Vlip

Find everything about a place with short-form videos

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Find everything about a place with short-form videos

382 followers

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Vlip is a travel social media platform that helps you find accurate & up-to-date information about places through short-form videos, and share snippets of your life with people around the world without social media fatigue.

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Launch tags:Android•Social Media•Travel

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Vlip

Maker

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Hi all! Super excited to share Vlip with you all today. Why did we build this? I’ve lived in 4 different countries and traveled to over 40. Along the journey, finding accurate and up-to-date information has always been a challenge. I wanted to create a platform for people like me to capture and share authentic snippets of their local areas for travelers who can then learn about the areas much more easily. I believe that these snippets of everyday life can become authentic information about a place for others around the world. What problem are we solving? There are two main problems we are trying to solve. 1. People spend a lot of time finding accurate and up-to-date information about places, often relying on image- and text-based content that can be subjective and misleading. Many travelers have shared that social media often sets unrealistic or misaligned expectations, negatively impacting their experience when visiting places. 2. Users are increasingly disillusioned with existing social media platforms, where 10% of users post ~90% of the content, often showcasing high-quality or curated lifestyles. Many feel reluctant to post for fear of misrepresentation or embarrassment, or they simply decide not to post because their pictures are not "fancy" or high-quality enough. How are we solving the problem? 1. Users can upload or watch short-form videos (up to 15 seconds) of places with location tags. This helps people find comprehensive, real-time information about places, such as restaurants, capturing the vibe, food, atmosphere, and crowd in one go. 2. All videos are deleted automatically after 30 days. This ensures that every video you see on Vlip is always up-to-date, at least within the last month. 3. Users can only upload raw and unedited videos taken on the spot. This prevents the uploading of old or edited videos, ensuring authenticity and real-time representation. We are doing this for one more reason - we want to make our users feel more comfortable sharing their genuine experiences by intentionally lowering the bar for content quality. 4. Vlip is an anonymous platform. Users can share content without worrying about social judgment from their personal network. That said, we also maintain strict content guidelines to keep our platform clean and safe. How does Vlip work? 🌍 Navigate through our home feed to watch videos of different places around the world with location tags. 🔍 Use our “Explore” feature to find videos or places on our map. 📹 Upload a video of the place you are at and share it with the world. 🤝 Follow other users and interact with them. We are offering promotions too! This is our first time offering promotions publicly! If you decide to join Vlip and upload your first video by the end of June 16th PDT, you will get a $5 Amazon gift card. Please message me directly with the email you used to sign up and code VLIP5AGC. Please share feedback with us! We'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions about Vlip. Please share feedback, questions, and comments. Our team will be around all day and is looking forward to hearing from you! Download Vlip today and share your first snippet! We can't wait to see your experiences.

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2yr ago

@harris_yoon Hi Harris, I like the idea of giving users a platform to authentically capture and share glimpses of local areas through short videos. The anonymity aspect encourages authentic sharing. Wishing you all the best with this launch!

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2yr ago

Vlip

Maker

@mayoyo25 Thank you for the feedback Franklin!

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2yr ago

Vlip

Maker

@jiteshghanchi Thank you Jitesh!

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2yr ago

LinkedCRM AI

Good idea! 👏 Every time I travel, I have to search on YouTube for videos related to that location. The idea of Vlip aggregating videos related to locations is really great! I want to know if the videos aggregated by Vlip can only be uploaded by users on Vlip, or will there also be videos from YouTube?

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2yr ago

Vlip

Maker

@zenda1122 Thank you Zenda! We will only have videos uploaded by users on Vlip - we don't fetch videos from any other platforms like YouTube.

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2yr ago

LinkedCRM AI

@harris_yoon OK, I got it! It really is necessary to guide users to upload more videos

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2yr ago

Vlip

Maker

@zenda1122 That is correct :) We are also working on different ways to encourage users to upload videos, including gamification (such as rewards or badges), notifications to feature or recommend users' videos to boost engagement, and a video archive that users can use for various purposes, such as creating itineraries to share with others or making a journal of the places they've visited.

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2yr ago

LinkedCRM AI

@harris_yoon Yeah! Good luck!🔥

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2yr ago

Vlip

Maker

@zenda1122 Thank you!

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2yr ago

This is very necessary. I am often misled by previous information.Will you review the submitted information? To ensure that there are no errors.

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2yr ago

Vlip

Maker

@hugec Thanks for the feedback. We only allow videos that are taken on the spot on Vlip to be uploaded, which means that you can't upload saved videos from your device, and we also don't allow any sort of editing for the video. This mechanism ensures that only raw and authentic information is captured about a place. Additionally, we have our content moderation team also review the videos on Vlip to make sure they are within our content guidelines.

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2yr ago

Congrats on the launch! Really cool idea for users looking at places they haven't been yet, only question is if the posting is anonymous, what incentivises people to post on Vlip? Purely just to share the place or is there a way to build a community for the long-term?

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2yr ago

Vlip

Maker

@jonathan_dennis Thank you Jonathan! Yes, we are building a community and want Vlip to be a playground for people to share snippets of their lives from different parts of the world, which can be both entertaining and informative in terms of places - something like Reddit but with short-form videos.

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2yr ago

Lancepilot

I always use google maps for food and attraction reco. I can totally use this everytime I visit some places. Do users have level or awards everytime they upload reviews?

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2yr ago

Vlip

Maker

@odeth_negapatan1 That's great to hear! Looking forward to having you as a user on Vlip :) Today, we don't have any rewards feature with our MVP but we are working to launch it so that user can unlock badges or accumulate points as they upload videos.

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2yr ago

Vlip

Maker

@odeth_negapatan1 We're thrilled to hear that! Hope you enjoy using Vlip and we can't wait to see the places you find attractive.

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2yr ago

ClothingAI

Love the design!! This has lots of potential, really love the concept. Short videos definitely help capture people attentions and this can definitely help in that sense. Hopefully it doesn’t get too addicting to look at places :)

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2yr ago

Vlip

Maker

@benjamin_sloutsky Thank you Benjamin for the feedback! Glad you liked it :)

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2yr ago

Vlip

Maker

@benjamin_sloutsky Thank you for your valuable feedback, Benjamin!

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2yr ago