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Miriam Dorsett

Friendspire 2.0 - Find better recommendations for what to watch, read or eat

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Finding what to watch, read, or eat has become too difficult. So we created Friendspire, a simpler way to find and save new favorites.
🔍 Better 🎥📺📚🎙️🍴🍷 recommendations
🔖 Save and ➕ rate in one place
🗒️ Discover & build lists
🤝 Connect with friends

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Leandro
Hey ?makers, what's new since this was posted some months ago?
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
Hey @leandro8209 ! Great question. Thanks! Really everything 😆 We have spent the last couple months working with our users to understand what they love about the product. That has moved us away from being traditional social media (think feed as landing page) towards being a "social tool" (solving the problem of finding that great rec). It has meant flipping our entire community on it's head! A couple of things that means in terms of features: 🔎 Totally updated find section with new inspiration carousels 🧮 Algorithms that can better predict content you will like 📋 Ability to build your own lists ... and much more!
Leandro
@leandro8209 @markus_maranon_straarup Excellent, thanks for clarifying. I'm going to update the title with a "2.0" which is standard so the community knows this is an updated product. All the best with your launch 🚀
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@leandro8209 Sounds great! Thank you.
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
Hello Product Hunt 👋 We are !Friendspire, and we are super excited to share our community with you. We wanted to share a little bit of our story, but if you want to jump directly to learning more about the product (it’s all good) you can check out Zach from Youtube’s recent review 🙏 Last year my co-founder @Morten_veith_schroeder and I quit our jobs to start Friendspire 😰 We worked day and night to get the product ready, and we were pumped to launch!!! Then we did … and we just didn’t get the retention we wanted (or needed) 😔 Something HAD to change, and we quickly realized we didn’t have the answers. But we thought we knew who might… There were some users that seemed to keep using Friendspire. So we reached out, and started having conversations with them about what they liked - and what they didn’t. We started building our product specifically for them... That meant a pivot away from “Social Media” towards what we call a “Social Tool”. Focusing on creating a truly great “single player experience”, that focuses more squarely on solving the problem of finding a great recommendation - be it the movie for Sunday night or the podcast for the Monday commute. We saw that our users love of Friendspire grew, and so did our overall community: New users were 3x as likely to become retained. But we also saw that many more users started flowing in, and in just the last week we have welcomed more than 10.000 new Friendspirers 💜 We have a long, and hard way to go, but one thing is clear: We need our users to show us the way. It also became abundantly clear from working with our "super" users, that it was not the Social Media savvy youngster who loved Friendspire. Instead it’s the person that has a true and genuine interest in finding great things! Then we realized: that kind of describes the PH community. So we wanted to share Friendspire with you - as a way to find great things (in categories PH doesn’t cover) 😽 Friendspire is already free, so sure we can give you 50% off or the first month free, but it doesn’t help much 😅 Instead a few pro tips, and a couple of lists I love. “Pro” tips: 🔍 Find great recommendations by quickly filtering for genre and streaming. “Comedy” + “Netflix” = You are now movie night hero 🦸 🔖 Replace the confusing note on your phone, and instead save it all in one place 🤝 Follow awesome tastemakers like Eater or IMDb Lists I love: 🎥 “The 50 Best Movies of All Time” (https://link.friendspire.com/Qsl...) How many have you watched? 📚 "Truly Fascinating Modern Biographies" (I highly recommend Educated, Shoe Dog, Elon Musk, and Born A Crime) (https://link.friendspire.com/ubZ...) 🎙️ My co-founder Morten has a pretty badass list of “Podcasts you gotta listen to” (https://link.friendspire.com/ECt...) We hope you will check out our app and help show us the way with some feedback 🙏
Gloria Sousa
@morten_veith_schroeder @markus_maranon_straarup loving this so far, the problem with this kind of sites is that it does not help a lot people that is a vivid movie and tv shows watcher. when we saw to many things a imdb / csv / sync is a must!
