Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride

[julianilson]

Hi guys,

Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride. I've experienced it first-hand for almost a decade, now.

As many of you know, your friendships will be critical when you're stuck in the mud or have to kill your startup. For about half of my entrepreneurial career, I haven't had a good friend group, and it really took a toll on my health and happiness.

So I decided never to go through it again, so I built an app that matches you to the most compatible people nearby for the purposes of friendship. For two years, I've been working on the compatibility algorithm and I'm super proud of the result.

Your support would be awesome, but it would make me even happier to know that you met some amazing people on We3.

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/we3

Or

https://www.we3app.com

[iampims]

You should post this as a “Show HN: …”, you’ll get more visibility that way.

[julianilson]

Thanks! I'm a bit of a n00b at this, so I really appreciate it.

[dpeck]

Fun fact, this is very close to the original goal of Adult Friend Finder before its pivot to a more specific type of connection.

[julianilson]

lol. not surprised, though. THat's where the money is. ANd that's why all other "friendship apps" are really thinly-veiled dating apps. SAD!

[rajacombinator]

Has it occurred to you that it’s not “where the money is,” but perhaps rather “where human behavior is?” There’s a reason “friendship” apps don’t work.

[troycarlson]

I loved the marketing video on your Product Hunt post. It's the first app video I've ever laughed out loud at (the message thread emoji's). Great work.

[thvu1k]

Very valuable mate, I'll be downloading and will spread the word! Where is most of your user base located?

[julianilson]

We're mostly in English-speaking countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia). Especially cities like Boston, LA, NYC, London...

But we're growing the team now! We're no longer just two guys. So we should be growing much faster in the coming weeks/months.

Thanks for your support

[developerdanny]

I don't like that it says 'Always meet friends of the same gender'. As a male, I want to be able to meet female friends as well. Why is it limited by gender?

[julianilson]

At the moment, we're keeping genders separate. I know, it's very 90's. The issue is that we're just two guys and we don't want to police the platform. The reality is that the friendship apps out there are thinly-veiled dating apps, and that's ruined it for everyone else just looking for friends.

I put down some more thoughts on this in this blog post: https://www.we3app.com/why-tribes-same-gender/

We'll be experimenting with mixed genders later this year, but it will have to be in a careful rollout to make sure it's not abused.

[matt_the_bass]

Perhaps consider having no visible gender queues. Maybe go so far as to also not show names. If the goal is truely for friends, does the gender and name matter?

[julianilson]

It doesn't, but the problem is that people aren't usually very kind to other people on the internet. So I can see a good chunk of users rollin' the dice and seeing if they match with attractive people, and if they don't, they just move along. This would ruin the experience for the other two people that are left hanging and feeling like shit. I really want to prevent that from happening.

[isaiahg]

Love the idea and I'm downloading it right now. I know I've felt these same things nearly my whole adult life.

[julianilson]

Nice! I hope we can connect you with some awesome people nearby.

[esbafb8]

Love this mate - Thanks for creating and sharing something as valuable to connect people :)

[julianilson]

Thank you! I really hope it helps to connect you with some awesome people.

[imhoguy]

Nice idea! Oh no.. no Witcher in games I love ;(

[julianilson]

Just added it!

[julianilson]

If you send an email to [e-mail], I'll add that choice to your account.

[imhoguy]

And one more thing to add "I am often on..." - Hacker News of course!

[segmondy]

I like the animation, who made it?

[gain_sky]

Are you still lonely though?