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Show HN: Invotes – Vote Driven Invitations

4 points| mclifton | 10 years ago |invotes.com | reply

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[+] mclifton|10 years ago|reply
I created Invotes to simplify casual hang outs with friends. Being the central decision maker has always been a point of stress for me - my primary goal is to get together with people, whenever it's convenient and wherever they want to go. I always felt there could be a better way to maximize the number of people that could be included.

When you send an invitation with Invotes, it becomes the organizer. It allows guests to suggest and vote on the time and location, then relays updates to every member in your party.

I worked hard to make the invitation process open to everyone. It doesn't matter if they have the app or not, you can contact anyone via SMS, email or in app notification. You can also send a public invitation link after the invitation has been created.

Anyway, I'm happy to have this project off the ground and I'd be excited to hear any feedback or questions. Thanks for checking it out! Any mentions on Facebook/Twitter would be incredible, marketing is not my strong suit.

[+] kenrick95|10 years ago|reply
Nice application :) I appreciate the effort to make it inclusive to every platform.

I've tried the web-app version from desktop and I feel that the UI is suited for mobile-view. UI-wise some icons are probably better accompanied with what it meant (e.g. the "lock" icon) and some hint whether it is clickable or not (only when I accidentally click it, I realized it is clickable).

And the slogan "make plans, without a plan" seemed off for me, someone still need to make a plan, at least a partial plan.

And by the way, why should I "register" to the app by providing an e-mail address, if I could share the link myself?

Thanks, and have a nice day :)