Welcome to YOLLO
A s*icide attempt, online bullying for years and mental health rehab survivor built YOLLO using real life experiences to fix broken social networking. The team behind YOLLO went through hell so you don’t have to!
Friendships need the now, not the past
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, or whatever it is that is trending, we follow the energy.
If something feels interesting and relevant, we talk more about it, ask questions, show interest etc. If not, we simple move on until it feel relevant again in the future. No constant FOMO nor stuck on one topic permanently forever.
Friendships tend to fall apart when we do not know what our friends are up to and our friends not knowing what we are up to in a particular moment. Imagine not catching up with your friends for a few days, the awkwardness, overthinking and silent grudges will automatically creep in.
Real friendships happen in the moment, not days or weeks or months later. Think about it: if your friend asked about school gossip, would you tell them what happened last month? If they wanted a restaurant recommendation, would you send them to one that shut down weeks ago? Our friendships aren’t defined by our past - they’re shaped by how we show up today.
Broken social networking since 2000s
Since early 2000s, these so-called social media apps claimed to bring us closer, instead they trapped us in outdated feeds full of old posts and irrelevant moments chosen by algorithms we cannot control. They became full of yesterday's news, last week's highlights, and last month's memes. Those not so good old days in pre-YOLLO era.
Sure we were entertained in the beginning but with time, we were left catching up with 2 weeks ago posts, never truly in sync, and slowly losing the real connections and friendships that keep us human, leaving us feeling isolated. And now they are recommending us AI friends and mutual friends to cure the loneliness created by them.
The ONLY solution they have is "chronological feed". How can a 3-days-old post - "dinner TONIGHT" be relevant TODAY? EVER asked a friend to go reverse in chronological order to catch up with them?
These social media apps even try to justify their broken feeds and algorithms dipping their feet in reserve of unlimited permanent old posts. How can something that has lost relevance be suddenly relevant in present. And if it is really important so that you do not miss that update from friends, then friends and you should be the one deciding if it’s still relevant not the algorithm.
NO ALTERNATIVE truly gave you CONTROL over YOUR moments, feed and search. YOLLO gives you that total control of deciding what is relevant to YOU. And if something has become irrelevant, it should just disappear in past without being repeated on your feed again and again in the name of relevance.
These apps gave us a platform to meet people but never figured out what happens after. It’s been 25 years and they still don't know how do you take people from being just acquaintances to friends and how to sustain that bond so it doesn’t fall apart.
Meeting someone based on a mutual interest or through a friend or a shared activity like yoga or group dinners is just a tip of the ice berg. The real challenge starts after that, why? Real life friendships are messy, random, in the moment and, guess what, so is YOLLO!
YOLLO Mission
YOLLO is the first real-time social app that shows you only fresh and relevant posts from friends. It's magical algorithm controlled by YOU removes old & irrelevant posts. Hangout with friends just like you do IRL.
At YOLLO, our mission is to make the world feel a little less lonely by bridging the gap between online and real life through human connections. A world where friendships grow in real time. Where friends stay effortlessly connected, like they’re right beside each other. A world that’s all about what’s happening right now with your friends. WHY? Because when friends live closer, it allows for more frequent, casual interactions, leading to deeper connections, feeling of happiness and stronger friendships. Proximity makes it easier to connect with friends, which can combat feelings of loneliness and isolation.
Friends help you navigate life’s ups and downs with grace. Studies show that strong social ties lower stress, reduce anxiety, and even extend life expectancy. Friends challenge you to think differently, learn more, and become your best self.
Our mission is to help people make friends just like it was before these so-called social media apps lowkey ruined everything. Remember pulling up to someone’s dorm, vibing in class, or linking up for a night out and actually making real connections?
Now it is just lonely scrolling with 24-hour stories FOMO, cringe permanent posts, chronological or viral feeds, two-minute reality checks, disposable cameras giving pictures the next day at 9 AM, random people posting on your profile, anonymity, AI waifus, group chats we want to quietly leave without hurting anyone’s feelings or going through bombardment of pending texts or overthinking why people have seen the text but hasn't responded yet, individual chats with “who texted who first” or “left on delivered” or “online but why not responding” dramas, “saw the story but did not react” dramas, and so much more. It has given social media burnout for real.
