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Playdate
Platform for building local communities primarily and extend to global communities
Problems
- Meeting people in person is hard
- Making friends as you get older is hard
- Coordinating calendars is hard
- Life happens, people cannot always show up or need to cancel rsvps. No shows or last minute cancellations feel like rejections and can turn people off the platform. People with busy/uncertain schedules or kids need a way to connect with new people in their community in a low friction way
Solution
Playdate is a platform that helps solve the coordination problem to meet people in person more often.
Interface
The primary interface should be text message 💬 and calendar 📅. Text messaging can be SMS or a messaging platform like WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. Folks can express their interests and availability over text message or by creating calendar slots with descriptions on a calendar shared with this app. And the app will connect groups of 4-6 people to meet up in person. It will try to include at least two people who know each other in a group, so you are meeting new people with at least one familiar face. And set you up at a public venue (coffee shop☕, restaurant🍽, park🌳, etc) to ensure safety for everyone.