There are many studies about the effects of social media on mental health.
Most of us can't quit social networking. It makes us feel bad about ourselves.
The constant comparisons of our lives to the highlight reels that people post on Facebook andInstagram is ridiculous since the majority of those platforms' users don't post unflattering photos of themselves, or share their sad or bad news with others.
Inpathy is a new kind of social network. The company was founded in 2015 with a mission to change how people use social media by making it more transparent, and recreating the human experience. The goal is to bring more health to the social network world.
Smith began his career in design. He didn't think the work was as fulfilling as he had hoped. He was starting to feel symptoms of depression and began to use social media to express his feelings. He stopped himself.
Smith says that if life isn't perfect, you don't talk about it. I kept my feelings to myself. I asked myself why.
He felt pain and struggle and came up with the idea for Inpathy. Smith believed that the current social media structure is not sustainable in the long term.
Smith said it was great for making money but not great for human well-being. We have to fix the core.
Inpathy wants to offer a more balanced life experience. It is intended to give people room to express their feelings, the good, not so good and the bad.
Smith says that you can appreciate someone's rise if you see their up and down timelines. We all love the story of the little guy.
Smith hopes that by sharing their stories or content via audio or video, users will be able to immerse themselves in the experience.
Inpathy will ask a user how they are feeling and that mood scale is visible to other users, who can even filter by mood, including "angry," "sad" and "happy."
Smith said they want to create a transparent system. It has to be transparent for us to be on the same field. People can realize that it is not just them. This is normal.
There are no buttons to follow. Two-way communication leads to users becoming friends.
We are not machines. Smith said that no matter your status, you feel happiness and pain. This is what human is. It is ok to be human.
The site has a zero tolerance for troll and bully behavior. The policy was prompted by the thought of someone building up the courage to share something on Inpathy and then getting trolled for it.
The image is called Inpathy.
Smith is bootstrapping until he finds the right investor.
He said that they don't want to be in the position of feeling like they have to add features just to impress investors. Vision is very important.
Smith says that right now, they use YouTube for TV, TikTok for shorts,Instagram for photos,Twitter for news and trends, Facebook for entertainment, LinkedIn for business, Headspace for meditation, and Tinder for dating. Where do you go for the raw experience and just be yourself?
If Smith has his way, hopefully Inpathy.
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