u/GlitteringPlate241

How u guys remember right people from your network when required ? like its frustrating for me to find some in phone contact , some in linkedin etc

Hi everyone,

I've been building Rarefriend over the last two months because I kept running into the same problem.

I'd meet amazing people at conferences, founder meetups, or through introductions, save their contact, and then completely forget about them a few months later.

LinkedIn tells me who I'm connected to, but it doesn't answer questions like:

• Who do I know in fintech?
• Who can introduce me to someone at Stripe?
• Which investors have I already met?
• Who did I meet at that Bangalore event?

So I built Rarefriend.

It works through WhatsApp and a web app.

You can:

• Import your existing contacts.
• Ask questions about your network in plain English.
• Save context after meeting someone ("met at XYZ event, working on climate tech").
• Get reminders to reconnect with people.
• Request warm introductions through mutual connections.

The goal isn't to replace LinkedIn—it's to make your existing network actually usable.

We're a small bootstrapped team and have around 70 early users. Right now I'm focused on talking to users and improving the product before scaling.

I'd love feedback from anyone who networks a lot:

• Would you actually use something like this?
• What's the biggest pain point in managing professional relationships?
• What would make this indispensable?

Website : i dont know if posting links is allowed

https://preview.redd.it/c64vqdyxjvah1.png?width=2422&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1ddd37c4dbfac7233c33c2bc2f8b7c5ecb8cb2b

How u guys remember right people from your network when required ? like its frustrating for me to find some in phone contact , some in linkedin etc

Our WhatsApp Agent was completely opened from the get-go without any waitlist or other barriers, meaning users could simply reach out to the bot to gain access. The concept was straightforward , there should be no restrictions or filters when it comes to introductions and user networks.

The problem I didn’t foresee is how quickly people will try to game it.

From the very start, we encountered various fraudulent identities, such as “Apple Recruiting”, “YC Partner”, repeated sign-ups from one number changing their identity ever so slightly, and the abuse of our intro feature by attempting to DM the investors en masse using our intro flow. My favorite feature – introductions – became the primary tool for spammers. So, now we are constantly cleaning the false accounts while trying to improve the matching experience for our users looking for hires and introductions. The frustrating thing is that the primary value (ease of use, access, introductions) is what makes the feature so easy to abuse, and each new safeguard put in place may actually harm our users' experience.

But still going to keep it open on WhatsApp.