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Sam moved cities six times from his late teens up until his mid-20s, and every time he'd start from scratch — rebuild a community, build a social life, then up and move again. He found that consistent change and rebuilding really frustrating, and the existing alternatives didn't work for him.
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He tried Bumble for Friends, Meetup and the other alternatives in the market at the time, but they didn't fit into his lifestyle or let him do the things he wanted on the weekend — going out for dinner, going to see his favorite band play. They also didn't make it easy to build authentic connections. So he built Butter around frequency and proximity of connection, by meeting over the things you already love doing.