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Dr. Dick Talens

The Spoke 2.0 - A social discovery app powered by the people you trust.

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Say hello to The Spoke, a social discovery app powered by one thing: the people you trust. Swipe through lists from your friends and favorite tastemakers, saving the movies, shows and places you wanna check out and rating what you’ve done to help your friends!

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Tom Stern
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Thanks Dick 🙏! 👋 Product Hunt! I’m Tom. It started with my girlfriend and I trying to find a movie. We’d sit in bed, scroll through Netflix, i'd fall asleep after 45 minutes… and in the morning she’d understandably be furious. 33% of all search queries are for recommendations, but our results are polluted by general consensus algorithms and paid advertising. The Spoke cuts through the clutter by featuring lists of recommendations from your friends, favorite influencers & publishers. Choose a list and see each item with your personalized Spoke Score - the average rating from the people you follow. If the movie or place looks interesting, swipe right to save it. If not, swipe left. If you’ve done it, swipe up to power the Spoke Score for the people who follow you. The Spoke Score decides how search results are ranked, so searching for a genre or cuisine will return different results for everyone on the planet. Then when decision time comes, “sync slates” with your significant other or friends to instantly see the saved items you have in common… with your favorite streaming/delivery services one tap away. We hope it eliminates as many arguments for you as it has for us. We've just released "impact" which will allow you to quantify your authentic influence, seeing who and what you're influencing in realtime! Looking forward to your feedback. Nominations for lists of recommendations are welcome. Who's list would you like to see? -The Spoke.
Tom Stern
Maker
@babettebureau Thank you! Would love to hop on a call to hear more :) tom@thespoke.co
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
Looks cool! Similar to Must?
Tom Stern
Maker
@chrismessina We're focused on horizontal aggregation (watch, eat+drink, eat, etc.) and digitizing offline word of mouth through the Spoke Score. We all trust the same 20-30 sources (friends, tastemakers, publishers) and use the same 10-20 apps (netflix, postmates, resy)... how isn't there a single place where they're aggregated to combine discovery + consumption? The best recommendations we discover get left in notes documents with no context or become outdated in ten different apps. The services we use are amazing for streaming, reserving, ordering, etc.. but it's really tough to make a good recommendation because they're working with a subset of the total inventory. Also - shoutout to the @must team, beautifully designed!
Lyondhür Picciarelli
Looks awesomely well thought and I love the UX. I don’t love however that yet again we’re forgotten here in little old New Zealand.. :) Happy to help with engagement if there’s any intention to let us in. ;)
Tom Stern
Maker
@lyondhur Thank you! Haven't forgotten about you :) - working to expand our data to launch in additional countries soon. However, DM me and i'll see what I can do :)
Carlos Sariñana
@lyondhur Hey, any update on this? Would love to be able to use it here in Mexico. Looks awesome!
Lyondhür Picciarelli
@bullstern I assume no updates yet? ;)
Dr. Dick Talens
Hunter
Came across this after speaking with @bullstern. No need to ever send a text to friends who are asking for NYC or documentary recommendations... I tell them to just follow me, search what they're looking for and cuisine/genre and get my suggestions based on my highest ratings. The coolest part is now they allow you to see who and what (movies, shows, restaurants, bars) you influence. Reminds me of Klout. Excited to see what's next guys!
smngrld
This actually looks like a useful addition to social media. I like the initiative.
Tom Stern
Maker
@simons_gerald21 Thank you! As @JMJ has said, Identity is essential to trust. Right now paid ads, fake influencers etc are dominant... so the impact panel is our way of democratizing the influencer economy because anyone can see who they're influencing. The goal is more authentic ratings --> less time searching --> more time doing :). Never send that text message with recommendations again - send them your magic link and have them search for a cuisine or genre... they'll get your picks! Would love to hear more about your issues with social as we build this out! tom@thespoke.co
Haseeb Awan
Love this product. I always have to ask around for movies , so this helps in following my taste ! Amazing product @bullstern
Tom Stern
Maker
@haseeb Thank you!
Sam Rotenberg
wow, you entered a very crowded industry with a lot of competition. Good luck with that!
Tom Stern
Maker
@samrotenberg It's all about execution ;)
Lemonade Joe
10/10!
Jake Tran
a very crowded industry but a very beautiful website nonetheless
Tom Stern
Maker
@jake_tran Thank you! What do you use now?
Tom Stern
Maker
@jake_tran Would love to chat more about how you're using facebook to see the best ways to help!