[quenzo]

Installed the app!

I find the idea interesting. But I'd do a more organised search (by category, country, language). Maybe a general directory with a list of more commented products.

As you can only comment products you scan, and you are likely to be the first one, to make it entertaining you should at least be able to nose around other people's comments easily.

One way to make it feel alive is to do what Reddit did: Flintstoning your way through Cold Start.

Get a script that creates various posts on a variety of products and have the board to let people see there's content to discover.

On another note... How can I comment on a place? How does a place have a unique barcode? Maybe you should also make geo-location a base for a chat and not only barcodes?

[hsynkrkye]

Actually, there used to be popular rooms, but I removed them because I didn't want people to use it as a passing fad and the app to be taken over by popular culture, and I thought downloads would decrease after a few popular topics were discussed. Instead, as you said, I could design a higher-quality room search engine, and the GPS idea is definitely great. The app doesn't currently have access to location information, but I could change that and ask, "You are currently at this location, would you like to join this room?" or people might want to join for some reason, but I think it will be a little difficult to add that because I haven't even been able to add commenting with audio and video yet, which I want to add to the app.

[quenzo]

Ah yes, I get that feeling...

To be afraid the app would be too popular in a way you didn't like.

My 2 cents: let people in and have fun the way they want. Once you get critical mass, you think about steering it your way...

Audio and videos would be cool!