Civo is a very romantic application

Absrtact: In my opinion, Civo is a very romantic application. Because the idea itself comes from a romantic idea: swapping life. Living elsewhere, this verse from the French poet Rimbaud almost expresses the most romantic feelings of human life. But skim

In my opinion, Civo is a very romantic application. Because the idea itself comes from a romantic idea: swapping life.

Living elsewhere, this verse from the French poet Rimbaud almost expresses the most romantic feelings of human life. But how many opportunities can you savor in different places by skimming the tourist-style? Civo to do is this, in a private, quiet environment, in the way of photos, record and exchange for thousands of miles of life. No more traveling, here, you can see a couple from Budapest, Hungary, in the evening chain Bridge on the traffic, Vaci utca pedestrian street on the couch Sleepy old man, you can also see the Yunnan Shangri-La Boys photographed every day to go to school to walk the laying of the plank road in the mountains, And the twos of the waters of the sunset.

In Civo, and who become friends, can only rely on "fate"-that is, the system's algorithm recommended, the only choice users can make is gender and geographical proximity. It simulates the process of finding friends as a "journey", click on the Orange button on the home page "Ticket", you will enter the "Find a new partner" interface, and then click on "Start Journey", the system will be based on your location to open matching calculations, the interface will appear a rotating aperture around the earth pattern, Below is a constant beating number that shows the distance between those who may meet you. Then, the picture is still, a small head jumped out, below show each other from which city, how many kilometers away from you, how many hours between you time difference.

In this way, you and each other in the Civo "meet". The other person will appear on your buddy list, you can click on his avatar, go to his homepage, check his share of photos and the time you meet, or click on the camera button next to go directly to the photo browsing mode to share or leave a message.

In order for Civo to maintain a romantic and quiet atmosphere, founder Shu Yu and her team have spent a lot of time on product design.

For example, the Civo main interface is not a photo stream, but a vertical timeline that notes the time you meet with every good friend and the city in which you live. The main interface is colored, but in the photo browsing interface, it is Black-and-white, and the immersive experience is very comfortable. Its copy has been carefully carved: to become friends is "meet", cancel the friend relationship is "parting", again become friends is "reunion", the name of the same filter, "Blade", "Night Song", "Mirror" ...

Moreover, in order to let the user's communication become simple and pure, Civo did not use the most common follow mechanism, but to create a two-way closed intimate relationship, you can not see what other friends, the other side also do not know who has browsed your photos. This closed way, breaking the power of the network, highlighting the value of individuals, so that users of the impetuous "interpersonal network" focus on the story of the people themselves.

There are a lot of such designs in Civo. For example, there is no "profile" column in the Civo, the system will not ask you to fill in your work, school, or any information associated with your social identity, and the user can see a page of information called the "Civo Medal," which records only traces of your civo, including where you've been, The furthest distance you've ever been, and the city you've seen through Civo. They also have a photo recommendation called Civo FM, which allows you to browse the quality of other users ' photos, you can press the praise, but can not see each other, and can not send a friend application.

"Why do we have to send our own photos in the civo because we are so repressed by real social relationships that we can release ourselves in front of strangers, so we are all linear and point-to-point." For us, privacy and security are more important than casual socializing. In the case of FM, if you open a friend application, the recommended photos may receive dozens of hundred friends requests, such harassment is very scary, users need a long term experience, so we bring harassment and noise to the minimum. "Shu Yu said.

Civo the algorithm principle of recommending a friend to the user is "differentiated", that is, it does not need the user to tag, but will recommend the furthest away according to the geographical location, or the friend with the biggest difference in your environment. So how attractive is life miles away?

Shu Yu told us a story. At that time, Civo also called C2, their team went to ramen restaurant to eat, when the meal opened the application, ramen shop attendants see the above photos, directly asked her, "How much your mobile phone money?" Shu Yu said that the waiter did not even know the concept of mobile phone application, but also thought it was the function of the mobile phone, but would like to buy a new phone for this experience. It's human nature, she says, and no one doesn't look out for the outside world. Shu Yu also said she was touched by many of the pictures she had seen on Civo, the little boy and his deceased grandmother, a photo of the young girl who wanted to meet you ten years ago, the police and the chef ... "This is not a hot Instagram on the map, but a story that happens in real life." ”

As a life Exchange application, Civo began to face the global market. Shu Yu divides the world into two levels, including the "Dark World" (South Asia, Africa, China's small cities, Nepal, India and other invisible places) and the "Western World". Now they are more than 6.5:3.5 users home and abroad, the United States, Spain, Italy and other "Western world" users are most active, and Shu Yu want to achieve "two sides", so its Android applications are expected to be online in June (now only the iOS version), " I want to use Android mobile phone to pry the content buried by the Internet, through the class of cooperation, so that people outside to see the real life. ”

Of course, Civo still has some deficiencies, for example, photos upload and load speed is not very fast, there are also recommended algorithms need to improve (it gives me more and more friends to focus on nearby), but I still hope that in the diet, shopping and even the guns of the application more and more, it can "meet another Life" This romantic idea, stick to the end.