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FriendThem.com – Befriend People By Location

FriendThem.comAs Facebook users we all think about how great it would be to find and befriend people without needing to have their email addresses or even their names. We all think that whenever a pretty one crosses our paths, or whenever we come across a person who looks like he/she could take our careers forwards. Well, someone has come up with a service that to some extent lets us do that: befriend people without having to really know their names, their email addresses or any other kind of personally-identifiable information. Rather, this application lets us befriend people based on their proximity.

FriendThem is a location service that looks at nearby Facebook users who have the application installed on their mobiles. This turns them into instantly-friendable people – any other user of the application can send them a friend request on the spot. And they can accept it or reject it just as they would in more traditional contexts.

Users of FriendThem can exert a lot of control over their privacy. If they want nothing more than their names and profile pictures displayed, then they can have that arranged as easily as giving strangers much wider access to who they are.

The FriendThem application can be downloaded for free, with iPhones being already supported and Android devices going to be supported shortly.

FriendThem.com In Their Own Words

The location-based friend request.

Why FriendThem.com It Might Be A Killer

This application makes for befriending people in way that is new, but which in fact feels very natural.

Some Questions About FriendThem.com

Will people take to this? What reasons might they have to actually turn it down? FriendThem.com

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