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Find your platonic best friend. No romance required.
For stanford.edu

Help us beat campus loneliness. Take our psychology-backed compatibility quiz once. Then opt in weekly by Wednesday 9pm to get a friend match with a HIGHLY DETAILED note on why we think you'll click — nothing else, just real platonic connections.

Help us beat campus loneliness. Take our psychology-backed compatibility quiz once, then opt in weekly by Wednesday 9pm to get a friend match with a HIGHLY DETAILED note on why we think you'll click

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How it works

Tell us about yourself

Your core values, interests, and what you look for in a true friend.

Ambition

Surrounding yourself with friends who are career driven.

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My top 4 core values:

Opt in weekly

Opt in before Wednesday 9pm, and we'll send you a friend match and tell you exactly why we think you would be a powerful duo.

THIS WEEK

Meet your match, Jane

janedoe@stanford.edu

94% compatibility

Your turn to reach out!

Here's why:

  1. Mutual Rot Potential: You both indicated a preference for low-energy, high-quality company over performative social scenes.
  2. Shared Logic: Your responses regarding campus culture and lifestyle alignment are statistically significant.
  3. First Hangout: You both love grabbing coffee or studying together, and playing pickleball.
  4. Communication Style: You both value clear, direct communication, so planning your first hang should feel easy.
  5. Weekly Rhythm: You both have similar social pacing, making it natural to stay in touch consistently.

Hang out!

Stanford is full of incredible people, but finding the right match shouldn't be left to chance.

Thank you to our Partner 🫶

We just opened the server and we're capped at 1000 spots. 🤝

Instead of thousands of ghosted DMs, we're focused on 500 high-quality pairings for people who actually want to meet up. No bots, just real platonic friendships that will last.

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Frequently asked questions

You take a short compatibility quiz about what you value in friendships, opt in weekly by Wednesday 9pm, and we send you one friend match with a note on why we think you'll click. You get their email and plan the rest — coffee, study sessions, whatever feels right.

We use psychology-backed compatibility based on your values, interests, and what you look for in a friend to suggest one platonic match per week.

We use your answers and preferences only for matching. We don't sell your data.

Currently Stanford students with a stanford.edu email. We're expanding to more schools.

We verify .edu emails, encourage meeting in public, and provide reporting options. This is for platonic friendship only.

Friend Drop is free for students.

Friend Drop is 100% about platonic friendships. We're here to help cure campus loneliness and help you find your people, not dates.

In your match card's page theres a three lined menu item on the top right, click that and you can now opt in and out only when you want a match. Skip any week. No pressure.

Our friend matches turn into real hangouts way more often than cold DMs or random events. Real connections, no swiping.

Friend Drop is an independent product, not officially affiliated with Stanford University.

Friend Drop not at your school? We're coming soon!

Schools with the most signups launch first

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