com If anyone is i

by asdev 5y ago

I am working on an app to solve the issue of making friends and meeting like-minded people. https://www.trypoppin.com https://www.trypoppin.com If anyone is interested in co-founding and located in NYC, let me know. Ideally with front-end or mobile experience and design oriented.

XCSme 5y ago
How do you plan on getting your critical mass/user base for your social network? The biggest problem with social networks is that at the start people won't want to join if there're not already many others using the platform? How does it compare to joining relevant groups on Facebook or searching for specific meetups?
- asdev 5y ago
  Still working out how to get a user base. First step would be to use paid social(expensive) to drive awareness and see if I can build a waitlist. From there I can re-engage the same folks with other opportunities(referral, giveaway) in order to build a critical mass. Facebook groups and meetups are quite huge and spammy. The Meetup app itself is old and tired and full of spam. It's hard to find quality. The hangouts on my app are limited to 10 people, which makes it easier to make friendships. They also require you to request to join which allows people to really screen for compatible people before committing to meet up in person.
escot 5y ago
You have a typo in the screenshot on the home page “thining” instead of “thinking”. The screencast looks pretty nice. Nice job on the design. For the product itself, I may not be your target market. I think the success of these types of things come down to a lot of nuiance of the platform. It may be too hard to make a generalized platform where anyone can post any event and organize people. I think meetup is popular because theres some trust in each organizer and less social pressure to an attendee since they can just go and listen, or be really engaged. You will probably need insurance immediately or risk being sued by someone who falls victim to a robbery or worst.
- escot 5y ago
  Btw my project is knotend and theres a top level comment about it if you have a sec to try it.
- asdev 5y ago
  thanks for the feedback! I fixed the screenshot. I definitely agree, trust and safety is going to be the number one priority if I'm able to get this thing off the ground. Ideally though, these aren't really events, they're more casual hangouts, something you would do with a small group friends. So it's different from Meetup in that way.

by asdev 5y ago

XCSme 5y ago

How do you plan on getting your critical mass/user base for your social network? The biggest problem with social networks is that at the start people won't want to join if there're not already many others using the platform? How does it compare to joining relevant groups on Facebook or searching for specific meetups?

asdev 5y ago
Still working out how to get a user base. First step would be to use paid social(expensive) to drive awareness and see if I can build a waitlist. From there I can re-engage the same folks with other opportunities(referral, giveaway) in order to build a critical mass. Facebook groups and meetups are quite huge and spammy. The Meetup app itself is old and tired and full of spam. It's hard to find quality. The hangouts on my app are limited to 10 people, which makes it easier to make friendships. They also require you to request to join which allows people to really screen for compatible people before committing to meet up in person.

escot 5y ago

You have a typo in the screenshot on the home page “thining” instead of “thinking”. The screencast looks pretty nice. Nice job on the design. For the product itself, I may not be your target market. I think the success of these types of things come down to a lot of nuiance of the platform. It may be too hard to make a generalized platform where anyone can post any event and organize people. I think meetup is popular because theres some trust in each organizer and less social pressure to an attendee since they can just go and listen, or be really engaged. You will probably need insurance immediately or risk being sued by someone who falls victim to a robbery or worst.

escot 5y ago
Btw my project is knotend and theres a top level comment about it if you have a sec to try it.
asdev 5y ago
thanks for the feedback! I fixed the screenshot. I definitely agree, trust and safety is going to be the number one priority if I'm able to get this thing off the ground. Ideally though, these aren't really events, they're more casual hangouts, something you would do with a small group friends. So it's different from Meetup in that way.