Slap: Sounds like a plan
Tags: Mobile, Messaging, Maps, Social Media, Calendar

The pleasure isn’t in doing something, the pleasure is in planning to do something. 😀

Research has shown that anticipating something can be a powerful, positive emotion that can help us live happier lives. If anticipation arouses more intense emotion than retrospection, we wondered if we could build a business that champions the joy of anticipation.

If we are more likely to talk about how excited we are about something we want to do (insert great idea here) compared to something we have already done (Instagram and Snapchat have this covered), what would that thing be?

We know that making plans with friends can be a hacked together logistical nightmare. With so many options to connect with people, communication has become fragmented and in some cases made people less accountable and downright flaky.

This pandemic has shown the world how fundamental human contact is in our lives. And we’re not talking about virtual contact. Zoom fatigue is real. People are re-realizing how important being with their friends in-person is.

Going forward in this new normal, who we spend time with in-person is going to take more effort and purposeful planning. And that sucks, but it doesn’t have to.

This problem doesn’t get in the way of people getting together with their friends (when we aren’t responsibly social distancing), but could there be a more fun way to do it? If so, then could we, in theory, build a business that facilitates the joy of anticipation?

That strikes us as a fun challenge and we’ve accepted it!

We’re thrilled to introduce you to our attempt to help people live life to the fullest and effortlessly experience the joy of anticipation with Slap, the new creative way to live your best life with your friends or make new ones. It’s for people who don’t like to plan, but are always down to do something fun.

We’ve combined the camera, future location and messaging together in a unique way that unlocks the social potential of the map by turning it into a ‘Video-based Social Calendar with Group Chat’ that captures future plans with our spontaneous Event Stories (Video Invite® + Video RSVPs).

There are plenty of invite services that ‘list’ who’s coming to your event or kickback, but none of them ‘show you’ who’s coming and how excited they are to join in.

It’s not where you are now, it’s where you want to be in the next 24 hours.

Bored? Record a Slap (Video Invite®) to start an Event Story telling your friends or the world what you want to do. Then pin the location of where you’ll be on your map.

Looking for something to do? Surf the Slap Map to see what your friends have posted they’ll be doing. Don’t miss out, spontaneous event stories disappear within the next 24 hours.

Find something interesting to do? Slap back by recording a Video RSVP to tell your friends you’re in. Start enjoying the anticipation of the event as the Slap backs start coming in and you see and hear how psyched everyone is.

Once you Slap back that you’ll be joining in, you’ll unlock the group chat with everyone else who will be going.

At our core, we are a group chat app that starts with an idea and then people join in verses putting a group together first and then figuring out an idea. We’ve flipped the flow to give users more control the way it works in real life instead of modifying our behavior to fit the framework of how a messaging app was designed.

When all of your favorite people are sharing and discovering things for you to join in on, life will get a lot more interesting.

Let the fun begin before the fun begins which is half the fun.

You’re welcome.

💙 #slap

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About Slap

Sounds like a plan is the new creative way to live your best life with your friends or make new ones. It’s for people who don’t like to plan, but are always down to do something fun. The video-based map that serves as social calendar with group chat is available for download on iOS. Android coming soon. For more information, visit www.slap.events or follow us on social media — Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin.