Surf — Make new friends through real-time video chat

@amrith thank you! As with any application that requires real time conversation between two individuals, getting that initial critical mass to make it successful is always quite difficult. That being said, we've taken a multi-pronged approach to marketing to make sure we hit this critical mass. This involves not just running FB ads and hoping and praying we get noticed, we are also leveraging various Ad Tech vendors such as Tapjoy, Vungle, and Glispa. On top of this, what I think is working best is that we've developed a college ambassador program targeting the largest schools in the United States. This allows us to take a much more targeted and personal approach to Surf. While we started this program only a few weeks ago, we're receiving excellent feedback and have high hopes for the future!

@chrismessina haha along the same lines regarding the random aspect; however, we've leveraged machine learning and a far more robust CS team to avoid all the nip slips and dick pics.

@alexgershon I really hope that removing that filter via IAP is not how you plan to monetize 😂

@chrismessina damn you’re onto us! Don’t want to see random naked people? Pay us! It’s the best business mode ever :p

@edwardvasquezdr We actually just launched this week so our user base isn't there just yet but early numbers give us hundreds of DAUs a day. But, what is important here isn't the DAU as much as the ACU (avg. concurrent users). We are running regional marketing campaigns to make sure people in the same time zone are on at the same time. As for European users, we are not currently looking to expand outside of America but once we’ve conquered the States, Europe is next :) Regarding your third question, the chat rooms are only one person to one person. We currently do not support multi-party chat. For followers, you can "friend" someone to talk with them later which is our version of having followers.