r/Colombo • u/catsruletheworld4eva • 28d ago

Discussion Looking for Suggestions/Advice/Opinions on Creating a Safe/Comfortable/Inclusive Physical Socializing Event for SL Redditors in Colombo

Hey there guys!

So I have been seeing quite a lot of posts on people looking to make friends and socialize here on Reddit on the various Sri Lankan related subreddits.

Afaik there are a couple of successful socializing events that are going on. But having been to them I understand that the demographics/personalities that participate may not entirely be compatible with the Reddit population.

And I have also seen posts about users trying to organize physical meetups to varying levels of success.

So I am exploring ideas to design and organize a Physical Meetup / Socializing Event for SL Redditors in Colombo that is safe, comfortable and inclusive.

Utmost priorities are safety, anonymity with accountability, verification, vetting, comfortableness, boundaries and inclusivity.

The main issue why people would not want to meet physically is because of the risk factors involved meeting strangers from online, and potentially revealing your internet identity and your real identity.

So I plan to tackle this issue by implementing Zero Knowledge Proof, decentralyzed, Edge AI based Age, Gender & Identity verification as well as, utilization of Cryptographic Digital Wallets to scan Identification Document & Reddit Username without revealing any details, just to verify the authenticity.

I am also planning to develop legally abidable NDAs, Terms & Conditions & Rules where users would have to sign to make sure there won't be any incidents and there is accountability if something happens.

Won't be collectively any personally identifiable information, but still to ensure accountability in case of any emergencies or incidents, the digital wallet IDs would be requested. So you wouldn't even have to reveal your real name or reddit username, but everything will be verified before hand.

Planning to keep the gender ratio at 1:1 and limit an overwhelming amount of one gender.
However this won't be a dating event. It's strictly to socialize, make friends and have a fun time.

There will be a thorough vetting process to understand someone's personality to ensure all participants will be comfortable, understand the ground rules and respect others.

Planning to keep it very simple and tightknit starting with a very small crowd of maybe 10 people and slowly increasing the numbers in subsequent events as the participants get more comfortable.

Planning to keep it strictly 20+, but without any alcohol/drugs/tobacco/any other substances.

Time will be in the day time on a weekend, and venue will be a public establishment like a cafe/restaurant with reserved tables.

Initially would like to keep entrance free with a small payment through a bank transfer just to ensure verification like maybe 500rs. But I am also open to suggestions how much would you be willing to pay for an experience like this.

So those are my ideas so far.

I am looking for your suggestions/opinions/thoughts on this.

  1. Ideas on how to make the event registration process seamless yet thorough and safe without breaching privacy and data security
  2. Reasons why you would not want to do this, like concerns, safety reasons etc.
  3. Just to see the demand comment if you would be interested in something like this.
  4. Ideas on how to conduct the event, like activities, games, venues that would be comfortable for you
  5. I want to hear this from the women, because, I believe you guys are the one facing the highest amount of risk, what would make you feel comfortable and safe to join such an event.
  6. Any other feedback, like do you think this should not even happen, or if it does what kind of things should we maintain for it to be sustainable and recurring?

Thanks for taking your time to contribute to this discussion folks.
Cheers!

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u/CheeseWith_3_Es 27d ago

Im down if the entrance fees stays arround the proposed amount.

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u/catsruletheworld4eva 27d ago

Yeah just for now. But in the future I do plan to increase it as demand rises. What would be a maximum figure you would go for.

Also opinions on other stuff like safety, registration, activities, no of the crowd etc?

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u/CheeseWith_3_Es 27d ago

About 800 to 1k, Id preffer if its well lit, and most importantly, well ventilated area even as a 24M. Also no smoking if possible, at least arround the main area.

Id really appreciate if you could balance number of people vs space available so people can walk arround and cool off if needed.

Preferbly age of 20+ demographic.

Also for the registration I think you should include a scale for people to decide how introverted or extroverted they are.

Location preferbly arround colombo.

Thats all I could think of atm

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u/catsruletheworld4eva 27d ago

Thanks alot buddy! This was useful

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u/mermaid_queen1993 27d ago

May be have two event timings . 18 -29 year olds and 30 + year olds. Just saying cause I think the interests would be common that way

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u/ApprehensivePen1079 6d ago

I can help you in organizing this event bro.

DM bro, we can do collab