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Open discussion: How do you meet people when arriving in a new city ?

Nov 3, 2015 @ 15:33

Hello everybody !

I'm currently a Student at the HEIG-VD in Yverdon (right at the bottom of the lake of Neuchâtel). Before that, I lived a couple of years in Geneva, and I met a few expats that showed me glocals, and I was quite surprised of the success of the platform !

Anyway. We have an Android-iPhone app project that might be interesting, depending on how you will answer the following questions, if you have a couple of minutes ! :)

The app would allow you to meet people that are "open for talk" thanks to a radar and a map. You have no way of communicating with these people through the app.

As the title says, the discussion is about arriving in a new city and meeting new people.

So here is a list of 7 questions, but it's really an open discussion so you can answer them the way you want !

Have you ever wanted to talk to a stranger ?

If so, did you ?

if not, why not ?

Is it difficult to talk with a stranger, and if so, why ?

Did it ever happen that a stranger came to speak to you ? What was your reaction ?

Do you think that a tool allowing to facilitate these kind of encounters (NOT an online dating app) would be useful ?

Would you use such a tool ?

Thanks in advance for you answers ! If you think that other information can be useful, don't hesitate to post it :D

Michael

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Hello everybody !

Anyway. We have an Android-iPhone app project that might be interesting, depending on how you will answer the following questions, if you have a couple of minutes ! :)

The app would allow you to meet people that are "open for talk" thanks to a radar and a map. You have no way of communicating with these people through the app.

As the title says, the discussion is about arriving in a new city and meeting new people.

So here is a list of 7 questions, but it's really an open discussion so you can answer them the way you want !

Have you ever wanted to talk to a stranger ?

If so, did you ?

if not, why not ?

Is it difficult to talk with a stranger, and if so, why ?

Did it ever happen that a stranger came to speak to you ? What was your reaction ?

Do you think that a tool allowing to facilitate these kind of encounters (NOT an online dating app) would be useful ?

Would you use such a tool ?

Thanks in advance for you answers ! If you think that other information can be useful, don't hesitate to post it :D

Michael

Michael ZwyssigNov 3, 2015 @ 15:33

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Nov 4, 2015 @ 00:34

Hi,

You may want to make an online survey in a service like https://www.surveymonkey.com/ or similar ... you will get many more answers than if people have to reply you in an open mail.

Just a suggestion.

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Hi,

You may want to make an online survey in a service like https://www.surveymonkey.com/ or similar ... you will get many more answers than if people have to reply you in an open mail.

Just a suggestion.

ajimenezp, Nov 4, 2015 @ 00:34

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Nov 10, 2015 @ 10:58

Have you ever wanted to talk to a stranger ?

occasionally

If so, did you ?

sometimes

if not, why not ?

I'm curious but I'm not sure I have the patience to listen to the answer.

Is it difficult to talk with a stranger, and if so, why ?

In a city yes, because cities are filled with standard people. In the mountains it's much easier because people are more open and relaxed. They're in a better mood as they are enjoying themselves.

Did it ever happen that a stranger came to speak to you ? What was your reaction ?

Yes, in Paris and Geneva to beg for money or to ask for directions. Usually my reaction is Oh f***, what are they going to ask for. I move around too quickly for strangers.

Do you think that a tool allowing to facilitate these kind of encounters (NOT an online dating app) would be useful ?

Glocals is the best tool that I have found so far, at least when speaking of meeting adventurous people. In the golden age of social media when twitter and facebook were social networks rather than popularity contests I met and established friendships with a lot of people.

Would you use such a tool ?

Yep, because I'm an early adopter. I'll even give you free ideas.

The app should allow for people to list the sports that they like to practice:

Caving

Scuba diving

via ferrata

getting drunk

having a good meal

bouldering

rock climbing

swimming

Playing Ingress

and many more options. Whether you want to be a passenger or driver should also be an option.

I would like an adventurous version of Happn. Rather than be yet another dating app I would like it to be an adventure app. I am at my happiest and most receptive when in the mountains having fun so an app that tells me when I am close to someone with the same interests would be interesting.

As we are not all small talking extroverts an app that would help textroverts would be welcome.

In a country like Switzerland such an app would be welcome. We have an excellent playground so we should use that unique selling point as the purpose for an app.

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Have you ever wanted to talk to a stranger ?

occasionally

If so, did you ?

sometimes

if not, why not ?

I'm curious but I'm not sure I have the patience to listen to the answer.

Is it difficult to talk with a stranger, and if so, why ?

In a city yes, because cities are filled with standard people. In the mountains it's much easier because people are more open and relaxed. They're in a better mood as they are enjoying themselves.

Did it ever happen that a stranger came to speak to you ? What was your reaction ?

Yes, in Paris and Geneva to beg for money or to ask for directions. Usually my reaction is Oh f***, what are they going to ask for. I move around too quickly for strangers.

Do you think that a tool allowing to facilitate these kind of encounters (NOT an online dating app) would be useful ?

Would you use such a tool ?

Yep, because I'm an early adopter. I'll even give you free ideas.

The app should allow for people to list the sports that they like to practice:

Caving

Scuba diving

via ferrata

getting drunk

having a good meal

bouldering

rock climbing

swimming

Playing Ingress

and many more options. Whether you want to be a passenger or driver should also be an option.

As we are not all small talking extroverts an app that would help textroverts would be welcome.

In a country like Switzerland such an app would be welcome. We have an excellent playground so we should use that unique selling point as the purpose for an app.

Richard A, Nov 10, 2015 @ 10:58

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