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Weave (YC S14) Adds Groups and Events to Its ‘Tinder For Networking’ App

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I'm not sure of the "swipe" idea translates well to professional networking.

"Swipe" seems more suited to making visceral fast (~1 second) decisions based on gut instinct, whereas networking requires >20 seconds when face-to-face and longer in a lower bandwidth environment such as an app.

Additionally when using the app it felt like I was "discarding" someone as I swiped them, which is not the right feeling.

The bigger problem with networking, I find, is breaking the ice. I'd pay good money to be able to intro myself to someone without resorting to a "networking hack".

No disagreement on the swipe - we're playing around with a several other UX mechanisms that might be better suited for higher time/consideration per person, would love to get your feedback on it when new UX's release.

In professional networking, both discovering mutually benefitual relationships and ice breaking are big problems. We're currently largely focused on the former, but hope to tackle the latter as well.

Happy to provide feedback on new UX -- my contact details are in my profile.

Hey...left-field idea for the ice-breaking problem: t-shirts with a list of all your likes and dislikes printed on them.

Instead of the clichéd "what do you do" it's "hey, you like NCIS too!". Easier, cheaper to test than an app.

I started trying Weave 3 weeks back just to see if it works, and to my surprise I connected with some VC folks, talent and bunch of other industry people. The UX has definitely improved over time, so has the onboarding for new users. When I first used it, I swiped 150 times in the wrong direction and accidentally yes'd those folks. Tinder does clearly show 'rejected' etc while you are swiping. Not sure if this has happened with anyone else.

But, a very useful app, good job guys. Although I would like to set my preferences so that I can see more relevant people (or maybe thats your business model)

Edit: just read the comment from tarr11 which mentions the same issue

I just tried the android app. The way the ui is laid out, I think I swiped the wrong way a bunch of times. Not obvious if I am swiping to the right. Or from the right...

Brian from Weave. Great feedback - we're testing a couple different ways to address this.

I've been using Weave for a few days. It's a pretty cool app. The Android app is a bit buggy but I've met a few interesting people through it already.

Thanks! Glad we're getting you some good meetings.

We're releasing fixes every day now, feel free to hit me up at brian@weave.in if Android bugs continue to persist. We'll get them fixed.

BTW the android version runs perfect on BB10.. You guys should package it as a port and put it on BBWorld.. very easy to do.

Happy to see that there are users in Orange County/SoCal now

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