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Kevin William David

Slaps - Video-based local discovery platform for the best places

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Slaps a video-based local discovery platform designed for Gen Z. Rather than relying on biased 1-5 star reviews, Slaps shows the best videos in a city across various categories (hidden gems, cool vibes, etc) to better help you discover the best places to go 🎉 Currently live in Miami, Florida! 🏝

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Preeti Chovoor
I have always been wanting an app like this!!
Laura Saunders
Maker
@preeti_chovoor Thanks Preeti! Feel free to try it out and let us know if you have any advice / feedback / suggestions!
Laura Saunders
Maker
Hey there! I'm a cofounder of Slaps 👋 1-5 star reviews are outdated: 4.3 stars is the average ranking, 68% of reviews are between 4 and 5 stars, and 40% of reviews are fake or paid for. We were disappointed with these solutions and faced frustrations when trying to find new places to go in a city or find happenings & things going on 🤷 So, we created Slaps: a video based local discovery mobile app for Gen Z. It’s kind of like a hybrid between Yelp/Tripadvisor and Tik Tok, with a video first interface but focused on unique categories like hip vibes, cool atmosphere, hidden gems, etc. Soon, we’ll be launching a feature that shows live videos and recent stories of happenings, events, deals & parties going on nearby in a city. If you’d like to try it out, we’re live on Testflight, with content focused on Miami Florida, and we’d love to hear your feedback. We’re confident we can disrupt an industry that hasn’t changed much, build something that is tailored to Gen Z, and leverage technology to help spur people out into the real world rather than deeper into their phone- and we’d love your feedback & insight to help make that happen! 😺 All the best, The Slaps Team
Stewart Barrett
This is awesome, I’ll be waiting when you finally come to brisbane Australia. I’m not holding my breath though I sure it won’t be for a while
Laura Saunders
Maker
@stewup Thanks Stewart! Yeah it might be a while on that front- we're planning on a city by city launch. If you do want to try it out before then (if you have an iPhone), you can play around with it at: https://www.slaps.wtf/product-hunt. Thanks for the support either way!
Dawn Veltri
Laura, this is awesome! When I look for reviews what I'm really looking for are pictures and those are usually few and far between. Video is genius - well done!
Laura Saunders
Maker
@dawn_veltri1 Thanks so much Dawn! Really appreciate the feedback! :)
Sophiary Lam
Interesting idea! Congrats :)
Laura Saunders
Maker
@sophiarylam Thanks Sophiary! :) Really appreciate it!
Sheikh Anon
How to download this app?
Thea Mark
Awesome product idea!
Laura Saunders
Maker
@thea_mark Thanks Thea!! 😊
Justin Gardner
Great concept has lots of promise
Laura Saunders
Maker
@justin_gardner Thanks Justin! 😊
Daniel Baum
Love the name, and hate the star review system! Good luck with it
Laura Saunders
Maker
@daniel_baum Thanks Daniel! 🎉 feel free to try out the Testflight link and let us know what you think! 😊
Hui Yuan Feng
Love how you did away with the 1-5 star ratings! I agree, videos is where it's at!
Laura Saunders
Maker
@hui_yuan_feng Thanks Hui! :)
Ghost Kitty
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Laura Saunders
Maker
@offlineai Thank you!
Fitz B
So excited to try this out. Looks amazing!!
Laura Saunders
Maker
@fitz_b 😊😊😊
Laur Science
The algo works nicely. I see nothing to improve.
Laura Saunders
Maker
@laur_science Thanks a ton Laur! 😊
Al Mustafijur Rahman
Woo....very nice
Laura Saunders
Maker
Maximilian Lehmann
It could be a smart idea, but don't you run for the risk that multiple people will upload very similar content for the same place? So what's the value then if this scales?
Laura Saunders
Maker
@max_founder The content for different places would be aggregated together! Kind of like seeing the instagram page of a restaurant or place
Horace Grindelwalker
Looks cool! Love the tik tok like interface
Laura Saunders
Maker
@zest_zest Thank you!
Batman
I'm confused on how this is different from Yelp or TripAdvisor? It's based on videos instead of reviews?
Laura Saunders
Maker
@batman01 it's like a tik tok and yelp hybrid! We think videos do a much better unbiased job of showing the vibe or atmosphere of a place, while 1-5 star reviews are all 4.5 stars and usually fake, etc.
Nacny James
How to download this app?
Laura Saunders
Maker
@nacny_james we're on testflight now! happy to send the link your way!
Vaibhav Wasnik
Great
Laura Saunders
Maker
@vaibhav_wasnik Thank you Vaibhav!
Chloe Morningstar
This app is definitely gonna make to the top
Laura Saunders
Maker
@chloe_morningstar Thanks Chloe! We hope so!
Dmitry Bashkiroff
Cool product
Laura Saunders
Maker
@dmitrybashkiroff Thanks Dmitry!