It’s no secret that social media can be a tool for professional and personal networking, so why not use these tools for, ahem, alternative networking reasons as well? Apparently the creators of “Bang With Friends” were wondering the same thing, and went on to create the newest app on the scene that combines the concepts behind apps like “Words With Friends” and “Tinder” for users with some much more scandalous intentions.
Created by three college graduates based out of California, according to Buzzfeed, the tool allows users to select which of their Facebook friends they would “Want to Bang.” Upon clicking this option for a friend that you find yourself attracted to, the program proceeds to notify you with either “Awaiting Bang” if they have not started using the program or selected you as a potential partner, or matches you based on a mutual interest in banging.
While the app itself, or more specifically the vocabulary used, may seem quite a bit lascivious and immature, it definitely holds the potential of making the college bar scene a whole lot easier to navigate if a hook up is all that you’re after.
With such a new and interesting concept behind it, it is hard to gauge whether “Bang With Friends” will take off and revolutionize the way college students uncover mutual interests in one another, or if it will join the ranks of the other App fads that are fun for about two weeks. In Buzzfeed’s interview with the creators of the app, who reportedly are asking to remain anonymous at this point, the group seems to believe that this is just the beginning of success for BWF, saying “We give our users a way to safely break the ice between two interested friends and find more happiness …we’ve seen over 1,000+ couples hooked up in just four days.”
And despite user issues — such as getting family members and coworkers as potential “bang options” and technical malfunctions — it seems that the creators are maintaining high hopes for this down-to -usiness app. And perhaps for good reason; the biz is reportedly gaining 5 users per minute and already has around 30,000 users, according to Mashable.