Hey everyone!<p>I'm developing a map-based event discovery platform that helps people find unique and exciting events in their city or area.
I imagine that it could help young locals who are searching what is to be attended in their area & tourists who are visiting and want to find what to do in the area.<p>But before I start promoting it to the world, I need your help!<p>One major pain point that I am trying to solve is information overload and difficulty in discovering relevant events nearby.
Traditionally, people might rely on social media, local newspapers, or word-of-mouth to find events happening around them.<p>These methods can be:<p>Scattered: Information is spread across different sources, making it time-consuming to search.
Unfiltered: Showing a large amount of events, not necessarily relevant to individual interests.
Limited information: Often lacking key details like event descriptions, schedules, or ticket options.<p>So my MVP address these issues by:<p>Aggregating: Bringing together event information from multiple sources in one place.
Personalization: Using filters and user preferences to recommend relevant events.
Visualization: Displaying events on a map, allowing users to discover events based on location and proximity.
Detailed information: Providing comprehensive descriptions and links to purchase tickets.<p>I've already showed the the platform here on Hacker News once and the feedback that we've got, we've tried to implement.<p>Some pain points then were:<p>- The major one was that the map did not load if your AdBlocker was active (fixed now)
- ESC closes the current window you just clicked to open
- Different color icons for music/events
- Filter by upcoming periods (next week,next month, next year)
- Search now transfers you to the location of the event that you've clicked
- There were only events in the US, now there are events in following countries: ("US" "CA" "IE" "GB" "AU" "NZ" "MX" "AE" "AT" "BE" "DE" "DK" "ES" "FI" "NL" "NO" "PL" "SE" "CH" "CZ" "IT" "FR" "ZA" "TR")
- On mobile: Fixed bottom app bar to be more meaningful
- Big improvements into the loading time of the map<p>So I'm eager to hear your honest opinions:<p>What works well in the platform?<p>What needs improvement?<p>Are there any features you'd like to see added?<p>Maybe some of those:<p>- Real-Time Event Popularity - How crowded an event is in real-time to help users decide where to go
- Build-in resell marketplace - Option to sell a ticket that you already own if you cannot attend the event
- Adding own events
- Live-streaming and PPV/ Virtual Event Attendance
- Personalized Event Recommendations
- Create groups of people with whom to go to given event
- User Reviews and Ratings
- Event Reminders
- Transportation Options
- Weather Integration
- In-App Ticket Purchasing
- Gamification
- Event Discovery through Images
- Audio Search
- Social media sharing functionality<p>Your feedback will be invaluable in shaping the future of the platform!<p>Peace!<p>P.S.<p>There is an easter egg currently on the platform. Maybe you could find it?<p>Hint: Search there, where no one is searching and go there, where no one is going.
Hint2: Do it on a PC!<p>Play It Loud!