It is a cross between Facebook and Tinder , designed to let student meet new friends and hook up in a safer environment . Princeton seniors Michael Pinsky and Vaidhy Murti say their new app , called Friendsy , could change the way students make new friends . Unlike other dating apps , only students are allowed to join . Scroll down for video . The app allows users to swipe through profiles , swiping left to discard someone . Rather than simply swiping right to match with someone , users select if they want to friend , date or hook up with another college student . If they also want to , you match . Through the app , users can chat anonymously , compliment each other , and make friendly and romantic matches when feelings are mutual . The app allows users to swipe through profiles , swiping left to discard someone . Rather than simply swiping right to match with someone , users select if they want to friend , date or hook up with another college student . If they also want to , you match . Unlike other dating apps , only students are allowed to join . 'College students get stuck , ' Pinsky said . 'They want to branch out , but it can be surprisingly difficult to meet new people on campus . ' The app has already been a huge success , with 25,000 users and 200,000 mutual matches in tests on 40 campuses . Today Friendsy is launching nationwide , simultaneously establishing networks at more than 1,600 colleges and universities . Pinsky and Murti said they felt Facebook , Tinder , and Yik Yak do n't sufficiently help students branch out of their limited social circles . Through the app , users can chat anonymously , compliment each other , and make friendly and romantic matches when feelings are mutual . The app allows users to swipe through profiles , swiping left to discard someone . Rather than simply swiping right to match with someone , users select if they want to friend , date or hook up with another college student . If they also want to , you match . Friendsy 's main differentiator from Facebook , Tinder , and Yik Yak is its exclusive , private network comprised of only verified college students with .edu email addresses . 'This goes back to the roots of what first made Facebook viral , ' the firm says . Princeton seniors Michael Pinsky ( right ) and Vaidhy Murti say their new app , called Friendsy , could change the way students make new friends . University of Michigan sophomore Lindsey Sholes told USA TODAY , ' I definitely feel like Friendsy is a little safer because it is more like a peer group than Tinder . ' To date , Friendsy has raised a total of more than $ 200,000 from sources including Princeton University and angel investors in New York City to prepare for today 's nationwide launch . 'As an interested venture capitalist put it , we 're trying to do to Tinder what Facebook did to Myspace , ' Murti said . 'Make it exclusive and clean . '
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