FRIENDZINOS - The Idea

Over the last decade, various social media platforms have enabled us to be connected more than ever before. Thanks to them, we can now see what our friends are up to and we can communicate with them in real time, enabling us to vicariously participate in their life, without actually being there.

Notwithstanding the benefits and opportunities these platforms have brought to our relationships, what if we focused more on finding ways to spend actual time with our friends or loved ones, rather than regularly missing each other and just sharing a few emojis or memes?

Friendzinos’ aim is to enable people to not miss each other whilst travelling and thus spend quality time for an hour, a day or a week with relative ease. This app is for anyone who is tired of missing out on human interaction with friends around the world and is happy to let serendipity play a part. This is for all of us who want to create new memories and connections, not see them happen on a screen and feel we missed out.

Through a simple check-in system and no gamification gimmicks, you will be able to let your various networks know about your presence in a country or a city and facilitate face-to-face interactions with those close to you already in your phonebook. And because location privacy matters, mark yourself completely offline anytime you feel like it. By choosing what you share, when and with whom, you can adapt your social interactions to your mood and to the purpose of your trip.

PULSE, GET IN TOUCH, CREATE MEMORIES!