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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.
💥 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.
This content originally appeared on HackerNoon and was authored by 1uc4sm4theus
1uc4sm4theus | Sciencx (2025-06-23T20:42:06+00:00) A Group of Students Are Revolutionizing the Way You Discover What to Watch, Read, and Listen. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/06/23/a-group-of-students-are-revolutionizing-the-way-you-discover-what-to-watch-read-and-listen/
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