This is a product idea that solves a large coordination problem. With billion people, there could be a huge number of groups of people sharing multiple interests. But currently, the number of valuable groups of people is limited by a) the number of organizers and b) the number of people you meet via a random walk. Some progress has been made on (b) with better search, but it is difficult to make (a) go up because of human tendencies—most people are lurkers—and the incentive to focus on one area to stand out. So what is the idea? Cluster people by interests and then suggest the group to all members. If people know that the others know that there is interest, the chance of the group coming together gets much higher.
Interest groups without an organizer.
This is a product idea that solves a large coordination problem. With billion people, there could be a huge number of groups of people sharing multiple interests. But currently, the number of valuable groups of people is limited by a) the number of organizers and b) the number of people you meet via a random walk. Some progress has been made on (b) with better search, but it is difficult to make (a) go up because of human tendencies—most people are lurkers—and the incentive to focus on one area to stand out. So what is the idea? Cluster people by interests and then suggest the group to all members. If people know that the others know that there is interest, the chance of the group coming together gets much higher.