The Complexity of Problem Solving
You know what’s making all this harder? The process of finding a problem and building a solution for it. The more you look into the problems, the more you realize there are so many. It’s not just one single problem that can be solved with one single solution. It’s a multi-dimensional problem, and there are multi-dimensional ways you can solve it. That’s why consumer social is so complicated(Why building in consumer social is hard?. Holy moly.
University Social Challenges
For example, I thought the problem was people not being able to find the right people in university. There are so many people at university. It’s filled with people. So, what if there’s an easy way to find the right people since you don’t know who to meet up with, right? It’s a paradox of choice in some way. It would help reduce that paradox and suggest the right person to meet up with. But it turns out university students don’t really need that, do they? They have communities, a lot of events hosted by clubs and the universities themselves, dorms—so many opportunities: The birth of personalized linktree
Post-Graduation Friendships
But once people graduate, they find there’s no easy way to make friends, especially if they don’t have a job, which is a growing problem as well, right? These people need something to help them find others. There are some communities, but not as many as in university. I can assume this transition is tough for some, especially if they move to a new city after graduating.
Remembering University Connections
Also, going back to university issues, people meet so many new people there, yet we forget so many of them. What if there’s a sort of memory vault that can remind you of the people you’ve met, where and when, and how? It could also suggest things you both can connect over.
Varied Comfort Levels in Sharing
Looking deeper, there are multiple dimensions within this. Some people are comfortable sharing only certain things compared to others. Sometimes people want to share different things with different kinds of people and in different contexts. For example, in a networking event, you wouldn’t want to share your failures, but in a friend-making or sports event, you wouldn’t mind. There are different contexts and also different personalities with varying levels of comfort in sharing specific things.
Seeking Feedback and Solutions
I’m wondering if I should share this information publicly to maybe get clearer ideas on who can help me figure out the solution for it.