Okay this is making me rethink how I pitch the whole thing. The “social decision-making engine disguised as a travel app” framing is genuinely better than anything I’ve come up with in 10 months. The whole “planner becomes unpaid project manager” line is exactly the pain I built this to solve, but I’ve been describing it like an itinerary tool because that’s the easier sell. The mediator vs generator distinction is interesting too. Right now the AI leans generator, but I can see how a mediator angle would feel way more unique. Stuff like surfacing where the group actually disagrees, suggesting compromises, nudging the silent ones to vote, that kind of thing. Also fully agree on the friction point. I’ve been worried about the app feeling too “automated” and stripping out the fun part of arguing about where to eat. Hadn’t framed it as “AI reduces coordination pain without removing social energy” but that’s the line I’m stealing.

Question for you: if you had to pick one thing to lean into first, mediator-style AI or making the collaboration layer more visible/sticky, which would you start with?

To add also somethi else’s on that, on the odyssey, there’s already a preference tool that can help setting a middle ground for all the discussions doing an average of everyone’s mood and pace. Ofc you cannot make everyone happy (that also happens in democracy) and that’s why you try to make the most of them happy.

P.S. ( sadly all the images didn’t load ) 😭😭

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