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About ThinkMatch

ThinkMatch helps people meet in real life—worldwide.

ThinkMatch is Software995's complete platform for discovering events and topics, creating or joining free gatherings, choosing questions, forming compatible groups, chatting or meeting by video, and arriving at in-person events with better introductions.

Current Topics adds a simple path: choose a topic, select a café and meet. MeetInCommon presents a focused subset of ThinkMatch Current Topics, reporting and campus discussion content.

ThinkMatch is the complete event and connection platform

Discover, host and connect

ThinkMatch

ThinkMatch.app supports the whole experience: discover events and places, create any kind of gathering, invite guests, use event-specific questions, form matched groups, communicate privately and meet online or in person.

  • Discover or create free in-person and online events
  • Choose questions or create them with artificial intelligence
  • Form compatible small groups from private answers
  • Use invitations, chat, video and host controls

Learn how ThinkMatch works or explore tools for hosts.

A focused ThinkMatch subset

MeetInCommon

MeetInCommon.com presents a focused subset of ThinkMatch discovery, including selected trending topics, books, current reporting, university newspaper discussions and public civic events.

  • Browse current topics across multiple categories
  • Find topic discussions for cities worldwide
  • Explore reporting from student newspapers
  • Open associated Roundtables on ThinkMatch

Browse trending topics by city or explore campus conversations.

From interest to conversation

How a local Roundtable works

Choose a topic

Start with a trending issue, news article, book, campus story, activity or subject that people genuinely want to discuss.

Choose a place and time

Select a nearby café or another appropriate venue in cities worldwide and schedule a Roundtable that works for the local community.

Answer and meet

Guests answer event-specific questions privately. ThinkMatch uses those answers to create natural introductions and small-group conversations.

Current Topics is one of many ways to use ThinkMatch. People can also create events around their own interests, activities, communities, organizations or existing gatherings. MeetInCommon simply displays a focused subset of ThinkMatch discovery.

Ways people use ThinkMatch

Current topics

Discuss widely read stories and timely questions with people near you.

Campus discussions

Turn current reporting from student newspapers into thoughtful university Roundtables.

Books and culture

Meet readers and neighbors around books, arts, entertainment and cultural topics.

Activities and interests

Find partners for sports, hobbies, learning and recurring local activities.

Hosted events

Add questions and matching to networking events, meetups, parties and community gatherings.

Civic events

Browse selected public events, then optionally use ThinkMatch to find someone to attend with.

Free, private and designed for real-world connection

Creating and joining ThinkMatch events is free. Event answers are used to support introductions and groups rather than publish a public personality profile. Communication can remain inside ThinkMatch, and users decide what personal information they share.

Hosts can use invitations, event visibility settings and optional verified-domain controls. ThinkMatch supports web access as well as iPhone and Android apps.

Explore the products

Discover ThinkMatch pages and MeetInCommon topics

These pages explain ThinkMatch features and provide direct paths into its worldwide discovery experiences.

Frequently asked questions

What is ThinkMatch?

ThinkMatch is a free platform for creating and joining real-world events and using event-specific questions to form better introductions, conversations and small groups.

What is MeetInCommon?

MeetInCommon is a focused subset of ThinkMatch discovery featuring selected trending topics, reporting, campus discussions and public events.

Is it free?

Yes. Browsing MeetInCommon and creating or joining ThinkMatch events are free.

Do I need to install an app?

No. Both services work on the web. ThinkMatch also offers iPhone and Android apps.

How are groups formed?

ThinkMatch uses answers to questions created for the specific event or topic to identify useful points of connection among guests.

Who created ThinkMatch?

ThinkMatch is a Software995 product. MeetInCommon is a focused site presenting a subset of ThinkMatch discovery. Software995 also makes the Pdf995 Suite and Software995 Toolset.