Librex
| Headquarters | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Ryan Schiller, Daria Kozeko |
| Key people | Ryan Schiller |
| Industry | Internet |
| Website | librexapp |
| Launched | 2019 |
Librex is a social media smartphone application that accomodates anonymous discussion feed for college students. The app was launched in 2019 and was initially only for students of Yale University. At the time of the launch, the Librex app was only available for iOS, but now is also available on Android. The Librex app allows users to create and view discussion threads within a community such as a university, currently limited only to students of the Ivy League universities, MIT and Stanford University.
The app has similarities to other anonymous sharing apps such as JuicyCampus and Yik Yak, but differs in that it is intended for sharing primarily within a certain community regardless of geographical location[1], and, that, the app differs from other anonymous sharing apps by having community standards and moderators to enforce those standards.[2]
History[edit]
The co-founders, Ryan Schiller and Daria Kozeko, are both set to graduate in 2021 from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Ryan Schiller stated that they “built an anonymous app because people on campus — particularly international friends — have felt that they couldn’t express how they actually felt to their friends or in classes because they were worried about how they would be judged” and that he wants “to invite people back into the community, rather than having them feel alienated”.[3] Schiller has given in other interviews as an example of this issue a survey held in 2018 that concluded that 61 percent of college students thought that their campus culture deterred speech.[4] The founders claim that the app is democratizing campus discourse and lets students anonymously discuss campus culture with their peers, while collecting as little data as possible.[5][6]
Features[edit]
The Librex app operates similar to Reddit in that it has threads where people can comment and exchange ideas, whereby other users can upvote or downvote comments. However, it has some other distinct features. In the frontend, usernames are not shown on the app and the only identifiable aspect of a user is the community the user is from. Even without seeing a username, it is possible to direct message other users. To become a user, a person must create an account using an university email address. This is to serve as a mechanism to deter multiple accounts being made by one person or a bot.[7][8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "First Came JuicyCampus, Then Yik Yak. Now New Anonymous Apps Are Growing on Campuses". 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ↑ "COLLEGE CONVERSATION: NEW SOCIAL APPS BREAK WITH TOXIC PAST". 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ↑ "This Yale start-up won't sell your data". 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ↑ "More U.S. College Students Say Campus Climate Deters Speech". 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ↑ Lex Fridman (30 March 2021). "Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses - Lex Fridman Podcast #172". YouTube (Podcast). YouTube. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ "An Interview with Ryan Schiller, Founder of Librex". 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ↑ "Interview with Librex founder Ryan Schiller". 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ↑ Lex Fridman (30 March 2021). "Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses - Lex Fridman Podcast #172". YouTube (Podcast). YouTube. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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