face2face (PearlHacks Submission, 2017)

face2face is a new website and Chrome extension that was born out of frustration with the way that society views news and politics through the filtered lens of social media. More info can be found here on the devpost for PearlHacks 2017.

Pearl Hacks Awards

• WINNER Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS (Major League Hacking)
• WINNER Best UX Design (SentryOne)
• RUNNER-UP Best Hack to Solve an Every Day Problem (Bandwidth)

What is face2face?

• A Chrome Extension (Not yet live, but projecting publishing in late 2017)
• A website, hosted through AWS

Here's how it works:

If a user reacts with a Facebook emoji to a given article on Facebook, they will be paired with a Facebook user that reacted conversely and be given the option to speak anoymously with that person about why they felt the way they did about the given article. Articles may be of any nature, from controversial to benign.