blakefolgado
blakefolgado t1_ixa5bco wrote
Reply to comment by AlarmingDrawing in I made an app to help see friends in New York more by [deleted]
Agree with you on Find my friends, I use it too. The main thing is just letting people know you're open to do something if they want to join. Which atm is a lot more 1:1 messaging eg on message. All good !
blakefolgado t1_ixa52w7 wrote
Reply to comment by DrewTheVillan in I made an app to help see friends in New York more by [deleted]
This is actually something we spoke about a few months ago. Imagine if you could only play games with friends if you pre-planned them. No way! It's so normal to see a friend online and just join their session.
blakefolgado t1_ixa2rq7 wrote
Reply to comment by blakefolgado in I made an app to help see friends in New York more by [deleted]
also would be really happy to share feedback too
blakefolgado t1_ixa2pkb wrote
Reply to comment by DirgoHoopEarrings in I made an app to help see friends in New York more by [deleted]
Oh amazing, would be awesome to hear your feedback :) Happy to chat more!
blakefolgado t1_ixa2kli wrote
Reply to comment by MyGoalOf1811 in I made an app to help see friends in New York more by [deleted]
Thanks a lot u/MyGoalOf1811, oh will check that out! Looks fun! Let me know if you try the app out, would love to see what you think.
blakefolgado t1_ixa2gk4 wrote
Reply to comment by Change0fdirecti0n in I made an app to help see friends in New York more by [deleted]
So this was the original thing we were quite focussed on, and happy to share a bit of background we did not build this first. When looking at a bunch of services, we noticed a missing quality and connection with the people we'd meet. And a difficult incosistency with the experience we'd have which meant we'd try less and others we spoke to said the same.
We'd need a lot of people using it in a small area to make sure users have a really good experience. This is why we started by trying to make the app really useful between friend groups and then give us the ability to broaden to help people meet new people through Outside. Right now, this is possible via mutual friends a friend can invite to join which is typically more natural but really damn tough. So we want to start by making it easier to meet mutual friends and then progress towards all new people :)
We've got a tonne of ideas here and want to give people a way better experience than what they're used to. Genuinely appreciate your feedback!
blakefolgado t1_ixa0rb7 wrote
Reply to comment by blakefolgado in I made an app to help see friends in New York more by [deleted]
Can drop you a DM too when we're on Android
blakefolgado t1_ixa0n5c wrote
Reply to comment by AlarmingDrawing in I made an app to help see friends in New York more by [deleted]
Hmm maybe? but not exactly! People mostly share things their about to do or want to do and friends can join. Things do happen spontaneously though if they have people nearby which is fun.
So less checking in I guess but more trying to make something happen. Appreciate the question!
blakefolgado t1_ixa04qy wrote
Reply to comment by sardiath in I made an app to help see friends in New York more by [deleted]
Thanks a lot ! u/sardiath, we just added a simple web view a few weeks ago to be more accessible. Would love to get to Android too! We've been pretty focussed just trying to make sure the apps super useful on iOS and then we're going right to Android :)
blakefolgado t1_ixa7luo wrote
Reply to comment by DirgoHoopEarrings in I made an app to help see friends in New York more by [deleted]
Me too!