When Catherine Cook was fifteen and her brother, David Cook, was sixteen, they came up with myYearbook. After being new students to Montgomery High School, David and Catherine realized the intimidating challenge for students to make new friends. They found the current yearbook to be no help in finding new people. Therefore, they invented a digital yearbook. This is a social media website where students can get together and connect. There are ice-breaker games and quiz games. myYearbook has grown to be one of the most used teen website in the world, with over 70 million users. Catherine eventually sold the business for $100 million. Today there are over eighty employees working for myYearbook. However, Catherine continues to be very active on the site. She is the first friend of every member.
The Cooks were very insightful. They saw a problem, and came up with a solution that seemed so simple, yet no one had thought of. Many parents don’t want their children on Facebook or Twitter, so this provides a family-friendly way for youth to connect online and make friends. Technology and social medias have grown to have such influence over youth, and this website provides an efficient way for middle and high school students to connect and have healthy influences.
I have never heard of anything like this! I think this is a great idea for new students to new schools. This helps to take away some of the anxiety of making new friends. The users will hopefully make some connections before they even get to the school. I also like the personal touch of how Catherine is the first friend of every user! This shows she really cares about the issue.
This is a fantastic idea! I honestly think something like this would be so fun and innovative. Since the age of technology is constantly growing at a rapid pace, it is wonderful to see no social media sites like this popping up. Great post!