FAQ

Questions people ask before they sign up.

01

Is this a dating app?

No. It's for making friends, and nothing in it pushes past that: tables in public places, nothing to swipe, no list of people, and no photos in a conversation until you've both said yes. What happens between two friends after that is theirs.

02

Who can join?

UofT students with a UofT email address, 18 or older. UofT is the first campus; other schools come later, always students, always verified.

03

What does it cost?

Nothing. Meeting people, the tables and the reveal are free and will stay free. There's no paying for extra seats and no paying to be seen first.

04

When does it launch?

September. When the date is set it goes up on Instagram, and the first tables open to the waitlist before anyone else.

05

How do the tables work?

Every table is already planned: a set time, a public place and four to eight seats. You take a seat with one tap, show up, and check in when you're there. If a table doesn't fill, you get a one-tap alternative instead of a cancelled evening.

06

Who's at the table?

Other verified UofT students who picked the same table. You see the activity and the seats left, never who's coming, so nobody is picking people off a list. Whoever booked first says hi.

07

What if I can't make it?

Missing a week costs nothing: there are no streaks to break. The one thing we do hold you to is other people's time: if you take a seat and don't show, that counts against you, because someone was waiting on you.

08

What are the ten-minute conversations?

A side door. Wednesday and Sunday nights you can get paired with another UofT student for a ten-minute blind conversation, text or voice, no names, no photos. Afterward you each vote in private; two yeses and you see who it was, one no and it stays closed for good. Three a night, and no way to buy a fourth.

09

Why can't I browse profiles?

Because a list of people turns into a list of photos, and then everyone gets judged by a thumbnail. Sitting at a table tells you more. It also means nobody can screenshot a grid of UofT students; there's no grid.

10

What happens to my data?

As little as possible. Calls are never recorded. Text conversations are deleted on a fixed schedule. Your messages never go into logs or analytics.

Read the privacy policy

11

How does reporting work?

One tap, during or after any table or conversation, and a person reads it. Blocking is instant, permanent and never announced; you'll never be seated together or paired again.

12

iPhone and Android?

Both. If one store finishes its review first, that one goes first and the other follows as soon as it's through. Join the waitlist and we'll tell you the day yours is live.

Ask us anything at hello@tangentsocial.com; a person answers.

Join the waitlist