Talking to contacts
Imagine you could have a conversation with a natural agent that has deep knowledge about the side projects, hobbies, rare skills, and passions in your extended network.
For example, you realized you want to pick up riding a bike again.
You cycled before and know what the difference is between mountain and road bikes, but you would like a conversation with someone who is in the current state of bicycling in Hong Kong and would love advice on what and where to buy, where to ride, and is just eager to chat with somebody about your renewed passion.
With social media, you may publish a shout-out like "Hey, any of my friends into biking?" and with luck, someone will mention someone else who is. It may work, but you may also end up with a few likes and nothing. Because social media today is all about viral content from influencers, it is not about you and your network anymore.
You may vaguely remember somebody mentioning it… but you forgot the name, and search just does not work. You cannot type "bicycling" and get a list of people in your network who are into it. The infrastructure to enable you just is not there.
After years of gathering data about you and selling it to recruiters and business developers, LinkedIn still has no idea who you are.
Now, how does it work with People App? It starts with introductions. As part of the onboarding to the app, it asks you to introduce yourself. We are smart enough to take what you said and put it in a vector database to enable search. Now your interests and needs are part of the trusted network.
Even cooler, you can "talk" to your network and discover people you need in a conversation.
Planning a wedding? Ask your network for photographer, venue recommendation, and ideas for how to make the day special.
Suddenly you have a connection via your network with recommendation of a person you know and trust.
I feel like we are losing this: the trust networks. A lot of our social media consumption became about influencers influencing. Instead of getting genuine advice from people we know we often get bombarded with engaging, but disheartening content.
My goal with People App is to give you trusted network back. Help you to find people you need when you need them. Get more successful and happier. Get empowered with weak ties.
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