For the past year, Laura Whitney Sniderman, armed with a Master’s degree in psychology, has been helping people find and make new friends during the pandemic. She started a new community-driven company, Kinnd, which connects people online with a forthcoming app and a Facebook group of more than 10,000 people.
During the pandemic, Kinnd also held several virtual meet-ups over Zoom, where members paid $10 to be matched with others who they might get along with.
But with the world opening up again, the attraction of virtual friendships could disappear. Is this a problem for Kinnd? Or has society turned a corner in embacing and fostering online friendships? To answer these questions, Whitney Sniderman joins The CJN Daily to discuss.
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What we talked about:
- Visit Kinnd’s website at kinnd.io
- Join the group on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/Kinnd
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