It’s hard to make friends when moving to a new town, attending a new school or finding someone with similar interest in activities. I remember going to New York City in 2008 to the New York Anime Festival alone wishing someone had accompanied me that liked anime too. I had no friends who had liked anime, which are Japanese cartoons. Where was I going to find someone in Schenectady that had liked anime, and most importantly how?
We all have things that we like to do, like bowling, but what happens if none of your friends like bowling? You have no one to go bowling with and you just wouldn’t play bowling by yourself. I think there is a need for a Web site where people with similar interests and goals can unite and socialize, a web site where ideas can be made into reality by putting great minds together. Similarpeople.com would connect people with similar interests, ideas and goals together.
There are many things that members of similarpeople.com can do. Members on the site can put up their profile for free and post their interests in activities. Meeting up for leisurely activities is one of them. Let’s say a member of the site moves to a new city or town and is having trouble making friends, that member can look for other members with similar interests and can invite the member to an activity. For example, if there was an anime convention that I would like to go to, I would invite someone to go with that has a similar interest in anime in my community or meet up with someone who is already going to the convention. On similarpeople.com, you can find bowling partners, shopping partners, jogging partners and partners for any activity you’re interested in doing in pairs or in groups. It also helps meeting people abroad. If you’re ever traveling abroad, you can find travelers who are in the visiting country offer to meet up with them and perhaps travel together.
Another important aspect of similarpeople.com is that members can create groups or clubs. Any member may be able to post a group on the site and add people to that group. The purpose of the group is to make it aware there is a group locally and what times and days the groups can meet up. For example, someone can make an anime group where members can meet every Saturday at a location to watch and discuss anime. Anyone who wants to join the group can add themselves on to the group and begin attending the meetings. Groups can include anything from leisurely activities to help groups like cancer group or groups for drug addicts or any kind of addict looking for someone(s) who is going through similar issues. Members can also create volunteer groups where group members can offer their services to those in need like soup kitchens, after school programs, neighborhood clean ups and the list goes on. Example of group themes can include gamers, sports, shopping, traveling, dinning etc.
On similarpeople.com, members can market their services. In different categories, like cooking, dancing, music, language learning, members can offer lessons to anyone on similarpeople.com. For example, a professional cook may offer cooking lessons for a cheap price. Another member may offer dance or music lessons and can set up class information and pricing. If I was looking for a lesson learning a new language, I could look online for language classes or I could meet a partner with an interest in exchanging language lessons; for example, my English for their Japanese. People can exchange different type of services with other members based on agreement or charge people for certain services.
Similarpeople.com is a huge online community where people are joined together based on similar interests. Members can meet other members for events. Members can join groups in the community based on their need or interests. Members can offer their services to the similarpeople.com community.
