So whatcha gonna DO about it?
That time I saw a need for something and ignored it for months
The start of a cautionary tale
We knew it was coming. The trolls had taken over. It was fun while it lasted.
Blab had been a video chat platform with public rooms — so imagine Google Hangouts with four friends, only anyone can tune it.
I met a lot of amazing people through Blab. I loved Blab.
But it died.
September 2016 had me going:
Searching for alternatives
So I tried rabb.it and Bebo and appear.in, but none of them had that secret sauce.
So in November 2016 I was like…
Looking at mobile solutions
So then I tried HouseParty and Airtime and Discord and Bebo again, because it had changed, a lot.
But they weren’t what I wanted. Harf.io was closer, but it had a troll problem.
Even in January 2017, I was sighing:
The eventual end of the brainfart
Until, finally, about a week ago…
It dawned on me. We could just MAKE it. The weird bastard child of the dozen apps I’d tried and rejected, with just enough new concepts to make things interesting (and my own, not just a clone).
To be honest, it was my girlfriend’s idea. She also came up with the name. WeKiki.party. The site isn’t up yet, but you can visit this Typeform if you want to be notified when it is.
Don’t be like me, sitting on my tuckus wishing for a product that doesn’t exist. Go out, build it now.
Do it.
