How a Group of Students Is Quietly Rebuilding the Way You Discover What to Watch, Listen to, and Read — Without Algorithms We’re not supposed to be building this. We're just students from Brazil. No Silicon Valley mentors. No big funding. No hype machine. But we’re here — and people are starting to notice. Because while everyone else is racing to build smarter algorithms, we’re doing something completely different: We’re rebuilding trust in recommendations — by putting humans back at the center of culture. Welcome to RecomendeMe. RecomendeMe 💥 The Spark: Frustration with the Algorithmic Feed We were tired of being told what to watch by a black box. Netflix, Spotify, YouTube — they all started to feel like they were showing us the same content, over and over. Not because it was the best, but because it was the safest. Worse: it felt soulless. Where was the why behind a recommendation? Where was the emotion? The randomness? The humanity? We didn’t trust the algorithm anymore. So, we built something we could trust: each other. 🛠️ The First Version: Ugly, Raw — and Alive We launched a rough page. A list of films. No machine learning. No “If you liked X, you’ll love Y.” Just real people recommending stuff they loved, with a simple reason: “This made me feel something. You might like it too.” And something clicked. Hard. Friends started sharing music. Books. Podcasts. Tools. People from different cities — and eventually different countries — started using it. We realized we weren’t building a startup. We were igniting a movement. 🧠 What Makes RecomendeMe Different? We’re not trying to predict what you’ll like. We’re trying to connect you to someone who already did. 🔍 Real people post real recommendations 💬 Every rec includes why it meant something 🎭 You can explore by genre, emotion, or location 🗺️ There's a cultural map of what's popular near you 🤖 Our chatbot doesn’t hallucinate — it pulls live, real recommendations This isn’t about what’s trending. It’s about what’s authentic. 🚀 From a Side Project to a Cultural Rebellion. We didn’t ask for permission. We didn’t wait for funding. We didn’t spend months pitching decks. We just built what we needed — and people followed. RecomendeMe is now a place where: A Brazilian film can go viral in Canada A forgotten book can inspire a new generation A podcast with 38 listeners can become someone’s favorite A random user can shift your perspective with a single post This isn’t an app. It’s a resistance to content fatigue. 🔮 What’s Next for RecomendeMe? We’re not done. Not even close. Coming soon: 🎥 Video-style recs, TikTok-style — but about real taste 🌎 Multilingual version (EN, PT, ES) to build across cultures 🧑🎨 Creator mode — where curators and artists post what they love 💬 Fast community chat (no LLM fluff — just real-time, real recs) And yeah — we’ve had people approach us about funding. But we’re building carefully. And with values. No growth hacks. No bullshit. ❤️ Why It Actually Matters We believe discovery is not about algorithms. It’s about people. Recs should feel personal, not optimized. Taste is not a funnel. It’s a fingerprint. The best things in life are recommended by someone who cares. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, uninspired, or creatively numb… Then RecomendeMe was built for you.
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