First, there was 'What are you doing?', then came, 'What's happening?', 'What's on your mind?', and finally, 'Check-in'. Now, there's a new kid in town. And what they want to know is...'What do you want to do?'. Well, that's a good question, new kid. But first, let me find out a bit more about you.
The 'new kid' is a site call Poig. In their words, 'Poig is a new way to create spontaneous get-togethers. Add some friends and watch the magic happen.'
I signed up and realized that the 'adding of friends' part was critical to the 'making of the magic'. I had no friends using the site, and with a closer look, no one in my city, so my experience fell a bit flat. But Poig is smart enough to leverage Facebook Connect as a log-in option, which also prompts you to invite your FB-friends to join, so that problem should quickly resolve itself.
Beside the minor ramp-up time, and the linguistical brain-bender, Poig looks really cool. Like, the next big thing kind of cool. It gives you categories to choose from: Food, Drinks, Coffee, Meet-up, Shopping, and Custom. By looking at the 'feeds' page, it seems like you can join in on an event with friends or other random people in your city, or pick a category and start your own.
I gotta say, I love this idea. It's the best execution of the Mass Mingling trend that I've come across. Check it out. ~ p
