Joost Schuur@joostschuur · Product manager, Playmob
Highly useful site, @rikvandonselaar. Congrats on a nice, lean launch! You mentioned much of the site being automated. Can you share some of the tech behind it? Are you pulling in opening times and quotes from something like Foursquare e.g.? I found the rating stars a bit confusing. It's unclear where this data is coming from, and it looks like you should … See more
Rik@rikvandonselaar · Founder Where To Take Your Date @WTTYD
@joostschuur Thanks for the feedback! The website mostly uses two sources of data, one is an Excel sheet created by me and a few friends. Every time when one of use goes on a successful date we add the place to the list. All places are rated on many variables that are dating specific. This is where the data like “Is She impressed” and “Chance to talk” comes … See more
Joost Schuur@joostschuur · Product manager, Playmob
@rikvandonselaar That makes sense. Nice and simple. I would recommend a small explainer link next to the star ratings (or on a central FAQ for the site) that explains where these ratings come from or how users can contribute to them (or why they can't if it's a curated experience).
Joost Schuur@joostschuur · Product manager, Playmob
@rikvandonselaar It also looked like some kind of gallery lightbox was planned for when you click on the images, but even though the URL changes to include a hash, I never saw a larger version of the venue images I clicked on.
Rik@rikvandonselaar · Founder Where To Take Your Date @WTTYD
@joostschuur yes need to fix that :p