# Missed Connection Apps The Ciao You App Brings Strangers Who Had Fleeting Encounters Together By Meghan Young | Published 2014-12-15 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ciao-you References: [refinery29](http://www.refinery29.com/2014/02/62127/ciaoyou-app-missed-connections) & [itunes.apple](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ciaoyouapp/id794269043?ls=1&mt=8) Missed connections is something well-associated with Craigslist, yet the Ciao You app hopes to bring the system to people's smartphones. More convenient and efficient, the Ciao You app ensures that strangers how experience a brief yet meaning encounter are able to connect again in the future. This is one way in which technology can physically bring people together instead of keeping them at a digital arm's length. A free download, the Ciao You app nevertheless charges people to send messages to their connections. Just like Craigslist's Missed Connections page, people input a description of the fleeting meeting that inspired this search. Refinery29 writes, for instance, We met on The French Riviera. You offered some of your black pasta, I rejected you, and you ran away. Call me, bye." ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.1/10 - Popularity: 4% | Activity: 22% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Romance](https://www.trendhunter.com/romance) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Missed-connection Apps:** Apps that bring strangers who had fleeting encounters together are becoming more popular, creating new opportunities for connection and relationships. - **Digital Networking:** The rise of missed-connection apps reflects a growing desire for people to connect with each other in new ways through digital networks and platforms. - **Efficient Communication:** Missed-connection apps show that people are looking for more efficient and convenient ways to communicate with each other, creating opportunities for innovation in communication technologies. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Mobile Apps:** Missed-connection apps are disrupting the mobile app industry by creating new opportunities for people to connect and interact through digital platforms. - **Online Dating:** Missed-connection apps are disrupting the online dating industry by offering a new way for people to connect and potentially form relationships based on spontaneous encounters. - **Social Media:** Missed-connection apps are disrupting the social media industry by providing a new way for people to connect and interact with each other based on shared experiences and chance encounters. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Music-Forward Dating App Events](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/new-dating-app-cerca.md) - [Simplified Connection Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/connection-apps.md) - [Smart Social Matching](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cielo.md) - [Real-Life Connection Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/offlinery.md) - [Real-World Connection Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dayone-irl-dating-app.md) - [Global Dating Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trycatch-global-dating.md) - [Foodie Networking Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/yourtable.md) - [Meaningful Connection-Driven Dating Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moonlight-dating-app.md) - [Real-Time Video Matching](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/call-me-maybe.md)