Harvard student invents way to meet random people
Harvard student invents way to meet random people
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Harvardlunch.com could potentially be the best or worst idea since Random Dorm. Remember Random Dorm, the Chatroulette for college students? Harvardlunch.com, developed by Harvard junior Seth A. Riddley, takes the "meet random people" concept one step further — you actually meet them in person.
About 300 Harvard students use the website, which sets up "non-romantic" lunches between Harvard students, the Harvard Crimson's FlyBy Blog reported. Harvardlunch.com states that its mission is to give Cantabs "the opportunity to meet and/or network with people you might never meet otherwise in the Harvard community." Students using the site submit their name, Harvard e-mail address and house/dorm to be randomly set up.
In the past, Harvard has produced some successful social networking sites, including Facemash and of course, Facebook. But could Riddley succeed in taking the social networking experience into real life? Only time will tell.
Comments
bt 1 year, 6 months ago
Great idea! I hope this will come to Yale soon. Any tech-savvy Yalies who want to take on this project?
rbJE10 1 year, 6 months ago
Excellent idea...this guy was on the right track: http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/200...
Sillitar13 1 year, 6 months ago
Serendipity should be allowed to be serendipity. I don't see why people feel the need to force it. Let a random social encounter be just that. I see the case against tribalism, but the problem is individuals' lack of initiative, not a lack of ways to actually meet random people. It's pretty damn easy to randomly meet people at Yale. Whether or not you actually go through with it is on you.
FailBoat 1 year, 6 months ago
I feel the same way about studying for an exam. Luck should allowed to be luck. I don't see why people feel the need to force it.
sethriddley 1 year, 5 months ago
Hey, anyone interested in helping get the word out about the upcoming "YaleLunch"? I'd also like to email back and forth with someone at Yale about the college dining halls, etc. Just email me at riddley@fas.harvard.edu.
-Seth Riddley
sethriddley 1 year, 5 months ago
Check it out!
http://yalelunch.com
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