In short
- Friendships are built from small, repeated exchanges. "You have to see this" is one of the oldest.
- A Wibe is a title sent as a card, not a link: your friend can save it in one tap.
- Find a few people whose taste you trust, follow them, and chat once they follow back.
- A title is the easiest icebreaker there is, with someone new or a friend you haven't spoken to in years.
- Send one thing at a time, say why, and come back to it after they've watched.
- With a partner, keep one list together. With a group, one pick each.
Think about the people you're closest to. There's a good chance each of those friendships runs on a steady trickle of "have you seen this?", "this song is so you", "don't read the last chapter on the train". Taste is how a lot of us say I thought of you.
Most of that happens over links pasted into a chat, where they scroll away and are forgotten by morning. Wibe™ messaging is built for exactly that exchange, so the thing you send is still there when your friend finally has a free evening.
What a Wibe is
A Wibe is a title sent to a friend as a card instead of a link. You can send a movie, a TV show, music, a book or a game. The card arrives in your chat, your friend can save it in one tap, and the conversation carries on underneath it. Wibe™ messaging is free.
Your reason travels on the card too. Before you send, add a caption ("The ending. Trust me.") and it appears on the Wibe itself, next to your photo, so there's no separate message to type. You can also give the card a label, like "Have you seen this?", "My recommendation" or "Hidden gem", and if you're stuck for words there are quick captions such as "Trust me!" and "Thoughts?".
Step one: find your people
You don't need many. Three to five people whose taste you trust will do more for you than five hundred strangers.
Start with people you already know
Open Find People and choose Invite Friends. The friends you already swap recommendations with are the ones worth having here first.
Look at Suggested and Popular
Both lists are in Find People. Open a profile before you follow.
SuggestedPopularInvite Friends
Read their five
Everyone's All Time Favourites sit on their profile: five per kind. Five movies tell you more about someone than a long bio. If two of theirs are yours too, follow.
Become friends
On Wibely, friends are people who follow each other. Chats are between friends only, so nobody you don't follow can land in your inbox.
Start the conversation
The first message is the hard one. Two ways to make it easy:
- Send a Wibble. It's a one-tap wave. No words needed, and it opens the door.
- Send one title, and say why. Write "This made me think of you" as the caption and it goes out on the card. It does more than any opening line. Pick something from their favourites' neighbourhood, not just your own.
A ready-made icebreaker
"Hey, how are you?" is hard to send and harder to answer. A title is neither. It asks for nothing, it says something about you, and it gives the other person an easy way in: "I've seen that", "is it any good?", "you'd like this one too".
With someone new
You like Past Lives. Seen this?
You met at a party, in a class or at a new job, and you don't know each other well enough for small talk to flow yet. Follow each other on Wibely, look at their All Time Favourites, and send one title that sits close to them. You've skipped the awkward part and gone straight to something you both care about.
With a friend you've lost touch with
This made me think of you.
The longer the silence, the heavier the first message feels, because it seems to need an explanation. A Wibe doesn't. Send the music you both wore out, or the sequel to the movie you saw together, with those six words as the caption. One card, nothing else to type. It says you remember, and it gives them something to answer that isn't "sorry I've been quiet".
Three openers that are easy to reply to:
- The shared memory. Something you watched, read or played together, or the next thing from the people who made it.
- The "this is so you". A title that fits them, not you. It shows you've been paying attention.
- The open question. "Should I watch this? You'd know." People like being asked for their taste.
Five habits that build a friendship
One thing at a time
Ten recommendations are homework. One is a gift. Send the single title you genuinely thought of them for.
Say why, in one line
"The ending. Trust me." "The drummer on track 3." A reason turns a title into something personal. Write it as the caption, so it sits on the card and stays with the title.
Come back to it
The friendship is in the follow-up. When they've watched it, ask what they thought, react to their reply, and disagree out loud when you do.
Take theirs seriously
Save what they send, and actually get to it. Then rate it. Few things say "I listen to you" like finishing a book a friend pressed on you.
Keep it going, lightly
You don't need a daily streak. One Wibe a week keeps a friendship warm across cities and time zones.
Everything you've shared, in one tap
Tap the name at the top of any chat. Wibely opens a page of the Wibes the two of you have sent each other, sorted by kind, so nothing a friend recommended gets lost up the thread.
- Two numbers at the top. How many Wibes you've shared, and across how many kinds.
- Everything by kind. Movies, TV, Songs, Books and Games, each with its own count.
- Who sent what. A small photo in the corner of each poster shows whether it came from you or from them.
- See all, with filters. Open a kind to see the full list, then switch between everything, theirs and yours.
- One tap to the title. Tap any poster to open its page and see where to watch it.
It answers the question every friendship has: "what was that show you told me about?" And after a year it's a small portrait of the two of you: who sends the books, who sends the music, and how much you've shared along the way.
With a partner
"What do you want to watch?" "I don't mind, you choose." Every couple knows this loop. A few things break it:
- One list together. With Wibely Plus you can keep a list with someone else, so the candidates are in one place before the evening starts.
- Take turns. Your pick, then theirs. Send tonight's as a Wibe so it's settled before dinner.
- Check where to watch. Every title page shows where it's streaming, so you don't agree on something neither of you can play.
- Keep your own ratings. You don't have to agree. Half the fun is the argument afterwards.
If you live apart, watch the same show in step. Tick episodes as you go and talk about each one once you've both seen it. If you share a review that's marked as a spoiler, it stays covered in the chat until they choose to open it.
With a group
Movie night, a book club, the friends you play games with: start a group for it. Without Plus you can create four groups of up to ten people; Wibely Plus raises both limits.
- One pick each. Everyone sends a single title as a card.
- Drop what nobody can watch. Check where each one is streaming.
- Vote, then go. Keep the ones that lost for next time.
There's more on choosing in what to watch tonight.
Kind, and in your control
- Friends only. Chats are between people who follow each other.
- Your friends list is private. Only you can see it.
- Mute, block or report. Mute a chat that's too busy. Block removes someone from your feed, your chat and your notifications. Reports are reviewed, and the person is never told who reported them.
- A private profile if you want one. People then have to ask to follow you.
Questions people ask
- Is Wibe™ messaging free?
- Yes. Messaging is free.
- What can I send as a Wibe?
- A movie, a TV show, music, a book or a game. Each arrives as a card your friend can save in one tap.
- Can I add a message to a Wibe?
- Yes. Add a caption before you send and it appears on the card itself, next to your photo. You can also give the card a label such as "Have you seen this?".
- Can someone I don't know message me?
- No. Chats are between friends: people you follow who follow you back.
- Can I see everything a friend has sent me?
- Yes. Tap their name at the top of the chat. You'll see the Wibes you've shared, sorted by kind, with a small photo showing who sent each one.
- What do I say to a friend I haven't spoken to in years?
- Send one title with a line like "this made me think of you". It needs no explanation, and it gives them something easy to reply to.
- Is Wibely a dating app?
- No. It's for the people you already know and the ones you choose to follow. What it does well is give you a reason to talk.
- How big can a group be?
- Up to ten people without Plus, and larger with Wibely Plus.
- How do I find people with my taste?
- Open Find People, look through Suggested and Popular, and read a profile's All Time Favourites before you follow.
New here? Start with one app for all five, then get Wibely and send your first Wibe.
