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by afar 4073 days ago
Yeah.

Well, I guess it could be bad if I knew that it was always quiet and therefore "a drag" (sorry, that was a weird word to use). But I suspect any bar or club that's reasonably solvent, especially in populous cities, has busy times.

Atm though we only show the traffic right now and notify when something is triggered, quiet / trending.

Second, I think there are people out there that are not looking for busy bars. Rather quiet ones. I certainly fall into that category.

We're not in any bars right now, though. I'll get back to you once we have more data.

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What does "trending" mean? It's... popular right now for being quiet?

It seems like if you had the data, you could build both an app that's marketed to tell you when places are quiet, and an app that's marketed to tell you when places are lively.

EDIT: Or do you envision the app to do both? I'm having a hard time squaring "The Heartbeat of a City" with "Is your favorite place quiet right now? Check it out in realtime and get notified when it’s convenient to drop by."...

> Second, I think there are people out there that are not looking for busy bars. Rather quiet ones. I certainly fall into that category.

I'm curious what the market size is for people looking for quiet public places vs. lively public places. Is there already a popular app that targets the latter? Has anyone successfully filled the gap left by Foursquare eliminating check-ins?