Interviewer: Mensh, ChainCatcher
Guest: Christy, Metya COO
Compiled by: Mensh, ChainCatcher
Recently, Metya COO Christy participated in the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit co-hosted by Web3 asset data platform RootData and ChainCatcher during Devcon, and took part in the roundtable discussion on the topic of "Social, AIGC and Metaverse". During the discussion, she expressed that the progress of social interaction has been underestimated, and she looks forward to the impact of AIGC on various aspects of daily social interaction. After the event, ChainCatcher also invited Christy for an interview.
Against the backdrop of the rapid development of SocialFi, Metya, as an AI-driven Web3 dating platform, has always adhered to the people-centric principle and is committed to lowering the threshold of social interaction through technology. We are fortunate to interview Christy, the co-founder of Metya, who will introduce the vision and mission of this unique platform in depth for us. Christy stated that Metya combines blockchain and AI technology, aiming to provide users with a decentralized, privacy-protected, and incentive-driven dating experience. Through Token incentives, Metya hopes to help users easily find like-minded partners, while also earning actual benefits through interactions.
People-centric, using technology to lower the social threshold
ChainCatcher: Can you briefly introduce Metya?
Christy: Metya is an AI-driven Web3 Dating platform. We hope to create a decentralized, privacy-protected, and incentive-driven dating experience for users by combining blockchain technology and AI technology. Our platform not only allows users to easily find like-minded partners, but also incentivizes users to gain actual benefits through social interactions, such as social mining.
ChainCatcher: Why did you decide to establish Metya?
Christy: We should be people-centric in finding the pain points. There is a huge gap between current technology and people. What we are doing is to lower the social threshold through Token incentives, like offering a big discount. We give our users Tokens and teach them how to redeem them. In the process of redemption, don't you start to cross that threshold? This is what we are doing. The Metya team has over 12 years of experience in the Web2 social domain and has built social products with hundreds of millions of users. We know how to design outstanding interaction experiences and content incentive systems for users, which has also helped us attract a large number of Web2 users and provide high retention rate service experiences when building Metya.
ChainCatcher: How is Metya different from Web2 social apps like Tinder, Momo, and Tantan?
Christy: First, Metya is a decentralized platform, and user privacy and data security are guaranteed by blockchain technology, which means users can fully control their own data. Secondly, we use AI technology to improve the accuracy of matching, allowing users to find matching objects more quickly and accurately. Finally, Metya has introduced a social interaction mining mechanism, which allows users to receive Token rewards while participating in interactions, thereby realizing the "social interaction as income" model.
AI and DePIN, expanding new SocialFi gameplay
ChainCatcher: What role does AI play on the Metya platform?
Christy: AI is very important for Metya. Our AI-driven matching mechanism can improve the accuracy of matching based on factors such as user interests and preferences. In addition, our AI also provides 24/7 digital companionship, offering emotional support and interaction suggestions to help users better participate in social interactions. At the same time, AI also participates in the automatic generation of social content, making the social experience more rich and intelligent.
ChainCatcher: I heard that Metya has launched a DePIN product. Can you tell us more about it?
Christy: Yes, our DePIN product is called MeAi, which is a translation device that supports 138 languages and has a very fast translation speed of 0.87 milliseconds. It can be seamlessly integrated with various social applications to help users achieve instant cross-language communication. In addition, we have also combined MeAi with blockchain technology, allowing users' communication behavior to be recorded on the chain. This is not only to increase the security of communication, but also to provide a way for global users to overcome language barriers. It is worth mentioning that MeAi can also be used for social mining, which is an additional attraction for many users. The first batch of 2,000 units we launched has already been sold out, and we will release new batches based on demand.
ChainCatcher: How many users have registered on Metya? What is the current user profile?
Christy: Metya now has over 8.5 million active users globally. These users are mainly distributed in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia, with the 20-35 age group accounting for the vast majority. In terms of gender ratio, the male-to-female ratio on our platform is relatively balanced, allowing users to have the best social matching environment.
ChainCatcher: How can SocialFi improve user engagement?
Christy: SocialFi improves user experience through Token incentive mechanisms. On the Metya platform, every social behavior is quantified and rewarded with Tokens, allowing users not only to enjoy the fun of social interaction, but also to obtain economic incentives through interactions. This reward mechanism greatly enhances user's sense of belonging and participation. At the same time, to maintain user activity, we encourage users to participate continuously through community activities, regular incentive programs, and social mining. In addition, we focus on building a positive and uplifting community culture, so that users can feel a sense of belonging and value, and participate in platform interactions for a longer time.
User incentives, co-creating the future of SocialFi
ChainCatcher: Metya plans to go public and list in 2025. How can users participate in this process?
Christy: We will have an airdrop plan, with about 40% of the Tokens going to users. Users can become part of Metya's development by participating in the platform's Token economy and governance process. Users can participate in the platform's decision-making and voting by holding the platform's $MET Token, and have the opportunity to share in the platform's growth returns in the future. In addition, we will also launch some user incentive programs to encourage users to actively participate in our development.
ChainCatcher: What is your outlook on the future of SocialFi?
Christy: I believe that SocialFi is an important part of Web3, combining social interaction and financial incentives to provide users with a completely new social experience. In the future, SocialFi will continue to develop and gradually become an important way of interaction between users. Metya, through the combination of AI, blockchain technology and economic incentive mechanisms, will continue to drive the development of SocialFi, committed to building a social ecosystem where users control their data and benefits.
ChainCatcher: What underlying technologies are essential for the success of SocialFi?
Christy: The success of SocialFi relies on underlying technologies such as blockchain, smart contracts, and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Blockchain is used to ensure the transparency and immutability of data; smart contracts are used to automatically execute incentive rules and ensure fairness; NFTs provide unique ownership and economic value for user-generated content, making the content valuable both on and off the platform. We use decentralized data storage (such as IPFS) to protect the privacy and security of user data, ensuring that users do not have to worry about data leakage when interacting with others. At the same time, through blockchain technology, we can record every social behavior, ensuring the integrity and transparency of the data.
ChainCatcher: What did you gain from attending Devcon in Bangkok this time?
Christy: This Devcon should be the last major blockchain event in the Asia-Pacific region in 2024, and it is also the official launch of Metya's DePIN device's all-platform AI translator MeAi, as well as Metya's social network hardware node. This marks the transition of Metya from a DatingFi project to the formal launch of our DatingFi+DePIN+AI ecosystem. So in addition to fundraising, this Devcon is also an opportunity for us to officially unveil our ecosystem and connect with more partners to jointly promote the large-scale application of Web2 to Web3.
ChainCatcher: Thank you for Christy's sharing. Metya is committed to building a more open and secure Web3 social platform through technological innovation and user incentives, providing users with real value returns. In the future, we also look forward to Metya continuing to lead innovation in the development of SocialFi and decentralized social networks, and encouraging more people to participate in the Web3 social experience.
