Michael Pinsky met Vaidhy Murti during his freshman year at Princeton University at a baseball game. The two became friends, and have remained so throughout college. But they knew that not everyone is so lucky. Between dorm drama, exhaustive hours of studying, and general stress of being a “young adult,” upper education can be a difficult place to foray into real friendships.
“We realized that things don’t always happen that way,” Pinsky said of the friendship that developed with Murti, a computer science major. “We wanted to create an easier way for college kids to branch out of their social circles a little more—kind of a risk-free way to reach out on your campus.”
From that first meeting and brainstorming sessions that followed, Pinsky and Murti, now both seniors, created Friendsy, a service that lets college students anonymously connect with each other. When two people who have been matched mutually agree to meet each other, the identities of both parties would be revealed.
“The original idea for Friendsy was to use a .edu email address to create an account and immediately only place you in a network with other people from your school,” Pinsky told the Daily Dot. “So only Princeton people can see other Princeton people, for example. From there, you can click on different buttons for different levels of interest: classmates, friends, hookups, and dates.”
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