Scott Rushforth

AnyBeat is an online community, a public gathering place where its users can interact with people from around their neighborhood or across the world. It doesn't expect Anybeat to replace Facebook, Twitter, or any other service that they currently use. Instead, it hopes that its users will find it to be a casual place to gather and communicate with interesting people. It doesn't require its users to use their official first and last name. If they want to use a pseudonym (username only), that's just fine with the company. In fact, it encourages them to consider using a pseudonym, as that allows its users to be much freer in their communication. Of course they are welcome to use their official name as well, and it gives them controls to choose who gets to see it. Unlike Facebook, Twitter, or Google +, it don't want to be their global online identity or login to other sites. Therefore, it doesn't follow them across the web, or collect any information about their web browsing habits outside of Anybeat. On that same note, it doesn't log/record any of their instant messaging conversations. While other social networks are built specifically to help them to manage relationships already they have, AnyBeat is meant to help its users to meet new people, and expand their social circles.