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@morten_veith_schroeder @gloria_sousa we TOTALLY agree 😁 That's why we made it easy to transfer all of your ratings WHEREVER YOU HAVE THEM into Friendspire. Just fill in a bit of information here: https://friendspire.typeform.com.... Then we will get your recommendations moved on to Friendspire!
Gloria Sousa
@morten_veith_schroeder @markus_maranon_straarup if i could, right now would upvote again lol. i sent the details on that link. now... waiting :P
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@morten_veith_schroeder @gloria_sousa happy to hear Gloria! Thanks so much. Your stuff should be added soon!
Liza Kislova
Great idea! How does your prediction algorithm work? Can I choose my favourite series and get several series I would like to watch? 🤔
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@elizavetakislova thanks Elizaveta! You are spot on! !Friendspire will recommend you more of what you like. Different algorithms will help you find the content that suits you. So whether you are in the mood for one of the best shows of all time, or something that is trending right now, it's all there. On top of that we also give higher weight to the opinions of people you choose to follow. The social aspect of the content discovery is my favorite part of the community!!
Liza Kislova
@morten_veith_schroeder1 , OMG IT'S ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! ✨ Thanx for your answer! Sooo am I right, that your product like spotify only in films, series, food, places and other? And the more of my favourite things I share with community and the more soulmates in tastes I follow, the better Friendspire helps me find something new and cool?
Morten Veith Schroeder
@elizavetakislova EXACTLY 👏 I won't pretend we are QUITE as good as Spotify (yet), but this is exactly the goal. We combine big data + Social network to ultimate give you new, fresh, great recommendations you wouldn't have found otherwise
Christian Alexander
I have been using Friendspire for well over 6 months now and I am a huge fan! It's very easy to find the topics I like to review - but I what I love the most is the recommendations I get from friends.. I found 3 new tv-shows and a bunch of podcasts.. It's been a livesaver during the lockdowns...
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@christian_alexander1 thank you so much! Super happy to have you on Friendspire 😻
Christopher Thorsell
@christian_alexander1 totally agree! Really looking forward to be able to use the Food & Drinks section, when we turn to more normal times again...
Kwadwo Adu
Been using Friendspire since early days, love the product - and love the fact that I can collect all my favorits and 'want to's' in one place - Movies, TV series, TV Shows, podcasts, etc!
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@kwadwoadu thank you! Very happy to have you on there and getting your recs!
Søren Schmidt
Very Nice app
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@soren_schmidt thank you! Great to have you be part of the Friendspire community!
Thomas Fischer
I have been using Friendspire for some month now and I am a huge fan! Found 3 new series recommended by Friends and I would probably not have watched them without the recommendation. Friendspire really found something needed in the app market!
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@thomas_fischer2 That's awesome Thomas! Nothing better than finding that great new show. Thank you!
Daryll Wong
Interesting to build 'micro-communities' here, and learn what others are learning. "Birds of the same feather flock together" Would love to know what content other inspirational people are consuming on their free time
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@daryllman thanks Daryll! We are super excited about the interest based communities aspect of !Friendspire and something we see ourselves building a lot on. If you are interested in more on this Andreesen Horowitz recently wrote a great article on what they call Social+, which is all about these communities... We really think it represents the change we went through from traditional "social media" to a "social tool". https://a16z.com/social-strikes-... Excited to see you on Friendspire!
Daryll Wong
@markus_maranon_straarup The concept you raised "social media to a social tool" sounds refreshing. For sure, thanks and I'll take a look!
Julie Simone Boesen
Such a great app! It has made my life so much easier saving me for hours of scrolling and I have found new favorites that I would never imagine I would like.
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
So happy to hear you found some great stuff @julie_simone_boesen! Thanks for your support.
Kasper Damgaard Dyhr Øelund
Big fan of this! Using the app regularly to see what’s trending across multiple platforms (for tv shows, movies and podcasts) and get “friendspired” for new books to read and restaurants/bars to visit. Join this hunt!
