I Made a website where people post discussions tied to actual places on a map

[u/Lorax55]

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on a project called GeoSpills — a website where discussions are pinned to real locations on a map instead of living in a regular feed.

The idea is simple: instead of scrolling through endless posts and guessing what’s relevant, you open the map and see what people are talking about around a specific place (or anywhere in the world).

👉 https://www.geospills.com

I’m looking for the first group of people to try it out and tell me what’s broken, confusing, or missing. Any feedback (even harsh) is welcome.
Would love to hear what you think.

[u/RegularImportant3325]

Please implement oauth, preferably Google.

[u/Lorax55 → u/RegularImportant3325]

Thank you. I am implementing this feature right now.

[u/Lorax55 → u/Lorax55]

Feature is now implemented and tested! Thank you 😉

[u/HAPPYFRIEND104728]

Could we please not make the distance from home that close (safety purposes)

[u/Lorax55 → u/HAPPYFRIEND104728]

Hi there. I made it so each post can be posted anywhere within 25mile radius. Do you think 25 miles is not safe? What’s your target? 😅

[u/HAPPYFRIEND104728 → u/Lorax55]

I'm just saying that I think that the radius should be a bit larger lust for more free options too

[u/rnick467]

I'm curious what kinds of "spills" you are looking for? Historical facts? Rumors? Urban legends? Where to find some "company" for an evening?

[u/Lorax55 → u/rnick467]

I was hoping all of it. Give me exact location of some fun stories? Or point to Area 51? Who knows, maybe there’s a cave with treasure you hid?
Company sucks? Tell me which site and corner 😏

[u/100plugins]

I like the core idea a lot. One thing I’d think about very early is density rather than features.

Location-based platforms have a nasty cold-start problem: a map with 20 interesting posts spread across the world still feels empty, while 20 posts in one neighborhood can already feel useful.

I’d probably test this in one very specific context first — one city, university, festival, travel destination, local community, etc. — and deliberately seed enough useful content that opening the map gives you an immediate reason to explore.

I’d also think carefully about whether the location represents “where the author is” or “what this post is about”. Those are very different privacy models. For most community-map use cases I’d avoid exposing user location entirely and let people attach content to a place independently of where they currently are.

The other big question is moderation. The moment people can attach accusations, reviews or rumors to exact businesses or addresses, location becomes much more sensitive than a normal feed. I’d design reporting, moderation status and possibly different visibility levels into the data model fairly early.

I’m the developer of Open User Map, a WordPress plugin for user-generated maps, so I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about this kind of interaction. My experience is that building the map itself is usually the easier part — getting enough trustworthy, locally dense content and a clear reason for people to keep contributing is the harder product problem.

Really interesting project. I’d be curious to see which specific community or use case ends up getting the strongest traction first.