Show HN: TwoTickets – meet through events, not swipes

The idea for TwoTickets started when my wife and I had two tickets to Hamilton, and she couldn’t make it at the last minute. I realized how awkward it is to want to go to a concert, game, or show but not have someone to share it with — and how current apps either constrain you to your circle or to endless swiping.

On TwoTickets, you Twoot an event in order to connect with others around that shared plan. The flow is simple: Twoot → Match → Chat → Decide → Go. You don’t see profiles or matches until you Twoot events, so plans come first and profiles second.

The aim is to make meeting new people more natural: the event itself is the ice-breaker, not a random line in a bio. We’re in soft launch now and would love feedback from HN — does this “event-first” approach resonate with you, and where do you see the pitfalls?

Paul Graham once said that all dating apps are really just matching apps. I wonder: how close is this to a solution to that assertion — although TwoTickets is broader than dating.

*Links:* - Website: https://www.twotickets.us - iOS App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/twotickets-match-eventfully/id...