My Hitchoo event was a disaster. But, the night wasn’t. The event was a disaster because I had planned for a boardgames session with three other people but only one person turned up. The reason this happened was because I had been vague about the location when creating the event – I said let’s meet at around X time around Y location. I wasn’t specific. I also didn’t leave any contact number for people to reach me. The problem with the current system is that communication channels are blocked for non-paying members. So, as a non-paying member, I had created an event which received some bids, but I was unable to communicate with the people whose bids I accepted. The event information given at the time of creating the event had been my best chance to coordinate with the bidders.
I met Yinghan at the Facebook developer garage on wednesday and shared with him my plight. He did a great thing by helping me contact the other members directly via email, providing those people who had won the bids my number so that I could at least arrange with them the meeting time and place off the site.
In the end, only one person turned up – the other guy got the date wrong while I’m not sure what happened with the other girl.
In any case, the night turned out great. The one lady who turned up was great company. While we didn’t get to play boardgames, we did have a great dinner at Timbre and ended up at Wala-Wala to cap a great night and wonderful conversation.
Now, I know I said this before, but if you are in Singapore, and you love live music, good beer and great food, and you have only one night to go out and have fun, and that night so happens to be either a Thursday or a Saturday, you do not need to bother about choosing from a range of options of what to do. The choice is clear – go down to Wala-Wala to hear Shirlyn and the band UnXpected . This crew of musicians will wow you with their music, tease you with their quips and charm you with their personalities.
I think Hitchoo needs to sort out the interaction between non-paying members and other members as well as that between event organizers and bid winners before it can move from being a good service to a great service. I say it is a good service because despite its teething problems, it did achieve its purpose – it set me up with a great date, and what more can you ask from an online dating site.
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