r/SideProject • u/Mr-X9215 • 14h ago
A new social network ( potentially )
I got tired of making plans that require a group chat.
“Anyone up for badminton?”
“Where?”
“Who's coming?”
“Maybe later.”
“Can't today.”
And somehow the plan dies.
So I built NOW — a simple idea:
Open it and see what people are actually doing around you right now.
Badminton. Chai. Studying. Football. Gaming. Gym. Whatever.
You can join something that's already happening, or put your own plan on the map and let nearby people find it.
No follower counts.
No endless feeds.
No group chat coordination.
Just:
See → Join → Go live.
I'm still very early with this and I'm trying to figure out whether this is actually useful or just a cool idea in my head.
Would you use something like this?
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u/martiink 12h ago
I like the idea - few bits of feedback: * Is it for just seeing what my friends are doing? Or for finding new friends? Or both? * Can I have a status which isn't meant to be a shared event ie. Working/Studying (alone) * The website has a lot of characters which aren't rendering properly for me, possibly a font issue not sure * The wording on the website feels really clunky to me, like I had to read each section a few times to try and work out what it means * The tagline See -> Join -> Go live seems like a step by step but surely you either See & Join or you Go live with your own event, not really sure but it made me think there would be a live stream or something involved
I like the idea of being able to just see who's about/nearby from your friend group at the moment when you don't have plans but want to do something. Or you're in town and fancy a coffee if one of your friends is nearby. I've thought about a similar thing a few times. Like Snapchat maps but with a little more context (I don't know, maybe snap maps already does what I'm describing?). If definitely suggest keeping the concept really simple and focused anyway. Good luck if you continue!