About us
What is the problem we solve?
Life's short, people matter and we believe that real conversations count. The internet is fast? Great. It lets me be part of 20 online communities? Great. I can go out and party with people from these communities tonight? No, you have to go out and try your luck or wait till next week or next month for some event that may or may not give you what you want. This is the bit that is wrong and there are two reasons why it is difficult to do this.
You both might want to go and party tonight, get to know each other as neighbours, share a flight, or just chat but you don't know that you feel this way. It's unnatural to approach 10 people one by one to establish whether each of them feel the same way as you. LikeOurselves helps you by telling you both 'if' and 'why' you want to meet.
The 'If'
Does the person you wish to talk to, feel the same way about you? There is a simple way to find out. We've built a double opt-in hi button to solve the problem. Click hi on the people you find interesting and they do the same. Only the hi's that match are revealed to you both. This means we take away the potential discomfort of being ignored and replace it with a feeling of mutual warmth. When you've both clicked hi, you can then chat online and even arrange for your groups of friends to head to the same bar tonight. If you want, say hi to a dozen people and all of you can head to the same bar and make it a party. It's simple, it can be done as a group and it's fun.
The 'Why'
Why do you want to talk to each other? Is it because you are interested in meeting new people, single, bored, stuck in a hotel, new in town...? If you could both communicate the reason 'why' you wanted to meet then that would give you an even greater sense of warmth in saying 'hi' to each other. We do it by matching up your chosen thought tags. For example, see which other people have said they'll be in Soho later. See which of their tags e.g. 'Meet new people' or 'I'm new in town' or 'I'm a fresher out to party' etc match yours. This gives you the 'why' you want to meet. We have an incredible amount in common with each other and yet we all end up asking the same bland initial questions regarding work when we could be talking about our shared love for trekking. By knowing what you are both interested in doing or discussing it saves you precious time in life.
Create your own group
It gets better. LikeOurselves allows anyone to create their own 'group' e.g. 'Australian expats' and when enough members have signed up you can have 'say hi' days for Australian expats around the city or even around the world by sending just one email to kick it off.
Watch the demo which uses students as an example group: http://www.likeourselves.com/demo/
Core team
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