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“Addressing the Social Isolation Crisis: Buffet’s Efforts to Foster Meaningful Connections in the Physical World”

Buffet App
A new app called Buffet is aiming to address the loneliness epidemic by helping users meet new people by quickly matching them with a person and a place to meet up (Think Tinder + OpenTable). Buffet aims to help users meet likeminded individuals, whether they’re looking for a new friend, romantic partner or gym buddy. So we put one foot in front of the other and stared building Buffet.”To get started with Buffet, users enter five of their interests, such as motorcycles, horseback riding or reading. Buffet encourages people to go beyond a chatbox and digital communication and actually meet up in the real world. Hacking believes that if Buffet can win over the average 25-year-old female professional, it can win over anyone.