← Back to What's new News

What's something you're doing that'd be more fun with more people?

Buddies is the tool — you are the engine.

May 5, 2026 · Fredrik · 3 min read

I'm Fredrik — I built Buddies so I'd actually see my mates more often.

This Monday, IFK Göteborg played away to Djurgården. A match I was going to watch at home anyway. Instead of just waiting for kickoff, I created a private event in Buddies. Took me two minutes. Then I shared the event with 7-8 lads in Messenger. A few jumped on it right away. So instead of watching alone, we became 4 guys who caught up on Monday, watched football, had a good chat.

What have you got coming up where it'd be more fun if more people joined in?

---

This is the point of Buddies. Not primarily about finding new people, although that happens too. It's about making it easier to see the people you already have — more often. And about new things showing up when others in your area open up their events.

We're 269 Buddies right now. That's an honest startup number. We're growing organically, guy to guy, crew to crew — and every new Buddy means more happening in the area around you.

Three things that make more happen in your area:

1. Update the app if you don't have the latest version. You're probably missing things — like being able to open the chat on your event so coordination happens there instead of across various chats and ad hoc groups, or making a private event public when you're ready to open up to more people.
2. Create one event this week. Private for the lads when you want to gather your crew without separate group threads. Or public if you want to activate friends-of-friends — your crew can each bring an acquaintance, other Buddies in the area can join in.
3. Share a link to Buddies on your social media. You never know which mate in your feed is sitting there right now missing a context to belong to. Takes a few seconds for you — but it might mean everything to him.

Together we're building this. Buddies is the tool — you are the engine.

— Fredrik