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@article{177849,
        author = {Devang Pratap Singh and Raghav Sharma and Neha Kardam and Purvansh Chauhan and Arvind Panwar},
        title = {CityMate – A Friendship Focused Platform MERN Stack},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {12},
        pages = {3055-3060},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=177849},
        abstract = {Social networking platforms are essential for building connections in this modern, digital era. Currently available platforms, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook focus on professional, news and personal updates, lacking a way for individuals moving to new cities to cultivate meaningful friendships. CityMate fills this gap with the platform to meet users on a common interest level, participate in activities and events together, and easily build social circles. Developed using MERN (MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS, and NodeJS) stack, CityMate is a complete responsive and AI powered matchmaking algorithm that will recommend matches according to the hobbies, interests and location. Different from social platforms like Facebook, which encourages random friend suggestions and pointlessly leaving messages, CityMate aims to connect you with people who you can do things outdoors with, like play a game or join a group with similar hobbies or interests. 
CityMate makes it easy for newcomers to start making positive social connections soon after they arrive in a new city, improving the time taken to adjust socially to new surroundings.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {May},
        }