clink.

clink. is a social app designed to enhance in-person connection and for get about the phones. Utilizing the novel phone stacking interaction, clink. push people to focus on the in-person connection rather than resolve social situations with phubbing(ignoring others by using cell phones).

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College students meet up over clink. They utilized the novel phone stacking feature to prompt conversations of common interests.
When stacked, phones communicate through NFC and find common interests of owners of all stacked phones. Then clink uses algorithm to suggest prompts that allow more lengthy conversations.
When in a stack, phones are locked and turn on DND to prevent awkward situations.
If you don't have a group currently, you can use clink to find like minded people nearby.
When both of you consent, clink will guid one of you to another.