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Alejandro Chahin@alejandrochahin · Founder, Mott & Bow
Hey Vivek, what would be a typical use case for SALT? Why use it if I have Yelp?
Rudd Taylor@ruddct · Cofounder, SALT - trysalt.com
@alejandrochahin Great question! The short answer is that we focus on what happens once you *get* a recommendation about (or already like) somewhere. Yelp focuses on the discovery of new recommendations. Once you start saving the recommendations you get in the app (which we've spent an inordinate amount of time making super easy), you have a comprehensive… See more
Karan Bhangui@karanbhangui
@alejandrochahin Yelp has had a terribly underwhelming bookmarking and organization experience for ages now. Bookmarks is hidden deep within their web app and not much better on mobile. Looking forward to trying Salt and hoping it solves these problems, especially seeing lists of places my friends have made. They seem to know where all the great spots in t… See more
Rudd Taylor@ruddct · Cofounder, SALT - trysalt.com
@karanbhangui Yep, that's exactly what we had in mind when we built this. Many large recommendation companies (e.g. Yelp, 4sq, etc) treat places as items in feed, things that are transient and go away quickly. We treat places as a unit of work, things that stick around for a while that you might want to refer back to, leave notes on or share. It's a small di… See more