1 in 5 French people remains confronted with chronic loneliness according to the FIFG, a finding higher than that measured before the start of the health crisis.
Today, 9.5 million French people are now in this chronic loneliness compared to 6.5 million before the health crisis.
28% of people under the age of 25 are affected.
This percentage decreases as age increases, reaching 9% for those aged 75 and over.
The Tinder of friendship
After the successes of Tinder, Grindr, Happn or even Fruitz, it is the turn of friendly dating applications to take center stage.
One of the first to have exploited the vein is the American application Meetup, created in 2002. It now has 58 million members and is present in 193 countries.
The principle is simple, you search for groups that share your interests and you join them.
So you can meet people at events related to your passions.
Applications of the genre have therefore multiplied such as We3, Patook or Vingle.
Most have borrowed the principle of Tinder, hence the need for new applications to be innovative.
This is the case of Clubhouse which aims to bring people together using voice alone.
Objective: to break down superficial barriers based on the physical.
During confinement, other applications like OneRoof were created.
It allows you to get closer to your neighbors.
One of the few advantages of the health crisis.
Young people are the most affected
The Fondation de France explains this social isolation by a chain of events that sometimes begin in childhood.
The responsible factors are often "the departure from the parental home, the absence of a romantic relationship, poor housing conditions or means of transport and poor health".
The director of the Fondation de France Axelle Davezac had declared to
France Info
that: the health crisis "has created an extremely strong swing, a loss of confidence and quite considerable psychological damage" among those under 30.
It is therefore normal for young people to come up with their own unique solutions.
This is the case of MyPal, a new application created by 4 young people from Bordeaux.
It will soon be released exclusively in Bordeaux to begin with.
Loris, at the head of the start-up, summed up the objective in the
Sud Ouest
newspaper : “to revolutionize the world of parties while improving social relations”.
People can propose parties of all kinds.
The person proposing can choose to be remunerated or not.
Partying, fighting against student precariousness, meeting new people, being safe: these are arguments that resonate with young people.
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