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Ask HN:Students, Review my startup:Peers

1 pointtolarewaju34 comments

I'd like to ask for some feedback on a product me and my team are working on.

http://peersapp.com

It's a social planner for college students. The idea is, we first build a network around the classes students are in.

They can manage school and social plans with friends. We want Peers to be a place where there is a good work life balance

Currently, we are in the process of developing the app

- Does the site convey the half social, half productivity theme?

-Is there something big you think MUST be included in a planner for college students?

- Do you like the look/feel of the site?

- What would make you not use this app daily?

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The app I wish I had in a college setting was a simple way of letting people know that I'm open to doing certain things at a certain time.

The best example i'm thinking about is like a pre-checkin feature for something like foursquare so friends can see I'm open to going to a bar/movie/dinner etc & they know it's worthwhile to call me, instead of having to do a bunch of back & forth messages to see who is up for any given thing at a time. Maybe this is because so many of my friends want to know "who else is interested" before they even express interest.

Yeah! Exactly. We're including that in the form of a broadcast. Public broadcasts will appear like "James is at the pub" and then there's an option to join

But we're working on making this less creepy. Might shift more towards what you were saying

Thanks!!

I'm no critic, but let me give you my opinion as a recent graduate. I think the site looks absolutely wonderful. I think the screenshots of the app convey a little bit of a clustered appearance. I don't think I would ever use the app. I much prefer writing plans down on paper, or just having a quick simple reminder in my phones calender.

Thanks for the feedback!

We are college students ourselves. So we want to make this as simple as possible.

Maybe we will revisit the clutter issue.

I also understand paper will always be a quicker alternative to bringing out a phone :)

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