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Listifi -- sharable lists

Hey all!

I recently built https://listifi.app

Many lists websites/apps tend to focus on productivity. They make it easy to create lists for yourself, but sharing is difficult. Listifi tries to make it simple to create a list and share with friends, colleagues, or anyone interested.

I've tried adding enough social features to make the website feel a little more alive. When creating a list, there are four social features that I think are interesting:

  • Explorable: lists with this setting are showcased on our explore page
  • Likeable: lists can be "starred," similar to github and are saved on the user's profile
  • Voting: allows users to vote on individual list items
  • Suggestions: allows users to write in suggestions that the owner of the list can approve/reject

I plan to add more social features to increase engagement, but I'm at the point where I've got a functional app and really just need some feedback on how useful the website is to people.

Here's a short video of creating a list: https://storage.googleapis.com/listifi-assets/listifi_create.mov

I created a feature wishlist for listifi to showcase some of the plugins I've built to supercharge lists:

The questions I'm asking myself are:

  • Is this site useful to people?
  • Is there some other spin I can put on a list sharing website to drive engagement?
  • Is it fun and engaging to create lists on this website?

I've gotten decent reception from friends and /r/SideProject, but engagement is very low, it makes me wonder if this website is actually useful to people.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

on January 25, 2021