Social media got “social” wrong
Imagine someone interrupting a real life convo saying, “stop celebrating your new job after 24-hrs” or “keep talking about it forever” ABSURD?
Or asking a friend, “what's up with them?” & they keep telling you 6-month-old stories or worse, the same one again & again.
Now, imagine if every conversation had to follow a strict timeline: “I left for office at 9 AM, had breakfast at 8 AM, woke up at 7 AM”. We NEVER catch up like this in real life and will NEVER do.
Neither do we just sit around talking about big life updates like promotions or birthdays every time we hang out.
Real life catch-ups are neither chronological nor only about the most important things all the time. In real life when we talk, we don't pay attention to how long our moment would be remembered, 10 seconds, 6 hrs, 24 hrs or FOREVERRRR. We just talk in the moment with friends and move on when WE want. Then why are we letting these old social media apps TIME our moments? Or letting them control when we are allowed to move on?
So why do social platforms try to force us into rigid, outdated formats that don’t reflect how people actually connect IRL and sustain their bonds? How are we supposed to be fun, casual, vulnerable, or real when the moments we come across are either too old and outdated to matter, stuck online forever, or vanish away in fixed deadlines of 10 seconds, 1 hour, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours like we had no say in letting go of them at our own terms? It's always forever or forgettable and no in-between.
YOLLO team gets how friendships actually work in real life and why people fall out of touch with time.
Why YOLLO?
If you’re or ever have been on any of the social media apps at all, you know that TODAY’s feed, stories section, search and suggested posts are often a big jumble of old and irrelevant content that often looks like this:
- 23hr-old story - “JUST boarded a flight”
- 1-week-old post - “Brunch TODAY”
- 3-days-old tweet- “Election results TONIGHT"
- 6-month-old video - “Best restaurants to try THIS WEEK”
- 2-year-old pin - “Go-To looks THIS MONTH”
You scroll through hours-old, days-old, and sometimes months-old posts, trying to just stay connected with friends and family. If you actually started checking post-dates (often buried deep in comments), you would realize you were constantly seeing old, outdated posts from friends like they were posted TODAY, even in search results.
You even commented and liked them only to realise later, those posts were 2 months old and felt the embarrassment of being designated as an official stalker. You never had any idea what anyone was actually up to or what was trending in that moment.
All you would see are Christmas photos during Super Bowl weekend, Halloween inspo at Christmas dinner, Super Bowl memes on the 4th of July, New Year fireworks while preparing for Valentine’s. You're always the last to know what's actually going on with those you care about.
Similarly, if you search for a new Italian pizza spot or Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour, and it is the same story. 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.
With YOLLO, no more being the last one to know what your friends and the world are up to in real time.
With YOLLO, it’s all, messy, random, spontaneous and in the moment, just like your real life fun with friends!
Old social media apps will never change
The idea of social networking for these so-called social media apps is all about - 24 hrs deadlines, unlimited permanent old posts to keep you doom-scrolling FORVER, 2-minute countdowns, limitation on number of friends, & lately asking us to make paid AI friends and so much more.
It’s all about repeating and rinsing the same old ideas and calling them new without actually helping people socially network, go from acquaintances to friends and sustain that bond over a period of time. That’s why we built YOLLO - for YOU.
It is not just us, people are talking about these issues with the broken social networking on TikTok, Insta, Reddit & X prove or even check the articles on our homepage. It’s a global pain point but without any alternative, all people can do is complain for no one to hear.
Conversations in real life
- We interact with people on a daily basis, friends or strangers.
- Conversations jump from topic to topic from planning trips to proposals, heartbreaks to whatever’s trending in the moment.
- We decide what to talk about & for how long.
- If it’s interesting, we talk more. If not, we move on when WE want.
