The Why
We're more connected than ever. And more alone.
Your taste is your fingerprint. And somewhere nearby, someone shares it.
How It Works
KinoLemon is a bridge from what you love to people nearby.
Add Channels
Paste your favorite YouTube links - we'll handle the rest.
Find Matches
Effortlessly find like-minded people nearby - no swiping. See users sorted by shared channels.
Connect
View profiles and send direct messages.
Half of all adults say they feel lonely. Not "I had a quiet weekend" lonely - the kind that the U.S. Surgeon General called a public health epidemic, as damaging as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Social media promised us connection. Instead, it gave us audiences. We perform for strangers, scroll past neighbors, and mistake likes for friendship.
But here's what I noticed: the most honest signal of who you really are isn't your bio or your selfies. It's the rabbit holes you go down at 1am. The podcast that makes your commute disappear. The channel you've never told anyone about but have watched every single video of.
They're watching the same deep dives, laughing at the same creators, nerding out about the same obscure topics. They live 10 minutes from you. You've just never had a reason to meet.
KinoLemon is that reason.
KinoLemon is a bridge from what you love to people nearby.
What this isn't
This isn't another social network fighting for your attention. There's no feed, no algorithm trying to keep you scrolling. KinoLemon is a bridge. You use it to find your people.
The mission
I believe technology should bring humans closer together in the real world, not pull them deeper into screens.
KinoLemon exists because the loneliness epidemic won't be solved by another feed or another algorithm. It'll be solved by helping real people discover they already have something in common - and giving them the simplest possible reason to meet.
Built by someone who believes the loneliness epidemic is the defining problem of our generation.