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That seems like the kind of "social app" that might actually work for me. I like the idea of sort of passively declaring "i am doing something, feel free to sho

That seems like the kind of "social app" that might actually work for me. I like the idea of sort of passively declaring "i am doing something, feel free to show up." I guess the potential failure mode is ... no one ever showing up. I've got a standing slot (during work hours) at my current company where it's just "AI Jam" - just come in, eat lunch, and we'll hack on something, ramble about the news, etc. It's been moderately successful but there are definitely weeks where you just end up in a call with one or two guys with nothing to show. That's not so bad though - last week we just talked about video games. Still fun. So anyway - best of luck. Seems like a cool idea!

Jemaclus 19d ago
Yeah, I get that. My thinking is that I'd rather go do something fun by myself than sit at home because I couldn't coordinate something or because someone else didn't want to do my thing. This weekend, for example, another couple invited my partner and me to go do an activity. They sent the text at 11. We finished giving our kid lunch, walked the dog, and loaded up the car. They texted and said their kid wasn't ready yet, and maybe they'd leave by 2. They didn't leave home til 2:30, so we didn't start our activity until noon, almost three hours later. The activity lasted about an hour, then we suggested going to a brewery to get some drinks, but for one reason or another, we wound up going our separate ways. My partner looked at me and said "This would've been a better Holler use-case. We could've just gone for a hike ourselves and not had to coordinate with someone else who can't show up on time." Sure, it might've just been us, but we spent a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth coordinating with people that we ultimately barely spent any time with, and instead lost half our day. Holler, to me, represents a form of social freedom. I'm freed from the constraints of other peoples' calendars. If they really want to hang out with me, they'll come to the events I holler. If they don't, then that's fine, we can still be friends, but if they can't be willing to attend things on my schedule, why should I adjust my schedule to conform with theirs? So I'm going to do what I want to do, and if anyone wants to join, fantastic. Better than sitting at home twiddling my thumbs wishing I was doing something fun.
chantepierre 19d ago
I do this in my running club (granted, it’s quite specific). Hello I’ll run X time at Y place for that long / that purpose. I don’t even explicitly « invite ». Then a few people sometimes join. We are a few hundreds so I meet new people each time. It’s nice and bears 0 organizational cost for me
- Jemaclus 18d ago
  Yes! You get it! That's awesome. This is basically "comment what you want to do on a FB group and see who shows up" as an app. You got it exactly.

Jemaclus 19d ago

Yeah, I get that. My thinking is that I'd rather go do something fun by myself than sit at home because I couldn't coordinate something or because someone else didn't want to do my thing. This weekend, for example, another couple invited my partner and me to go do an activity. They sent the text at 11. We finished giving our kid lunch, walked the dog, and loaded up the car. They texted and said their kid wasn't ready yet, and maybe they'd leave by 2. They didn't leave home til 2:30, so we didn't start our activity until noon, almost three hours later. The activity lasted about an hour, then we suggested going to a brewery to get some drinks, but for one reason or another, we wound up going our separate ways. My partner looked at me and said "This would've been a better Holler use-case. We could've just gone for a hike ourselves and not had to coordinate with someone else who can't show up on time." Sure, it might've just been us, but we spent a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth coordinating with people that we ultimately barely spent any time with, and instead lost half our day. Holler, to me, represents a form of social freedom. I'm freed from the constraints of other peoples' calendars. If they really want to hang out with me, they'll come to the events I holler. If they don't, then that's fine, we can still be friends, but if they can't be willing to attend things on my schedule, why should I adjust my schedule to conform with theirs? So I'm going to do what I want to do, and if anyone wants to join, fantastic. Better than sitting at home twiddling my thumbs wishing I was doing something fun.

chantepierre 19d ago

I do this in my running club (granted, it’s quite specific). Hello I’ll run X time at Y place for that long / that purpose. I don’t even explicitly « invite ». Then a few people sometimes join. We are a few hundreds so I meet new people each time. It’s nice and bears 0 organizational cost for me

Jemaclus 18d ago
Yes! You get it! That's awesome. This is basically "comment what you want to do on a FB group and see who shows up" as an app. You got it exactly.