A Verified Friendship App Built For Real Life #139

About this episode

Gabor Catas discusses the Friending App, designed to combat loneliness and foster real-life connections in a post-COVID world.

Lonely in a new city even though you’re “connected” all day? We felt that tension hard, so we sat down with Gabor Catas, CEO of Friending Inc., to talk about a different kind of social app: one that’s built to get you off your phone and back into real life. Gabor shares why he helped shape the Friending App after years of moving between countries and states, and why loneliness is more common than most people admit, especially after COVID and the shift to remote work. We dig into what makes F...

People in this episode

Host: Tamara Schoon

Guest: Gabor Catas

Topics covered

• loneliness
• social apps
• real life connections
• remote work
• friendship

Keywords

• friendship app
• loneliness
• social connections
• remote work
• real life interactions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Friending Inc.

Places: COVID

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