In general I'm a big fan of location based social networking applications. In many ways they sum up the worst of technology/the era we live in (minimizing someone to the point that they're nothing more than a swipe left or right), but at the same time some apps can also be great ways to meet…
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interesting they have all these options like "business" because the app name makes it sounds like it's grindr for travelers.
They are going broad in reach to try and build numbers up (because that's the key metric), but pretty sure they are aware it'll just grab usage as a Tinder/Grindr of the skies (as MileHi suggests) if it gets up. Just my read, but I think they'll struggle for a few reasons.
Then, the problem is seating. I can imagine meeting the most gorgeous woman on earth and having 3 hours to talk to her on a flight and standing up, leaning over a grandma knitting a scarf to talk to her.
Hey grandma, wanna switch seats so I can get it on with this person?
Thanks, my seat is the emergency exit, I hope you are ready to assist passengers in case of emergency.
hm. i wonder if it contains any features to actually let you see other users on your current wifi node. i mean, if you can't actually discover people on your flight after you take off, i think it's even less useful than the Virgin America seat-to-seat chat.
This app is simply useless. Hawaiian Airlines doesn't even exist as far as this program is concerned.