Ed Elson

I don't.

What is The Pit?

Talk more about those vibes, because when you think about what this app is, it's not that much different from, say, a group chat.

I mean, that's how we would get together before.

You just send a message to your friends on iMessage or Facebook Messenger, or maybe you start a DM group chat on Instagram.

I mean, technically speaking, functionally speaking, it's not doing all that much, and yet it has become this...

worldwide phenomenon.

So what is the reason for that?

Is that the vibes, as you say?

Take us back to when you were just coming up with the idea.

Why did you decide to do this?

Was it because maybe you didn't enjoy the experience dealing with these group chats, trying to figure out logistics?

Why did you start this company?

Do you think that this loneliness crisis is a function of screens?

Is that what is causing it?

It's a really great point, the fact that entertainment is inherently tied to socialization and being around other people.

And it seems like we kind of lost sight of that over the past, I don't know, 20, 30 years, maybe because of Hollywood, because movies were so entertaining.

but it's almost like we forgot that actually the real reason that it's entertaining is because you're in the presence of other people, you're talking about it.

And it makes me think of, I remember when gaming videos became a huge deal.

Not, I mean,