That is interesting, I too have had similar experiences like sometimes reading you think you know the characters better than real people.
Will do that for sure that's why these responses have been great, and I saw what you said too and that's why with the event first the thought is to get people to find others that have those same hobbies like sports or reading in person easier before talking to them online and so that they are local to you.
That really makes a lot of sense and I guess that's why voice channels and things are so popular, I guess I did not communicate the platform as well as I could have because by social media I meant that it was more so a platform where you go to events first and then stay in contact with the people you meet there and only people that are into the same events as you.
It started as a sort of spontaneous event discovery tool because I remember when first moving to a new city discovering where to go and do stuff was quite daunting while everyone seemed to know each other already.
I don't want another platform where you are just glued to a phone all day because that just makes it worse.
That is what I was thinking in that you can only join a community after going to an event with it, the goal is to not turn communities into another subreddit but a place where people are truly connecting.
That last line is also completely true for me and the thought is events would lead to an increased amount of those chance encounters especially because people are meeting over things that they like.
Thanks for the great feedback. Yeah, you are right in that similar things have been tried and I would also think that with the more of these types of platforms that have failed, it makes it even harder.
I wanted to hear your thoughts on one thing maybe that is I made the platform F2F first with the hopes of trying to bypass some of the normal pitfalls. As you said in your last line the goal is you start off by going to one of the events like sports or art clubs or car meets and then join a community and the online aspects like posts are to strengthen ties with that community that you are trying to foster.
Thanks a lot for the feedback, I too was facing the same problem, as with a community-related app the key thing is getting to a critical mass to where it becomes useful.
Interesting, you said about a specific problem, can you expand on what you mean by that?
Will do that for sure that's why these responses have been great, and I saw what you said too and that's why with the event first the thought is to get people to find others that have those same hobbies like sports or reading in person easier before talking to them online and so that they are local to you.