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Before covid I organized regular friending events in several European cities. Using a mobile app participants would be paired with a new person every 10 minutes
by Gys 3y ago
Before covid I organized regular friending events in several European cities. Using a mobile app participants would be paired with a new person every 10 minutes or so.
It always fascinated me to see how people experienced these events. People were silently waiting in line to be checked in by the host, to be paired (for example) with the person behind, a person that was there for the same reason: meeting new people! But still the structure of the event was needed to start a conversation with that stranger.
The event was usually 1 - 1,5 hours and sure enough they would talk to anybody else in the room after that :)
- willemlaurentz 3y agoThis is so cool! In the book that I described in my blog post, the author (Joe Keohane) explains that sometimes people need a sort of "permission" to engage, your events fulfilled that. Another well accepted context for strangers to engage is when something bad or disastrous happens. Better not wait until that time, but it is easy to understand that boundaries fall away when the going gets tough. It is a survival mechanism.
- Gys 3y ago> sometimes people need a sort of "permission" to engage, your events fulfilled that. Yes! I will read the book :-)