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RiiS
See what’s happening worldwide through people on the ground
RiiS helps people understand what is happening around the world through first-hand photos, videos and reports shared by people who are there. Explore events on an interactive map, follow situations through updates, and help assess the reliability of reports through community verification. Contributors may have the opportunity to earn money by licensing selected content to media organizations under agreed terms. RiiS is in public beta and improving through user feedback.
Hi Product Hunt! I’m Marina, the founder of RiiS 👋
After almost ten months of building RiiS, I’m finally launching it here. It’s my first app and my first Product Hunt launch, so I’m very excited — and honestly, a little nervous.
The idea for RiiS came during the devastating floods in Valencia, Spain. I saw all kinds of unverified claims on social media, including posts saying that thousands had died, and it was hard to know what was true. With AI making photos and videos easier to fake, that problem is only getting worse.
That experience led me to build RiiS — a citizen journalism app for discovering first-hand photos, videos and reports shared by people on the ground.
When a photo or video is captured directly in RiiS, its location, date and time are recorded. Users can follow stories as they develop, add context or supporting evidence, and vote Reliable or Unreliable to help the community understand the situation better.
RiiS is currently in public beta, and I’ve built most of it myself. I’d genuinely like to know whether people would find it useful and how it should develop from here.
You can try RiiS on the App Store or Google Play.
I’d especially love to know:
— Would you use RiiS to discover what is happening locally or worldwide?
— What would help you trust a report on RiiS?
— What would encourage you to share something you witnessed?
Please take a look and let me know what you think — what works, what feels unclear or what you would change.
I’ll be here throughout the day and happy to answer any questions.
Can someone submit important content without revealing their identity publicly?
very interesting! I will look up your app and give you my feedback. If your app is able to check location and time—which is often an issue with videos we watch on social media—that would be a great support for real news searches. do you have a web version available as well?
About RiiS on Product Hunt
“See what’s happening worldwide through people on the ground”
RiiS was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 7 comments, placing #103 on the daily leaderboard. RiiS helps people understand what is happening around the world through first-hand photos, videos and reports shared by people who are there. Explore events on an interactive map, follow situations through updates, and help assess the reliability of reports through community verification. Contributors may have the opportunity to earn money by licensing selected content to media organizations under agreed terms. RiiS is in public beta and improving through user feedback.
RiiS was featured in Android (57.5k followers), Events (6.2k followers), Photography (143.3k followers) and Maps (12.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 66.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted RiiS?
RiiS was hunted by Marina Neparidze. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Marina Neparidze
Hi Product Hunt! I’m Marina, the founder of RiiS 👋
After almost ten months of building RiiS, I’m finally launching it here. It’s my first app and my first Product Hunt launch, so I’m very excited — and honestly, a little nervous.
The idea for RiiS came during the devastating floods in Valencia, Spain. I saw all kinds of unverified claims on social media, including posts saying that thousands had died, and it was hard to know what was true. With AI making photos and videos easier to fake, that problem is only getting worse.
That experience led me to build RiiS — a citizen journalism app for discovering first-hand photos, videos and reports shared by people on the ground.
When a photo or video is captured directly in RiiS, its location, date and time are recorded. Users can follow stories as they develop, add context or supporting evidence, and vote Reliable or Unreliable to help the community understand the situation better.
RiiS is currently in public beta, and I’ve built most of it myself. I’d genuinely like to know whether people would find it useful and how it should develop from here.
You can try RiiS on the App Store or Google Play.
I’d especially love to know:
— Would you use RiiS to discover what is happening locally or worldwide?
— What would help you trust a report on RiiS?
— What would encourage you to share something you witnessed?
Please take a look and let me know what you think — what works, what feels unclear or what you would change.
I’ll be here throughout the day and happy to answer any questions.
Thank you for being part of my first launch!