Tom Langley's Contact Details

Tom Langley's Company Details

HANG

Ithaca, New York, United States • 17 Employees
Internet

Founded in May 2018, HANG's mission is to tackle the "loneliness epidemic" by making online friendships more accessible. Driven by the opportunity to help others feel happier and more connected, we've established our trajectory as a friend-making app that brings compatible strangers together to foster healthy & sustainable online friendships.*Thank you for visiting our page. Feel free to contact us about thoughts, collaboration, and others at:Charles BaiCo-Foundercb674@cornell.eduTony LiCo-Founderdl548@cornell.edu...Read More on the Loneliness Epidemic that Inspired us to Take Action:In a recent article by Forbes contributor, Bruce Lee, an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, shared a report published in May 2018 by Cigna, that in surveying more than 20,000 Americans over the age of 18 on the UCLA Loneliness Scale, a 20-item questionnaire frequently referenced as the academic standard to gauge loneliness, there were alarming findings such as:"Nearly 1 out of 2 Americans report sometimes feeling alone or left out""1 in 4 Americans rarely or never feel as though there are people who really understand them""2 in 5 Americans sometimes or always feel that their relationships are not meaningful and that they are isolated from others""adults ages 18-22 report being the loneliest generation"