1:1 networking in the remote world - Neno

Hello there,

This is the last post in the series of cool products that help us meet new people online.

Today's Cool Product -Neno

Neno is the most recent 1:1 networking tool I stumbled upon and it looks promising. It's got a Gen-Z vibe to it and only got few hundred users currently. Here's what I find interesting about Neno:

• You decide a prompt and anyone who wishes to connect with you starts by replying to that prompt instead a boring small chat. Prompts range from "What gets you up in the morning" to "What's your favorite candy" to "If success were guaranteed, what would you work on"
• You can add a video introduction to describe who you are, who do you want to meet on this platform.
• There is a personal section alongside education and experience where you can add the books, movies, music, and games you recommend and add your favorite places.
• They have an interesting onboarding ( a bit lengthy though).

Today's Great Read -Has Internet Reached Peak Clickability

I once read a statement that said - "You would think really smart people do some out-of-the-world stuff. But most of the World's smartest are busy trying to optimise for clicks and impressions". That's so true that it really made me think how we had come here and can future be any better. This article by Ted felt so good that I want to live in that world though I don't think that's happening anytime soon. Below is a teaser from the article and I'd really recommend taking time out to read this brilliant piece.

But it’s quite plausible that the Internet is losing its coolness and its clickbait appeal. It definitely feels stale and formulaic, more so with each passing month, and I’m not the only person who thinks so. If you dig into the numbers, you find that engagement on the largest platforms is falling—and not in a small way

We still bite at the clickbait, but it doesn’t taste so good. Something is wrong. We feel it intuitively and the numbers validate it. We’ve maxed out on clicks and swipes—and especially with pandemic controls and lockdowns coming to an end, it will be even harder to keep people scrolling mindlessly.

All those tech-driven foods are still around, but they don’t tempt consumers the way they once did. Instead, the fastest growing categories in the food business are built on an entirely different vocabulary: gourmet, artisan, healthy, organic, nutritious, sustainable, local, homemade.

For the last decade the web has served up bite-sized information like cheap fast food. But the new web just might give us that nutritious gourmet meal we’ve been waiting for. And why not? For my part, I find the whole notion rather appetizing.

Ted Gioia

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