About shouldi

shouldi is an instant social advice service that lets you quickly and easily give and get advice using your phone, instant messaging, the web, or e-mail. You can ask your friends or the whole world.

shouldi is different from other social networks

shouldi helps people help each other with instant advice for life’s big or not-so-big decisions by bringing the right people together, at the right time, using the right communications. shouldi:

• Reaches out to the right people that can help with your advice request. These people could be your friends, or trusted advisors who have helped others with similar requests.
• Communicates with users the way they prefer, including mobile phone messaging, instant messaging, e-mail, and the web.
• Adds up everyone’s advice and gets a summary to you when you need it. You don’t have to sort through lots of responses and try to figure out the majority’s opinion yourself. And you’ll get an answer back in five minutes if that’s when you need it.

Advice on any topic

Whether it’s shopping, dining, dating, dressing, sports, entertainment, or any other topic, shouldi can help you get advice. If you can imagine it, there are people out there with the interests and experiences to help.

• Choosing between a couple pairs of jeans at a store? Try them on, take photos of yourself in each pair with your camera phone, and ask friends, trusted advisors or the world which pair fits best. Ask them if they’ve seen a better price elsewhere.
• Not sure where to go tonight? Ask shouldi users about tonight’s hot spots in a specific town.
• Looking for a new digital camera and not sure which one to buy? Ask the digital camera experts.

Join Us

Join the shouldi network and start asking for and offering advice. Become a trusted advisor in your areas of interest and expertise. And have fun.