Welcome to YOLLO
We meet up (or call, or text), catch up on life, dive into random topics, and bounce between plans, jokes, crushes, and gossip. Maybe it's a 3 AM bike ride, a brunch plan, or the latest school drama, but whatever it is, we follow the energy. If something feels interesting, we talk more, ask questions, show interest etc. If not, we move on.
Thatâs how conversations work. Natural, unforced, in the moment. No oneâs recording every word forever, and no one demands you forget things after a set deadline. We just talk, evolve, and shift topics. Our friendships arenât defined by our past â theyâre shaped by how we show up today. Real friendships happen in the moment. Not weeks or months later.
Think about it: if your friend asked about school gossip, would you tell them what happened last year? If they wanted a restaurant recommendation, would you send them to one that shut down months ago? No⌠so why are our social apps still built like that?
The social apps that were supposed to bring us closer, but they just made us feel more out of sync with what our friends were up to. They became time machines. Full of yesterday's news, last week's highlights, and last month's memes. Those not so good old days in pre-YOLLO era. We were entertained but lost the friendsâ moments along the way.
Mission
At YOLLO, we want to create a less lonely world by bridging the gap between real-life and online life. A world where friendships foster in real time. A world where friends can keep up with each other like they are constantly next to each other. A world which is all about right now!
Our mission is to help people make friends exactly the way it was before apps lowkey ruined everything. Remember when you'd pull up to someone's dorm, vibe in class, or link up for a night out and actually make real connections? Now we're all lonely scrolling through apps with their 24 hour story pressure, cringe forever posts, chronological feeds, viral feeds, 2 minutes reality, disposable cameras giving pictures next day at 9 AM, someone else posting on our profile and what not. It's giving social media burnout fr.
Real life friendships never worked like this and will never do. It works simple by meeting people, talking in real time, talking more about juicy stuff, less about boring stuff and moving on while making memories. We're here to help you find your people â the authentic way. That's the tea. đŻ
YOLLO is the digital version of how friendships actually work in real life. Making friends is as easy as pie on YOLLO.
Social media app feeds and their search results
If youâre or ever have been on social media at all, you know that todayâs feed, search and suggested posts are often a big jumble of old and irrelevant content that often looks like this:
- Christmas photos during Super Bowl weekend
- Super Bowl memes while youâre grilling for 4th of July
- Halloween costume inspo... during Christmas dinner
- New Year fireworks while youâre prepping for Valentineâs
You scroll through hours-old, days-old, and sometimes months-old content, trying to feel connected. But you're always the last to know what's actually going on with those you care about. NO MORE BEING THE LAST ONE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR FRIENDS ARE UP TO.
You search for that new Italian restaurant or upcoming music tour of Taylor Swift, and what do you get? You get a never-ending mindless vortex of outdated results from days, months, and sometimes years ago.
It's not the 2000s anymore. It's the 2020s, and all these so-called social media apps are stuck in the past. You deserve an app that moves with you.
Are you tired of constantly seeingâŚ
- hours old, out of context updates on X, Snapchat, Bereal?
- days ago picture of your bestie's night out on FB, Instagram?
- weeks old photo dump of your famâs vacation on Instagram, VSCO, Lemon 8?
- months old conference and job announcements on LinkedIn?
- even worse, those years-old trends being wrapped up as new ones on REDnote (Xiahongshu), TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, like it's happening at THIS. VERY. MOMENT?
If so, you are not alone! This is why YOLLO exists.
No more endless scrolling. No more irrelevant flashbacks. No more wondering what your friends are actually doing right now. With YOLLO, itâs all current. All alive. All real.
What Makes YOLLO Different
- âł Share pics that live only for a limited time.
- â¤ď¸ The more friends engage, the longer your post stays up.
- đšď¸ Friends can add extra time to make your post trend longer.
- đ No engagement? The moment fades into memories, like real life.
- đĽ No more hours-old updates. It's fresh, or it's gone.
- đ No more scrolling days & weeks old posts.
- đ Exactly how you goss with your bestie in IRL
- đ Your past doesn't define your present perception.
Your content doesnât live forever and neither does it have a pre-fixed deadline. It lasts as long as your friends engage with it. Once the momentâs over, it fades.
Just like it would in real life. Itâs social networking that feels social again.
Why another social networking app?
Broken Ideas Since the 2000s: How are we supposed to be social, fun, casual, vulnerable, or authentic when the moments we share are either outdated by the time theyâre seen, stuck online forever (yes, even that cringe frat party photo from a decade ago), or vanish after 24 hours like they never mattered? Itâs either forever or forgettable. Thereâs no in-between.
