Despite being one of the most densely populated places in the world, with 6,650 people crammed into one square kilometer, most Hong Kongers can attest to not knowing their neighbors.
MyFlat.HK, Hong Kong’s neighborhood social network, wants to change all that. As a location-based platform that allows users to connect with nearby neighbors and businesses, MyFlat.HK is a step above other social networks as it aims to connect people in person.
According to co-founder and CEO Matthew Tam, his startup has not only pulled in 3,000 registered users to date, but they’re also running two pilot programs to jumpstart two Hong Kong communities.
Their first plan of attack is to unite the student population in Hong Kong across six universities (HKU, HKUST, CUHK, BU, CityU and PolyU) and the MyFlat.HK platform will serve as a virtual bulletin board. “Most of those residential halls are managed by student unions, so we would expect students living in the same building to know each other,” said Matthew. “The need might not be there for people to connect within one building, so each university is going to be one neighborhood.”
