Testing a thesis: people want to be known for their taste, not just save recommendations
I’m building Tenit around a slightly different recommendation thesis.
Most recommendation products focus on helping users find or save things. My hypothesis is that recommendations are also social identity: people like being known for good taste, useful suggestions, underrated finds, and niche knowledge.
Tenit lets users and creators build searchable taste profiles through recommendations. The creator angle is that recommendations shared through stories/reels disappear quickly, while a persistent recommendation profile can compound over time.
Would you start this as a consumer social product, creator tool, or niche community product?