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Hangpost is social media built the other way around. Not a feed of people you already know, but what’s happening near you this week, posted by people who already have something in common with you: a friend, a hometown, a school.

Less keeping up, more showing up.

We open DC for everyone at once, the moment enough people are in for it to be good.

No swiping, no followers, no pressure.

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The Board

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Jackson M.

👋 new in town · Yards Park

Sunset run along the river at 6:30, easy pace. Ice cream after ☀️

3 going · tonight

Tonight

Mike R. · Free tonight, down for a drink 🍻

Connections only · gone in a few hours

City tip

Heads up: the 14 bus is packed 5 to 6pm. Walk the riverwalk instead 🚶

Chris T. · Capitol Hill

One neighborhood at a time

How it works

Hangpost is a posterboard for your corner of the city. People nearby pin the hangouts they’re planning, whoever’s free taps in, and the City Guide fills up with word-of-mouth tips from people who actually live here, so the app is useful the day you land. From there, three things turn a board into friends.

The reason to say hi

Meet people nearby you have something in common with.

You didn’t move to a city of strangers. Your new city is full of friends-of-friends (opt in, and Hangpost can find the ones already saved in your contacts), people from your hometown, people from your school, people into the same things you’re into. Hangpost finds them and tells you what you share, in plain words, so saying hi doesn’t feel like approaching a stranger. It feels more like “wait, you know Adam?”

Connor S.

👋 new in town · Navy Yard

In common

You both know Adam V.Both from ColumbusOhio StateClose in age

You and Connor have connections in common, the most reliable path to a real friendship.

The low-pressure invite

Propose a hangout. New friends tap “I’m in.”

You never have to be the brave one. Post the thing you were doing anyway, “trivia at 7, we need one more”, and whoever wants in taps I’m in. Or spot a sunset run on the Board and tap in yourself. Nobody’s wrangling a group chat, nobody’s asking one-on-one, and when someone can’t make it, nothing happens at all.

Post the thing you were already doing

Coffee before work ☕Pickup soccer ⚽Museum Saturday 🖼️Trivia needs one more 🧠

Trivia at the corner bar, 7:30. We need one more 🧠

One tap to join. Declining is invisible, so there’s no pressure either way.

The lightest touch

Free tonight? Let your new friends nearby know with a quick status update.

Some nights you don’t have a plan, you’re just free. One tap tells the people you’ve connected with that you’re around, and it quietly disappears a few hours later. Hangpost keeps putting you back in rooms with the people you click with, until “someone I met once” becomes a part of your Thursday crew.

Tonight

Free tonight, down for a drink 🍻

Jake D. · Shaw

WFH at a café, come cowork ☕

Eric L. · Eastern Market

Only your connections see it, and it clears itself in a few hours.

Why it feels easy

Friends aren’t made in one night.

A real friendship takes about ninety hours together. Most apps introduce you once and consider the job done. Hangpost keeps the invites coming and the same faces showing up, until Wednesday trivia together just becomes a part of your routine.

See Jackson again? 👋

You two were both at Thursday trivia

Riverwalk run club 🏃

Every Thursday

Same crew, same time. Becoming a regular is the point.

Set your neighborhood once.

Pick a home base and a radius, and that’s your whole Hangpost: hangouts nearby, local events, and tips from people who actually live here. It’s also all we ever know about where you are, and it only changes when you change it.

You connect first, then you talk.

Nobody can message you out of nowhere. You both say yes to connecting first, and when the chat opens, what you two have in common is already sitting there. You’ll never stare at “hey” wondering what to say next.

Real people, for straightforward reasons.

Everyone’s verified by phone, and there are no followers to perform for. People are here for exactly one reason, and it’s the same as yours.

No swiping, no followers, no pressure.

The in-between

“We should hang out sometime” is a goodbye. We’re making it a plan.

Instagram is for the friends you have. Hangpost is for the ones you haven’t made yet.

You meet someone wearing your college team’s gear. You get to talking, you hit it off, you swap numbers. Then nothing. Not because you didn’t click: they play pickleball too, they like the same bars. But “hey, want to hang out?” out of nowhere feels like a lot, like you’re asking for something. So neither of you sends it, and a real almost-friendship dies of awkwardness.

We built Hangpost to replace that text with an easier one: “Nice to meet you, add me on Hangpost.” Now when you post the thing you were already doing, Saturday’s game at a bar in Shaw, a morning run, the people you’ve added see the open door. Whoever’s free taps I’m in. Whoever isn’t does nothing, and you never see it. Nobody asked, nobody got turned down. The plan was happening anyway. Now there are people in on it.

Bringing back the lost art of hanging out.

The point

Less time in the feed, more time in the city.

Weird thing for an app to say, but we’re trying to get you off your phone. Hangpost doesn’t win when you scroll, it wins when you and someone you met both participate in local events. So the feed ends, there are no streaks or follower counts, and we’ll never wonder where you’ve been. Hangpost is not trying to be where you spend your time. We’re trying to be the reason you have fun plans on Friday.

Put the phone down. Go have fun with your friends.

Questions you probably have

Is this a dating app?

No. No swiping, no rating anybody, nothing romantic hiding underneath. Everyone’s here for the same thing you are: friends to actually do things with.

What does it cost?

Nothing. Making friends on Hangpost is free.

What happens after I join the waitlist?

You’ll get an email to confirm your spot, and that’s it. When enough people are in for DC to be good, Hangpost opens for everyone at once, and we’ll email you the moment it does. Bring a friend with your link; every confirm gets DC closer to opening.

Who is Hangpost for?

Adults in DC, 18 and up. It’s built for the person who just moved here, but honestly, it’s for anyone whose city is full of almost-friends they never actually see.

How do introductions work?

Every day Hangpost introduces you to a few people nearby and tells you why, in plain words: same friends, same hometown, same college, same interests. That’s your opener, ready-made. You connect first, then you talk, and nobody can message you out of nowhere.

I met someone in real life. Can I add them?

That’s exactly what it’s for: “Nice to meet you, add me on Hangpost.” It’s lighter than swapping numbers, because nobody owes anybody a text. They just start seeing the hangouts you post, and whoever’s free taps I’m in.

Be there the day DC opens.

Here’s the honest part: a friend-making app only works when there are enough people on it. So we’re filling DC first, and we open the moment it’s worth your first night out. Get on the list and you’re in the room when it starts.

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