Disrupting Toxic Social Media and Redefining Success with the Founders of Herd

"Social media doesn't have to be toxic, it's just always been designed that way." Mady Dewey and Ali Howard are friends from college, whom after 8 months together in Seattle, found themselves living alone, far from family as COVID-19 hit. In a time of immense isolation, both turned to social media as a way to find community, but as their screen time went up, their mental health went down. Trapped in the game of social comparison and recognizing they needed help, the duo began researching how ...