I have learned that a clever matching idea is cheaper than a campus, a club, or a housing office that will actually send people. If you cannot name the first 100 users as a list, you have a toy.
Testers need a reason to come back without you in the group chat. That reason is usually a real-world event, not a new tab in settings.
Build for the constraint
Student housing, a hackathon audience, a warehouse shift — pick one. A global social network is not a week-one shape.
Do not confuse waitlists with love
A waitlist is polite. Usage is love. I instrument the second.
