Huddle: Make New Friends

This app even goes against the moto under its name, “be yourself, share anything”. It is extremely unmoderated except for the new/temp owner censoring any opinion on his use of business tactics on the community. Using people and their emotions to get them to download this app out of fear of losing their discord server that was free to run.. Yeah, very warm and fuzzy. Don’t talk about it much or mention his name though, you’ll just be banned. Obviously the community doesn’t feel supported if they’re coming to you with questions, punishing them isn’t really supportive either. There are much better mental health platforms that won’t toy with you then censor you for noticing.. I’m sad this is what it’s turned into.

i want to see this app do well, i really do, but the moderators have done some really concerning things lately. they delete posts criticizing them (including comments/posts where users point out the usage of AI art) and it’s incredibly suspicious. there is zero communication with the community and trolls who throw slurs at people go unchecked for hours while mod criticism is deleted ASAP. the staff needs to get it together. disappointing. a mental health app should be moderated far better than this… and the staff being unable to take criticism is a massive red flag. there’s also no way to report users—only their posts. huge oversight. be better.

You would think that a “mental health focused app” would listen to its user base and would ensure clarity and treat its staff well, but this has proven to be the exact opposite. Members are silenced for vocalizing concerns with the apps, with having posts and accounts deleted/restricted. Very disappointing.

Users are being silenced in mass for speaking out against the acting-CEO that is making awful decisions that harm the community as a whole. He’s tanking the organization. You will be miserable here. Avoid unless things change.

Used to be really good but lately it’s been a disaster. Posts are being deleted if you disagree with the team. Accounts are being banned for no reason. There’s bugs and there’s no moderation. Poor execution really.

its pretty good as a mental health app, im still figuring out the UI as a former vent user. there are some glaringly obvious bugs and features that really need implemented, but it’s early in development and the mods are very perceptive to suggestions/bug reports, so i think the app has a good future ahead of it in this regard. the community is very small right now and i wish it was bigger, especially since you see the same accounts on the hot/new tab when the app loads. stuff can reach the hot tab with only ~15 interactions sometimes, so it could be a conversation chain suddenly everyone sees. tell more people to join so this stops happening xDDD theres a 2k character limit for posts and you can upload images, you can also upload journal posts which are mutual only, otherwise i dont think there are private options. the biggest issues with the app for me right now on ios are that you cant copy text or save images from posts, and theres no customizing notification types in your phone settings. theres also a weird limitation that you have to “spread positivity” in order to earn rights to upload a profile picture/cover photo, which usually takes around 3 days, and requires commenting on other users’ posts. im not sure if the purpose is to encourage user interaction or slow down new troll accounts with innappropriate avatars, but i wish it was implemented in a different way! a lot of people might want to just use a mental health app as a diary and i feel this might dissuade them if they cant upload a unique avatar.

I’ll rewrite this review once my problem is solved. Everyone is telling me you can upload a pfp after 3 days, but I’ve been using the app for over a week (I’m happy with the app and plan to use it for a long time to come), and I still cannot. There is no help center to communicate issues. Please reach out, Huddle.

in theory having an app centered around community to offer people support is good…but forcing that kind of interaction (like if you want a custom pfp) is very strange to me, and makes it feel very disingenuous. idk what the community is like, but i’m personally not interested in finding out and i will not be giving this a bigger chance bc it simply doesn’t fit my needs for a venting app. middle of the road. not bad! but not great

I love expressing myself and making friends on the app! Helps me feel less alone.

Successfully put in my email and password, but every time I try to set a username it just says “unknown error occurred”. My WiFi is fine, I tried multiple random names so it’s not an issue of someone else already having it, and I restarted the app many times.