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Show HN: A platform for women to crowd-source advice in confidence

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Re: Show HN: A platform for women to crowd-source advice in confidence

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Post by tfolbrecht »

blueadept111 wrote: post #6

I don't get it, what problem is this app solving by excluding men from giving or asking for advice as well?

I get what you're saying, but nobody knows you're a dog on the Internet. The only implicate exclusions are those outside the scope of asking questions, women, and subtopics.

It's about setting a tone and building a culture.

Re: Show HN: A platform for women to crowd-source advice in confidence

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Post by sanchitasaha »

Creator here: as a female tech founder since 2009 I found it tough finding a network of women to share my experiences with. More recently but for a while now I've been a member of a bunch of women-only groups across FB, linkedin and a couple forums too and trying to stay on track with whats going on on each platform has got out of control.

So I created Shello to cut down on time spent across multiple plaforms and where women could ask questions on any topic from a single app experience, get great advice and build new female connections in the process. You can find out more about it at: https://www.shello.com/about-us/

Please let me know any questions, we're just starting out so any feedback as well would be super helpful.

Re: Show HN: A platform for women to crowd-source advice in confidence

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Post by sanchitasaha »

blueadept111 wrote: post #6

I don't get it, what problem is this app solving by excluding men from giving or asking for advice as well?

Hey blueadept11, women have very different experiences and challenges to men when it comes to most aspects of their lives, from careers, to body matters and relationships. So the advice we look for and share is often only relevant to other women. The way we talk in person with other women can be different to how we talk in public, much more personal way. So Shello aims to be bring that intimacy and freedom to talk and ask questions openly online and the only way we can do that is to make it just for women.

Re: Show HN: A platform for women to crowd-source advice in confidence

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Post by sanchitasaha »

mediocrejoker wrote: post #2

How does this differ from something like eg. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskWomen/

Thanks for the question. A key difference is that we use real names and photos, and as Shello is only app-based the conversations stay private behind a login. Also, on Shello we have topic groups and you can sign up to see questions and posts just to those topics that interest you. Other than that there is a lot of similarity in that its a community of women responding and conversing with other women on issues that matter to them.
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