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@kasper_damgaard_dyhr_oelund love it! So happy to hear you are finding great stuff on !Friendspire. Thanks for supporting.
Narinder singh
I have been using Friendspire for more than a year now and it is fantastic product. I’m huge fan😍. Earlier I was struggling to find content but eventually i got Friendspire and boom. Its really a great product you can find content based on your personal preference like genres you love or what streaming services available for you. Highly recommended✌🏻
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@nindisingh1 thanks for supporting! Really happy to have you as part of the FS community 🙏
ABIR HS
Great idea but so many focus. Where people might loose the purpose to use the product. the more narrow down your focus, the better it could be! I like the design and branding style. Keep it up!
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@abir_hs thanks! I really appreciate the reflection. One of the things we discovered when talking with our users was that they really enjoyed having "everything" in one place. It both simplified their home screens, and brought all their friends on since they each like different things.
Violetta Karpushenko
Great app! Are you planning to add more languages? e.g. Russian and Czech
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@violetta_k thanks for supporting, and great question! We are really hyperfocused on making sure that the content and the recommendations that people get is the very best. Therefore we don't want to go too broad too early. But over time it is definitely the plan to add more languages, like Russian and Czech.
Morten Veith Schroeder
@violetta_k Thanks for your comment and interest. I am in charge of developing the product at Friendspire together with our awesome team. Currently we only support English as an interface language inside the app, but we do cover any content globally. So if you are looking to rate books, podcast or movies in russian or Czech... No problem!
Bruno Miranda
Just tried, not bad. I couldnt got any recommendations mabe because my ratings are very recent? And I couldnt change my profile pic! But the site looks gorgeous!
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@bruno_miranda4 thanks for the feedback Bruno! Sounds like something isn't working quite as it should. Are you in the app or desktop? Can you tell me where it isn't working? Would love to get a little more info so we can squash the bugs 🐛 Would also be super helpful if you sent a screenshot or recording of the issue to markus@friendspire.com . THANK YOU!
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@bruno_miranda4 thanks for getting back to me! Our desktop version is still under development. So you are totally right, it doesn't have the same features as the app. We have been focusing on mobile, and the team is now working hard to get desktop up to speed. Hope you will check out the app as well!
Manu Jemini
Makes your life easy because they truly have it all... Lists and streaming services are the two key features that i truly admire plus the interface is super easy to use and the fun part is you're able to see what your close friends are watching... Keep up the good work!!
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@manu_jemini thank you for supporting Manu!!
Annie Spencer
Love Friendspire! I’ve found with the recent release it has really helped me discover new TV / books / podcasts that I like... I’ll definitely credit Friendspire with finding me some of the great books I’ve read in the last year that I wouldn’t have heard of otherwise.
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@annie_spencer1 thanks for the support Annie! It makes me really happy that we helped you find some great books 📚
Kerry Flynn
Big fan of curation, making it easier to consume meaningful and fun content. Keep up the great work
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@kerrymflynn thank you for supporting! It has just become so difficult to find anything because the options are becoming endless. Netflix came with the promise of gathering all your streaming needs in one place, but instead it seems like there is a new platform every month! Excited to see you on Friendspire!
Miriam Dorsett
Hunter
Congratulations to the team on the Friendspire launch! I love supporting products built here in South Florida and appreciate the opportunity to hunt you!
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@mdorsett thank you for hunting is Mary! I really appreciate it, and look forward to talking later on your stream :) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pro...
Jack Bugas
Just found my most recent podcast and book on Friendspire, and love that i have a queue of TV shows and movies lined up so I can avoid the endless scroll through Netflix. this makes finding and enjoying content so much easier, big fan!
Markus Marañon Straarup
Maker
@jack_bugas thanks for the support Jack! Really happy Friendspire helped you find a great book and podcast!
Morten Veith Schroeder
Thank you so much for all your feedback. Please let us know what we can do better to make you a sustained user of Friendspire 🙏 We love all types of feedback!!