Idea 07 · When did we meet again, a working name

When did we meet again?

The network where having met in real life is the only way in. Proof you exist, in a web filling up with people who don't.

12 Mar · London

Both must scan; that is the proof.

Your network is real. Your contact list is chaos.

Your contacts app knows numbers, not people. No context of where or when you met.

Social networks are filling with AI-generated identities you cannot tell from real ones.

Handing out your phone number to a stranger you met once is the current best practice.

How it works.

01

Meet someone; scan each other's codes

Both must scan, that is the proof. No scan, no connection.

02

The connection stores itself

Name, where, when, context. Nothing else to maintain.

03

Search your real network later

"Who was the designer from the March meetup?" Your contacts app cannot answer that. This can.

The printed card
A handle plus a QR code, no phone number. They scan, you both confirm.

Why this works.

Mutual-scan verification is a proven trust pattern.

It already works at billion-user scale in Asia.

It is the one identity signal AI cannot fake at scale.

A profile can be generated. A meeting, confirmed by both phones, cannot.

No feed, no followers, no bells.

A record, not a performance.

The business.

Free for people. Paid tiers for events and teams: verified attendance, real-network directories.

Questions.

What if I meet someone without the app?

A printed QR card works; they scan, you both confirm.

Is my location tracked?

Only the moment of the handshake, only with both parties consenting.

Is this a social network?

It is the opposite: a quiet ledger of real relationships.

Proof of a real meeting is the one identity signal AI cannot fake at scale.

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