ABOUT US
We Don't
Settle.
We're raising the standard of online social interactions.
The Problem.
WHY WE STARTED
In 2019, a team of college students were sick and tired of current social media apps as the only avenue to interact with others online. Social media platforms provide an artificial online social experience through maximum ad impressions and dopamine rushes from pressing the “like'' button. However, they neglected to optimize basic user needs: a user experience designed for natural conversations with a small group of people.
The internet is not going away anytime soon, and neither is the human need to socialize. So the team thought: Why are we settling for platforms that are NOT designed for optimal social experiences?
Our Solution.
WHAT WE ARE BUILDING.
As the team went on a quest to design the most natural online social experience, the most glaring user pain point was that these platforms were not designed for natural conversations, especially for content creators to engage with their audience.
Likes, emoji comments, and fluctuating follower counts provide validation, but don’t allow content creators to meaningfully engage with their audience. The relationship is one to many.
After more interviews, testing, and several late nights later, the team of college kids discovered a scalable solution: content creators can host small text-based chat conversations around the content they produce with their audience.
Along the way, the team had some milestones:
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Finalists at the BU NVC Competition 2020
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BU Summer Accelerator Cohort 2020
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Winners of the MIT Beantown Throwdown Competition 2021
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Official Product Launch (after two internal beta launches): August 2021
Our Mission & Promise
To create a trusted place for
healthy & authentic conversations.
Transparency
We tell you how we collect your data and we return it in the form of analytics after each conversation. No shady business here.
Trust
Real people, real media, real conversations — we stand at the forefront of promoting user-to-user and user-to-platform trust.
Human-First
The quality of our user experience is our top priority. Our algorithms incite meaningful conversations, not addiction to our platform.
Belonging
Our moderation model and anti-hate policies ensure that our users feel safe and included at all times.
YOU are part of the conversation.
Ethical Guidelines & Goals
OUR COMPANY CONSCIOUS
Transparency
We tell you how we collect your data and we return it in the form of analytics after each conversation. No shady business here.
Breaking Echo Chambers
We strive to create a culture of acceptance and belonging, despite the existence of differing views. As we develop a moderation
system, we are finding pathways to identify early forming echo chambers and discovering technical and community-based solutions to break them.
Data Transparency
Built on trust and transparency, Go Off! strives to find a solution to improve the way we educate our users on privacy literacy so that they feel safe and confident when using our platform.
Eliminate Addiction
We promote an environment where you can easily connect with people that care about similar topics or different ones. By eliminating superficial reactions such as “likes” and “hearts”, we are building a platform that
encourages users to engage in substantive conversations, allowing them to find meaning in articulating their opinions and listening to others.
We tell you how we collect your data and we return it in the form of analytics after each conversation. No shady business here.