6rounds Rebrands to Rounds! Woohoo

Do you know how the name 6rounds came about? Well, neither do most people. There’s actually a few versions of the story. But to be honest, that is because there are a few versions of the truth as well.

The conception of our video chat platform was initially focused on speed dating. As the platform grew from a concept to a product and all the different functionalities came about, the founders realized that their offerings suited everyone, not just people that were interested in speed dating. And thus, the video chat platform as you know it today started to form. But what about the name? Why 6rounds?

Well, here are a few of the main reasons:

Since the platform was originally focused on speed dating, the video chat was meant to include six guys and six girls meeting each other one after the other. As you can see, that’s not how things turned out.

You’re familiar with the concept Six Degrees of Separation, right? According to Wikipedia, it’s the idea that no one is more than six steps away from any other person on Earth. This means that a chain of “a friend of a friend” statements can be made to connect any two people in six steps or fewer.

So now does it make sense? Six girls. Six guys. And the Six Degrees of Separation.

But what is a Round? A Round is how we refer to sessions that are being done on our platform. The world is round and we’re connecting people in it. So why didn’t we just call ourselves Rounds in the beginning? Well, to be honest, the domain was taken and up until now we’ve been in beta.

Today however, we’re announcing our change in name from 6rounds to Rounds. Why you ask? Well although we do love the name 6rounds, we are proudly moving our platform out of beta and will even be sharing some exciting news later on today. So stay tunned!
 

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