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Billbo it's a social network for the room you're standing in. A venue turns any TV into a live "saloon" the room's chat, photo wall, and polls play out on the big screen. And you can't fake your way in: you join by scanning the QR on the TV itself (or being physically at the venue). When you walk in, the screen greets you; a bar rail shows everyone currently in the house.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I'm Guy - I've spent the last years building Billbo solo.
It started with a simple observation: we've never been more connected, yet in any bar or café people sit right next to each other in silence, each inside their own feed. I don't believe an app can "fix" that - but I kept wondering whether the same screens that pull us apart could give us a small nudge toward each other.
Billbo is my attempt at that bridge:
🖥 A venue (bar, café, barbershop, or your own living room) puts BillboTV on any Android TV / Google TV / Fire Stick - or on a spare phone mirrored to a screen. No hardware to buy.
🍺 The TV becomes the room's shared "saloon": a chat everyone in the room sees, a photo wall, live polls - and when you walk in, the screen greets you by name. A small thing, but it turns strangers into "hey, you're on the screen too."
🔑 You join by scanning a QR code that exists only on that screen - so the community is the people actually in the room, not the whole internet.
🎮 And when words feel awkward, games break the ice: Texas Hold'em, trivia duels, air hockey, and a quick-draw duel where you aim by tilting your phone - all on the big screen, phones as controllers. Challenging someone to trivia is a much easier opening line than "hi."
The vision isn't more screen time. It's pointing the screens we already stare at back into the room, so they give you a reason to talk to the person next to you.
It's completely free. Android today; iOS is on the way. I'm sure there's plenty I've gotten wrong, and I'd genuinely love your feedback - especially if you run a venue: what would it take for you to put this on your TV? I'm here all day and will answer everything. 🍻
honestly the qr thing is kind of genius, no randoms joining from home and spamming the screen. tried it at a bar and the bar rail showing who's actually there was a fun touch.
About Billbo on Product Hunt
“The social network for the room you're in”
Billbo was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #151 on the daily leaderboard. Billbo it's a social network for the room you're standing in. A venue turns any TV into a live "saloon" the room's chat, photo wall, and polls play out on the big screen. And you can't fake your way in: you join by scanning the QR on the TV itself (or being physically at the venue). When you walk in, the screen greets you; a bar rail shows everyone currently in the house.
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Who hunted Billbo?
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