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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday I met someone who is the admin of an 80 person group chat just for... Polling.

What are the chances 😂

Hopefully we can get them to merge forces with @read-theroom.bsky.social

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 12d

Today I would like to publicly thank one of my dearest friends for some of the wisest words I've ever heard uttered from a human being.

"To be cringe is to be free" - @janayf.bsky.social

I'm here for it.

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 12d

#ProductLaunch #Nonprofit #IndieDev

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 12d

Oh yeah, one week in and here's where we are at with @read-theroom.bsky.social

362 USERS 👥🫂

38 COUNTRIES PRESENT 🌍!!

>1500 questions asked pulling in 22,600+ responses.

I keep checking every hour, begging to see 40 countries on the platform...

My feelings rn: 🦎🥹 😆💜

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 12d

(2/2) At least then the experts, politicians, and community leaders can truly know where people are at and meet them where they're at.

That's what we're building @read-theroom.bsky.social but it only works if we do it together.

Join the movement:
readtheroom.site

#UnitedNations #TechForGood

readtheoom.site

Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 12d

(1/2) I always imagined what a decentralized and truly democratic UN would look like.

What if we all really knew how the masses felt; without the top-down media, or algorithm-driven silo-ing feeds online telling us.

What would that look like... Would the masses be correct more often than not?

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> read(the_room) @read-theroom.bsky.social · 16d

What a launch week 💜

We can’t thank this community enough for the support, energy, and love you’ve already shown.

The more you download, rate & review, the more rooms we can read.

Here’s to building Read the Room together, this is just the beginning! 🦎✨

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 17d

I'm actually trying to buiild something similar, but for decentralized sentiment gauging as opposed to fact-checking!

Please check it out if you're interested, and let me know what you think!

We're only at 330 users and 35 countries with at least 1 contributor so far.

readtheroom.site

Read the Room

Read the Room, know the world. An anonymous sentiment mapping platform.

readtheroom.site

Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 19d

Interesting, somewhat unsurprising, take today on @read-theroom.bsky.social : Is the US a force for good in the world?

We're now at 300 users in 32 countries and counting! Join in 👇🏽

See more (and anonymously ask) at readtheroom.site

#USPolitics #IndieDev #sentimentanalysis #GlobalVoices

Read the Room approval ratings to the statement "Is the US a force for good in the world?"

Read the Room global approval map to the statement "Is the US a force for good in the world?"

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> read(the_room) @read-theroom.bsky.social · 20d

We started small. Then you joined. Now we’re building something bigger together 💜

Your rating + review isn’t just feedback, it helps new chameleons find us, join in, and keep this community growing 🦎🌍

Add your review today + help expand the conversation.

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 20d

As a physicist, this was a really funny question for me to see on @read-theroom.bsky.social on day 2 of launch week.

How old do you think the universe is? Clearly my physics friends all agree... Sus?? 🧐

readtheroom.site

#IndieDev #Cosmology #Physics #ProductLaunch #AstroPhysics #SciComm

Top Multiple Choice answer for the age of the universe broken down by country.

Distribution of responses for speculating the age of the universe.

Physicists guesses on the age of the universe vs the world.

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 20d

@read-theroom.bsky.social just hit 30 countries!

We're building Earth's Vibe Check ✅ and launched on Tuesday!

Know anyone who might help us fill the map below?

Check it out: readtheroom.site

#TechForGood #Nonprofit #ProductLaunch #BuildInPublic #IndieDev

Self-reported user countries on Read the Room, September 17 2025.

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 21d

Hey! Don't be discouraged man. It's hard out there.

Would be curious to hear what your lessons were?

Best of luck powering through in future!

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> read(the_room) @read-theroom.bsky.social · 22d

After months of testing, the chameleons are loose 🦎🎉

Read the Room is fully released on iOS + Android!

Now’s the most important step: download, rate & review. It’s the #1 way we can grow this community together!

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 22d

Annnd my first app, Read the Room: Know the World is live!! 🦎

We're building a anonymous and community-driven social app to map the mood of our planet 🌍

Please check it out ❤️
readtheroom.site

#IndieDev #TechForGood #privacy #nonprofit #Flutter

Read the Room

Read the Room, know the world. An anonymous sentiment mapping platform.

readtheroom.site

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 23d

Wow. I just discovered MiniLM and how you can do similarity scores for ~200 word pieces of text so fast on an M1 Mac via the sentence-transformers python package 🤯

Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 28d

Woo! Both app stores approved us within 48 hours! Pleasantly surprised 😯

RTR is free. A nonprofit, anonymous, community-driven Q&A platform.

We make maps of how the world thinks.

Download links here (pre-orders):
readtheroom.site

App launch Sept 16th!
#IndieDev #TechForGood

Read the Room

Read the Room, know the world. An anonymous sentiment mapping platform.

readtheroom.site

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · Sep 5

After ~2 years of experimenting and building with friends, I’m so incredibly relieved to submit Read the Room to the app stores 🤞🏽 it's just the start!

A new privacy-first & community-driven app is coming in soon that I'm excited to share with y'all!! Stay tuned 👀

#IndieDev #TechForGood

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> read(the_room) @read-theroom.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · Jul 22

Woohoo!

> read(the_room) @read-theroom.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨 BETA IS HERE 🚨

The wait is over, Read the Room is officially in beta and ready for you to join the conversation 🦎💬

Links in bio to download the app, available on TestFlight for iOS or on the Google Play Store for Android.

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> read(the_room) @read-theroom.bsky.social · Jul 7

Android users: we beg you

Using an Android? Not using the app every day? You are personally holding us back from greatness. (jk... unless?)

We need 12 androids online daily for 14 days to hit open beta. Send help!!

#androidstruggles #betaquest #readtheroom

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · Jun 20

So relieved to have actual users on the platform! A huge weight off my chest today.

Thanks everyone for the quick feedback

Let's go!! 🚀 🦎

> read(the_room) @read-theroom.bsky.social · Jun 19

Alpha testing just started 👀
It’s closed, mysterious, and probably full of bugs... but hey, beta’s next 😏
Stay tuned if you want early access by being one of our beta testers!

#TechSky #polls #votingapp #newapp #appdev #mobileapp #appdesign

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> read(the_room) @read-theroom.bsky.social · Jun 19

Alpha testing just started 👀
It’s closed, mysterious, and probably full of bugs... but hey, beta’s next 😏
Stay tuned if you want early access by being one of our beta testers!

#TechSky #polls #votingapp #newapp #appdev #mobileapp #appdesign

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · May 22

Let's go!!

> read(the_room) @read-theroom.bsky.social · May 22

We wanted the app to feel clean, calm, and actually kinda nice to use! Just thoughtful questions, quick answers, and a chance to read the room. Sleek design, honest opinions. That’s the vibe.

#polls #votingapp #newapp #appdev #mobileapp #appdesign

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> read(the_room) @read-theroom.bsky.social · May 19

It’s me, Karma the chameleon🦎, aka the only member of the team who’s been working on this app (besides Soud, who may be doing all the real work). The other team members are very busy providing moral support.

Anyways, we’re building something cool. Stay tuned!

#newapp #appdev #mobileapp #appdesign

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