/ˈärˌkīv əv wən/ a verb, noun, a place
The Archive of One is a voice-only human connection experiment. No photos, no videos, no followers, no likes. Just your voice.
Our experiment aims to answer these questions:
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How many conversations does it take to connect with someone meaningfully?
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Can you connect with someone who doesn't speak your language at all?
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What is missing from our everyday routine that can make us effortlessly good at connecting with anyone?
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And, does connecting with new people frequently improve our quality of life?
What Is The Archive
It's a private platform that does one thing; connect people from around the world over 60 second voice messages. It's not dating and it's not social media, because you can only connect with one person at a time. There is a main hub to share public thoughts, but there are no likes, followers or emojis. It's a train ride, where you can hear people describe themselves as you're walking through the aisle. When you find one you're interested in, you sit down and chat until your stop, 20 voice messages later. You decide if it was a connection or just a conversation you're lucky to have had. After, repeat as often as you want new people and even revisit old connections to form stronger bonds. Regardless, every week you get a fresh start with someone new in an environment built solely for one objective -- connection; authentically, safely and consistently.
How Does It Work
Sign up for free
Record a 60 second intro
(click to listen to part of my personal introduction)
Listen to other intros and swipe the person you want to connect with one-on-one
Experience up to 20 conversations together
Repeat with another “one on one” connection or browse our public hub to engage in open discussions and personal thoughts
(not) Lost In Translation
A main contributing factor connecting to easier is the ability to communicate. So how can you communicate with someone if you don't understand what they are saying? We took this problem off the table, by building in Ai translation to turn our own voice into the translated language of the person listening. Hear an example below of English, French and Dutch.
Why Would You Join
Because somewhere inside you, you know something is missing. Not necessarily wrong, just missing. You could be stuck on an old relationship, an old job (or maybe you just lost it). Maybe it's existential and you're stuck on a reoccurring feeling or dream that whispers, you are more than this. And for some of us, its a voice, telling us we're not worthy, we're alone and there is nothing for us, and maybe its true, or maybe we just need to hear a voice from around the world. Or maybe it's just where you're at physically, because you're stuck with the same people, and you love them, you really do, but a part of you yearns for more. More culture, more conversations, more connections that aren't monotonous and are truly different as they challenge a mind that is on autopilot. Or you're just stuck in the simplest way possible, you have a question for someone specific you lok up to you want to ask and that someone is here.
Regardless of who you are, you're stuck somewhere, and maybe all you need is to be here, with us. Connecting with people from around the world--and you do so with nothing more than your voice and an internal desire to live differently then the way you are right now.
Join For Free
No risk to sign up for free
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two premium memberships available as well for added features
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all identities are confirmed for membership security (promise you, its nice knowing everyone is a real person)
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ai translation for all major languqges (you can even record your own voice and translate for fun)
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browse other members ( we have an open hub for all thoughts from life to life celebrations)
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journal your personal life (think of it like spotify for your life, record and playback It becomes your digital legacy)
Social Trust
I am a complicated person that has lived a dozen different lives. I hide nothing, good or bad and dedicate my time to connecting with others socially and trying to find myself privately. I just want you to know who I am so you can decide if I am the person you'd trust your own voice with. Click any image to be directed to my IG, TikTok or personal website.
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