Gabor Kadas Ending Loneliness with Verified Connection.mp3

About this episode

Gabor Kadas discusses how Friending.com aims to combat loneliness through verified connections and real-world meetups.

In this insightful episode of the Dead America Podcast, host Ed Watters speaks with Gabor Kadas, co‑founder and CEO of Friending.com, the first social app built to combat the modern loneliness epidemic through verified identity and real‑world connection. Gabor explains how Friending’s strict verification system—powered by third‑party service Persona—eliminates fake profiles, bots, and ghosting by requiring users to confirm their identity and maintain a fixed ID‑style profile photo. Additional photos are allowed, but the core image remains locked to ensure authenticity. Gabor walks through Friending’s unique features, including “AreYouIn” activity cards, real‑time and planned meetups within roughly 50 miles, and upcoming user‑created activities that make it easier than ever to meet people locally around shared interests. He also previews a future Bluetooth‑based safety alert device, a private rating signal used to improve match suggestions, and community perks such as partner discounts, subscriptions, and QR‑code coffee gifts that invite new users into the platform. The conversation explores the deeper roots of loneliness: technology misuse, remote work, shrinking social circles…

People in this episode

Host: Ed Watters

Guest: Gabor Kadas

Topics covered

• loneliness
• social connection
• identity verification
• technology
• community engagement

Keywords

• loneliness
• social app
• verified identity
• real-world connection
• community activities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Friending.com, Persona

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