Scene

Scene is an event-organizing platform centered on individual identity and subcultural connections.

It enhances the experience of going out, aiming to remove the anxiety created by traditional social media while empowering creatives.

The Problem

Traditional organizing platforms center performers, vendors, and venues over individuals who negotiate and uphold their respective communities.

Current platforms promote events with a high entry ceiling, focusing their interactions towards promoters and venues. This often ignores tight-knit scenes where promoters are people, and venues aren’t always the most traditional.

How might a social organizing platform play into word-of-mouth culture, uplifting subcultural communities and creatives?

Instagram is the primary platform used to post and catch up on current events/shows.
Flyers can be reposted on stories, and are easy to send to others.

Instagram is often overwhelming, and some feel anxiety promoting shows they attend.

A quarter of those interviewed relied on word of mouth instead.

Many people go out to make friends but rarely find opportunities to make deep connections in person.
Most tend to follow/know someone on social media and only speak to them in passing.
Smaller events are often planned networking with mutual friends and circulating events amongst different circles. Instagram allows for these actions to be done with ease.

The Solution

Facilitate self-expression and community engagement in a way that prevents restrictive status hierarchies.

Create a dynamic role system that centers individuals as people rather than the services they provide.
Create an open-ended posting system that fosters different levels of organizing, ranging from large events to
close-knit gatherings.

Features

Personal accounts are the main accounts used for self-expression, ticket purchasing, and event cataloging.
Professional accounts are geared towards curating calendars, managing tickets, and releasing information for upcoming events.

The different post types are notes, polls, or events. Polls and notes are ephemeral and disappear after being posted.

Groups can be used by organizers to mass send important information or by friends sharing events and pictures.

Tickets can be hosted within the app or linked to an outside provider.