[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":401},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-9898310":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":40,"post_text":44,"what":45,"said":75,"maker_in_thread":164,"shape":173,"grid":178,"attempts":363,"same_week":364,"maker_shows":42,"maker_hidden":393,"reader_version":394,"card":395},"9898310","FriendsTonight","Meet new people nearby with your friends","title","Show HN: FriendsTonight – Meet new people nearby with your friends","https:\u002F\u002Fgeo.itunes.apple.com\u002Fus\u002Fapp\u002Ffriendstonight-meet-new-friends\u002Fid893671630?mt=8&uo=6&at=1000l3jI","geo.itunes.apple.com","friendstonight",1437064993,2015,54,72,524,2565,21,"notable","consumer_social","social meetups app","mobile_app",[24,25,26,27],"meet new people","group meetup","social app","friend finder","mixed",-0.186,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":31,"critical":33},4,9,12,29,{"idea":36,"execution":37,"design":39},{"positive":31,"critical":33},{"positive":38,"critical":38},0,{"positive":38,"critical":38},[38,38,38,41,38,38,41,42,41,42,42,42,42,41,41,42,42,41,41,38,42,43,38,38,41,38,38,42,43,43,41,42,38,38,38,38,38,38,43,42],3,1,5,null,{"problem":46,"audience":56,"pricing":62,"motivation":68,"time_to_build":44,"stack":72,"openness":73,"stage":74,"team_size":73},{"value":47,"source":48,"evidence":49},"Hard for adults to meet new people in real life","maker",[50,53],{"id":51,"by":11,"text":52},"9899642","Great point dhimes! Not everyone that uses the app necessarily has to be \"on the prowl\". I definitely was thinking about people in their early 30's and how hard to meet new…",{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},"9898743","Hey willow9886, thanks for your comment- there's plenty of dating apps, but there aren't too many apps for you to meet new people in real life. I really enjoy meeting new people,…",{"value":57,"source":48,"evidence":58},"Young professionals and recent college graduates, initially in NYC",[59],{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},"9898694","Thanks vonklaus- you're completely right- it is very similar to tinder and grouper- however FriendsTonight has a few main differences 1. We're about meeting new people in groups,…",{"value":63,"source":48,"evidence":64},"Free",[65],{"id":66,"by":11,"text":67},"9899816","Thanks jmtame. FriendsTonight is similar with some key differences - you don't need to be single - mixed groups and odd numbered groups are okay (2 women vs 5 men and women) -…",{"value":69,"source":48,"evidence":70},"Recreate nights meeting new groups of people with friends",[71],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":76,"objections":91,"requests":124,"questions":139,"alternatives":147},[77,85],{"value":78,"source":79,"evidence":80},"Good concept of speeding up Grouper-style meetups","commenter",[81],{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"9899736","jmtame","Essentially Grouper, but you choose the groups and it happens immediately. I think the model where you take something and make it happen a lot faster is compelling and this seems…",{"value":86,"source":48,"evidence":87},"Groups-meeting-groups framing reduces awkwardness",[88],{"id":89,"by":11,"text":90},"9898799","Great article leoplct- I definitely read this article and it influenced the way I designed my app. FriendsTonight can't force you to meet new people, but we try to make it as…",[92,103,110,117],{"value":93,"source":79,"evidence":94},"Seen as dating app in disguise",[95,99],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"9898841","loceng","Everything is dating.",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"9898996","davnicwil","Spot on. A very significant intrinsic motivator to go out and socialise for most single people (a large percentage of young professionals and people who just graduated college)…",{"value":104,"source":79,"evidence":105},"People have little motivation to meet strangers for friendship",[106],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"9899383","nirmel","I once tried starting something like this. What I found is that people have very little motivation to meet strangers for the purpose of friendship. Another company built a very…",{"value":111,"source":79,"evidence":112},"Hard to get groups to agree to meet another group",[113],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"9898991","Untit1ed","Me too, I just can't see myself ever bothering with an app to facilitate it. The other problem is that it's hard enough getting a group to agree on what restaurant to go to,…",{"value":118,"source":79,"evidence":119},"Too similar to Tinder and Grouper",[120],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"9898457","vonklaus","I am pumped for you launching an app and completing something probably feels great. I think it is a bit derivative of grouper and tinder, and social networks have the chicken and…",[125,135],{"value":126,"source":79,"evidence":127},"Android version",[128,132],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"9898577","jetpm","So I need friends to find friends, and an iPhone. Damn. But It looks cool, if I had friends and an iPhone I'd probably use it.",{"id":133,"by":11,"text":134},"9898718","Hey jetpm- I totally agree. I wish we had an android version, but it's too hard for me to manage two codebases at once. You can leave your email at…",{"value":136,"source":48,"evidence":137},"Ideas for targeting this market",[138],{"id":51,"by":11,"text":52},[140],{"value":141,"source":79,"evidence":142},"How the app solves the empty restaurant problem",[143],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"9898699","wangii","Nice app! congrat! I'm interested in how you guys plan to solve the empty restaurant problem.",[148,153,157],{"value":149,"source":79,"evidence":150},"Grouper",[151,152],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},{"value":154,"source":79,"evidence":155},"Tinder",[156],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},{"value":158,"source":79,"evidence":159},"weCliq",[160],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"9898708","apoverton","Looks like a competitor to weCliq (https:\u002F\u002Fitunes.apple.com\u002Fus\u002Fapp\u002Fwecliq\u002Fid965067652?mt=8)",{"comments":165,"answered":166,"key":167},19,6,[168,169,170],{"id":51,"text":52},{"id":60,"text":61},{"id":171,"text":172},"9899991","Hey nirmel- would love to chat more about your experiences! 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