Chronological Feeds Make No Sense: We donât talk to our friends in a timeline: âI woke up at 7, ate at 8, worked at 9.â And we donât just talk about big things like promotions or birthdays every time we hang out. Real life is random and messy. Our conversations bounce around. Our friendships evolve. So why are social platforms still trying to box us into an outdated format?
The New Wave Didnât Fix It Either: The next generation of apps promised better, but gave us:
- 2-minute daily check-ins to âbe real,â
- a cap on how many friends we can have,
- anonymous features that only invite more bullying,
- and paid features that charge us to talk to strangers or, worse, engage with AI âfriends.â
None of it made us feel closer. None of it made us feel seen. None of it made us feel real.
We didnât need a new gimmick. We needed a new mindset. A mindset to take us back to basics.
Need more reasons?
Doom Scrolling: Social apps are filled with endless, outdated posts that never disappear. One scroll turns into twenty minutes, and you're stuck in a loop that never ends.
Past Haunting the Present: You canât be yourself when every post feels permanent. We donât talk to friends wondering if theyâll bring up something we said months ago, so why do we accept it online?
Never-Ending Trollers: Block one, another appears. They even dig into old posts for attention. Itâs exhausting, and reporting them doesnât stop the cycle.
Loneliness Crisis: Despite all the messaging and calling apps, we still feel isolated. We overthink texting first, fear being annoying, and now weâre being offered AI âfriendsâ instead of real human connection.
No Value in Engagement: Likes, views, and comments mean little when algorithms decide what gets seen. Your effort doesnât equal reach â which makes real connection feel impossible.
Past is Present, and Present is Never Present: Social media doesnât honor time (even search engines donât respect time but that debate is for another day). Youâre constantly served old content as if itâs new.
Past Judging Present: These platforms let people judge us based on 100s of old posts easily available on our profiles. We change every day so why should you be judged based on yesterdayâs post?
New Creators Canât Break Through: These platforms recycle the same high-engagement content from the past, making it hard for new creators to get visibility. If no one sees your moment, whatâs the point?
Time Wasted Never Comes Back: You open the app for one update and lose twenty minutes. When you finally put your phone down, you feel worse, not better.
Validation from âOthersâ: We get excited about sharing something real. But if it doesnât get likes right away, we delete it. Our confidence ends up tied to others.
No Control Over Privacy: Gen Z curates their profiles carefully, but platforms still donât give them full control over who sees what, or how long itâs visible.
Never Being in the Moment: Itâs like getting Valentineâs gift ideas while preparing for the Easter break. These platforms are never in sync with your real life, so how can they help build real friendships?
Constant Comparison: We all compare ourselves sometimes. Afterall, itâs human. But online, those feelings stick longer. Why no one wished me Happy Birthday? Why no DMs on my story? Why no likes? Itâs a trap from which you canât move on.
Not Allowed to Move On: Getting ghosted, having a bad day; itâs ok, we move on in real life. But social media wonât let us. Moments either stay forever or disappear on a pre-fixed deadline. Weâre never allowed to let go on our terms.
We change every day. But these platforms donât give us space to reflect that change. In real life, we donât delete every conversation we have. Instead, we just move forward. The internet should work the same way. It should allow moving on as easy as a pie.
Your past doesnât define who you are. What matters is who you are today.
What Did Gen Z Want from Social Apps?
They wanted real spaces to be spontaneous, weird, vulnerable, and authentic. Places to figure things out, feel supported, and connect without fear of judgment; the kind of digital freedom millennials once had.
They didnât want to archive their lives. They just wanted to capture a moment and maybe, in an age of constant surveillance, theyâre absolutely right. YOLLO is already paying attention, are you?
What Did Gen Z Get?
Instead, they got privacy nightmares, bullying, trolling, loneliness, anxiety, and the feeling of always wasting time. They got copycat apps, dead platforms trying to come back to life, and endless suggested content instead of updates from actual friends. They got AI slop and broken promises â all pretending to help them âbe realâ or grow their circle, but delivering the exact opposite.
Why us?
YOLLO is born out of the mental health struggles of two George Washington University students. They have personally dealt with suicide attempts, clinical depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, body image issues, loneliness, bullying & financial struggles.
They traveled around the world, made friends, shared stories, and kept learning on their journey of self-discovery. They realized that social networking was never a tech problem; it was always an emotional problem.
They built YOLLO because they needed a sense of realness and they knew others did too. It was finally time to fix the foundation of broken social networking. YOLLO was born from lived experience, not just tech ambition.
One early indicator that we're on the right track is that the YOLLO is lit with live real-life moments and real conversations of friends, which you will not find on any other platform.
Join YOLLOâs mission!
The team continues to grow with diverse talent from around the world. If you are interested in joining YOLLO fam, email us at hello@yolloverse.com.