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How Next Together works

A little in common.
An easier hello.

From a profile that feels like you to a conversation worth continuing. Here is how to get started.

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MEET YOUR VIRTUAL GUIDE

A quick welcome from Emma.

A ten-second hello before you explore how Next Together works.

Emma is an AI-generated virtual guide, not a member.

The video loads only when you choose Play.

Read Emma’s welcome

Hi, I’m Emma, your virtual guide to Next Together. Find common ground and start a conversation.

Actual product screenshots with fictional demonstration data.

1

A profile that feels like you.

Add photos, choose your interests and share what you are looking for. Explore Discovery using your preferences, then open a profile to learn more.

Actual interest picker detail with Coffee and Travel selected in a fictional profile.
Start with the things you enjoy. A detail from the actual interest picker. View full size.
2

Icebreakers

Not sure how to start? Browse ready-made questions, including prompts about interests listed on their profile. Choose one as a starting point for your draft.

Actual Icebreakers picker with ready-made questions and categories, using fictional demonstration data.
A little help with hello. Pick a question, then make it sound like you. View full size.
3

Common Ground

Start with something you both enjoy. Common Ground offers up to three starters from interests you have both listed, ready to add to your draft.

Actual Common Ground picker showing Coffee and Reading shared by two fictional profiles.
Shared interests give you another way into the conversation. View full size.
4

Your introduction. Your words.

Choose Chat on a profile, write your own hello or edit a starter. Verify your email before sending, then choose Send when you are ready.

I saw we both love reading. What’s the last book you couldn’t put down?

A fictional first message. Choosing a starter never sends it.

Actual composer showing an edited, unsent fictional reading introduction to Zoe.
An editable draft in the actual introduction composer. View full size.
5

Keep talking. See what grows.

Continue in Messages. Ask a follow-up, share a story and get to know each other through conversation, at your own pace.

Actual direct-chat interface with two fictional messages about reading.
Actual chat UI with fictional example messages. No real messages were sent. View full size.

Make room for something real.

One shared interest. One hello in your own words.

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