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A Group of Students Are Revolutionizing the Way You Discover What to Watch, Read, and Listen

by 1uc4sm4theusJune 23rd, 2025
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They’re rebuilding trust in recommendations by putting humans back at the center of culture.

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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.”

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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.

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🧠 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.

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