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@VivekMGeorge Good questions.
1. We believe, given the choice, pretty much everyone will do everything on a mobile device. There are many things that even when I am sitting in front of my computer, I use my phone instead. Travelers are constantly on the go, and many millenials don't even travel with a laptop.
2. Yes, you could absolutely use Horizon to find a roommate. Our 1st paying customer was a fellow member of Start-Up Chile moving to Santiago. He didn't end up staying with us long term, but he easily could have: http://www.horizonapp.co/blog/ho...
Added to my Charity collection - just found out that about Horizon's #travelbygiving initiative http://t.co/cUS36aKjyG
http://www.producthunt.com/@anuj...
Friend of the founders here. I personally love the idea of traveling and staying with people that I have a shared connection with, but might not already know. Opens up huge possibilities for traveling and staying with locals, while reducing cost but also increasing trust. Super pumped for this to be live for more communities.
@roryreiff Thanks for the support. I'm sure I'll be staying on your couch somewhere in the next year, somewhere in the world.
Great job guys!! Beautiful app and super useful! Looking forward to hosting and finding people when I travel
Very cool, but what is this going to do thats any better than Facebook? Also, reminds me of Tripl - https://www.crunchbase.com/organ...
@mbesto The version of Tripl I saw several years ago was a photo sharing app to browse friends' FB photos. It was beautiful, but not very interesting (to me). I referenced that here: http://www.tnooz.com/article/why...
That said, maybe there was a prior iteration of it that I never saw.
@mbesto As to your question about Facebook, Horizon adds a layer of geography on top of groups. We see "hey, i'm going to be in rio, anyone have a place I can crash for 2 nights" all the time in Facebook groups. Most of these groups' members are very geographically spread out - meaning those who live in Rio absolutely do want to see that message. But to those living anywhere else (99.5% of people in a given group), it's pure irrelevant noise. Most aren't willing to wade through 99% garbage for the 1% of posts they way to see -- so eventually just stop looking at the groups entirely and likely to miss the geographically relevant posts they care about that could lead to amazing in person connections and experiences.
@erikfinman and I had this idea last year since he travels a ton and we had many friends who do so as well who frequently posted in FB groups asking if anyone could host them.
@erikfinman @tzhongg Same. We see this happening on Facebook and Twitter constantly. "Going to Berlin next week, any [members of X group] wanna meet up/have a place to crash." We're hoping that Horizon can help formalize the process.
Wanted to update this thread with a link to the appstore version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/...
Thanks to everyone in the Product Hunt community for your support.
One more update, that Facebook changed its rules and shut off access to its user groups APIs: https://medium.com/@drewmeyers/f...
That means we can no longer automatically place people into Horizon groups based on membership in FB groups. Joining groups now requires knowing the group unlock code.
Product Hunt group unlock code: #ph2015
Drew, one of the co-founders here. We're excited to launch Horizon to a private beta (currently iOS only) for members of the Product Hunt community. Horizon delivers trusted contacts (Facebook friends, friends of friends, and common group members) by location with the initial focus of hospitality exchange. Those of you in the Product Hunt Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/...) will be able to find one another from within the app using the Product Hunt filter, and indicate whether or not you have a floor, couch, or spare bedroom for out-of-towners passing through.
We've been testing with the Start-Up Chile community (we are a member of Generation 10) in Santiago. The revenue model we're testing first is a flat fee + optional donation to a charity of choice (Kiva is the chosen charity for now).
Would love to know whether you belong to other communities that would want their own private hospitality exchange.
@drewmeyers I do this all the time with my facebook network and it works really well to find people you trust to stay with. Any plans for web app? Curious what @davidspinks thinks about this
@FrankDenbow Thanks Frank! Web app is on its way. We're working on it concurrently with the iOS app, it's just not as far along.
All, our Android beta is on Product Hunt today: https://www.producthunt.com/tech...
Would love your support & to let your friends with Droids know about it...
Great product. Excited seeing this here on PH!! Was introduced to it via Trace @drewmeyers and been playing with the beta.
It's a very nice idea, and I like the design, but it only found 3 groups, while I'm a member of more than 20 groups on facebook.
Is that a feature or a bug? (do you pre-approve groups manually?)
@federicopistono Definitely a feature, not a bug. Beyond the “Horizon Public” group which anyone can join, the only communities that currently show up inside Horizon are ones we’ve specifically made visible.
Is there a specific community that you think would want to use Horizon?
Can this be leveraged by specific communities? For example, I was planning to build a similar feature for my church. We have churches all over the world and we trust each other. I'd be interested to know if Horizon can be integrated into websites/apps that communities already have.
@alex_guirguis I'm just seeing this comment. The answer is yes, it can be used within existing communities. If you shoot me an email, I'm happy to create a private group for you. drew at horizonapp co
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