Everything in this world is built on human connection. The people we meet influence the way we think, the choices we make, and the quality of life we enjoy. We all start off as strangers by default. Then, through conversations, we get to know each other better, connect, and bond.
IRL ≠Online
But do we do that on any of these social media apps? The answer is NO. NADA. NYET!
YOLLO - Just like IRL
Share moments that live for a limited time ONLY like a real life ongoing conversation with a friend. Every like, comment, view, or share adds extra 10 secs to the post.
The more friends engage because of their interest, curiosity, support etc. the longer your post stays relevant. Need more time? You and your friends can time-boost posts with YOLLO minutes and keep them trending longer.
And even YOU can time-boost YOUR own post without relying on anyone else. No more worrying about deleting a post immediately when it does not get engagement from others.
When the engagement fades or a post loses relevance or friends move on to another juicy topic, the previous moment fades into private memories, just like real life. Total privacy without any compromise where no trolls can comment on old posts either!
No more scrolling, liking or commenting on hours, days & weeks old posts thinking they were posted TODAY. Exactly how you interact and goss with your bestie in real life.
You are in CONTROL of what to see, talk about & for how long on YOUR feed!
Need more reasons to be a YOLLOer?
Time never wasted on YOLLO
So called old social media apps trap you in endless loops, scrolling through outdated posts that never seem to end without giving you anything in return. One quick scroll turns into twenty wasted minutes.
YOLLO flips that. Every second you spend here earns you YOLLO minutes. Browse, post or invite friends to earn YOLLO minutes. And keep track of your time spent so YOLLO does not become the sole purpose of your life.
Your time actually counts. No doom scrolling, no wasted time, no guilt.
Everyone can go viral
All the posts get views without being buried by days, weeks and month old posts recommended by algorithm from the reserve of unlimited permanent old posts.
No “who texted who first” or “left on delivery” dramas
You can simply nudge your friend to check on them and make them feel valued in your life without disturbing them or letting the dramas or misunderstandings come between your precious friendship.
No more who texted who first records or un-replied pending texts or overthinking of what to text back!
Stalk-free & judgment-free zone
No more being judged by months or years old posts on our profiles. We change every day. So, why let yesterday’s moment define who we are today?
On YOLLO, no creeps digging through tons of old posts from your past to stalk you either.
Trolls talk, you trend
Delete hateful comments but keep the time they add to your post. The madder they get, the longer your post trends. Blocking and reporting is fine, but turning trolls into fans is way more fun!
Your mental health, YOLLO’s priority
You catch yourself feeling jealous, comparing your life to everyone’s perfect lives posted online. It lingers permanently and messes with your head. YOLLO breaks that cycle. YOLLO brings you back to the present, helping you let go, move on at your own terms & start afresh EVERY DAY.
Now means now on YOLLO
See X-mas posts on X-mas. Black Friday sale coupons, actually on Black Friday. Exactly when they matter!
What did Gen-Z want from social apps?
They wanted spaces to be spontaneous, weird, honest, and completely themselves. A place to figure things out, feel seen, feel supported, and connect without the constant pressure of being judged. The kind of digital freedom millennials once enjoyed.
They never wanted to build a permanent archive of their lives. They just wanted to capture a moment, enjoy it, and move on. In a world of endless surveillance, maybe they were right all along. YOLLO gets it, do 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, AI friends and broken promises, all pretending to help them “be real” or grow their circle, but delivering the exact opposite EVERY TIME.
Why us?
YOLLO is born out of the mental health struggles of two George Washington University (GWU) students. They have personally dealt with suicide attempts, clinical depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, body shaming, loneliness, racism, bullying, mental health rehabs, and financial struggles.
They travelled around the world, made friends, shared stories, and kept learning on their journey of self-discovery. They realised that to make a social network, you needed to put the human experience first. They realized that social networking was NEVER a tech problem but an emotional one.
One early indicator that we're on the right track is that the YOLLO is lit with live real-life moments and authentic conversations of friends, which you will not find on any other social media app.