Welcome to YOLLO

We all have been a victim of doom scrolling irrelevant content on social networking platforms without even realizing it for almost the past two decades. It’s like being sucked into a mindless vortex of never-ending scrolling of outdated content.

We have been constantly consuming days, weeks, and months-old out-of-context content that was created at that particular moment to serve the need of that time or be part of the trend at that moment. Yes, you heard it right! We are talking about those hours-old football scores, days-old clubbing pictures from besties, weeks-old job updates, months-old event news in your city, and years-old short videos being wrapped as new trends like it's happening now in the present.

How could we be social, casual, goofy, fun, vulnerable, and authentic on these so-called social networking platforms when all the information shared by people around us is constantly out-of-context or permanently out there or fixed for 24 hours? They keep putting an expiry date on our precious moments, or making them accessible the next day, or saying we can be real & authentic only for 2 minutes a day or making them completely anonymous? 

When we meet our friends or family, we don't share and discuss our moments in a chronological order, neither do we discuss only the most happening things in our lives. We start every day as a new day and end it with a hope that tomorrow would be better without our past holding us back. Real life is random and spontaneous, and so were social networking platforms supposed to be. 

All Gen-Z wanted was similar social spaces to explore, be weird, spontaneous or figure themselves out, make friends, or fit in without any judgments, that other generations, like millennials, had growing up. 

However, all they ended up getting was privacy nightmares, bullying, trolling, loneliness crisis, anxiety, time waste, constant comparison, copycats of social network platforms, revival of dead social networks, suggested content over friend's content, and broken promises in the garb of helping them live in the moment, be real or growing their social circles. Everyone wanted to replicate the real life on their digital platforms but everyone kept getting it wrong.

It was time to FIX it as social networking solutions from the early 90s and 2000s can't be applied in the 2020s. It was time to give Gen-Z their own space instead of making them use what was made for earlier generations. This is how YOLLO came to be 😎. YOLLO shows live photos from friends, followers and around the world on your feed. You and your friends will see latest, trendy and relevant photos every time you open YOLLO. It's a little glimpse of what everyone's up to throughout the day.

On YOLLO, you truly live in the present where you discuss a moment or topic for as long as you want to and once you are done, you move on to the next topic. Yes, you got it right, that's exactly how we also roll in real life while dealing with our ups and downs & highs and lows on a daily basis.

YOLLO was created by two George Washington University (GWU) students. It was born out of mental health struggles faced by the founders themselves. We are building the first social network where people spontaneously share their real lives with each other. It's the safe space where people can be authentically themselves. YOLLO is where you can truly be in the present. 

Remember the good old days of social networking where we all constantly lived in the moment with friends? YOLLO takes you back to those days! One early indicator that we’re on the right track is that the YOLLO is lit with live real life moments and conversations which you will not find on any other platform.

The team continues to grow with diverse talent from around the world. If you are interested in joining YOLLO fam, email us at admin@yolloverse.com