Media & Partnerships

Couples2Play is an adult social discovery community designed to help people make connections based on who they are, what they are looking for, and the kinds of relationships and experiences they want to explore.

While Couples2Play includes people from open-minded and alternative relationship communities, the larger vision extends beyond any single relationship style.

Our goal is to create better tools for human connection.

We believe technology should help people find one another—not replace the relationships people build with each other.

Couples2Play is available for conversations, interviews, collaborations, and research involving topics such as:

• Modern dating and social discovery
• Couples dating and meeting other couples
• Friendship and adult social connection
• Ethical non-monogamy and open relationships
• Communication, consent, and personal boundaries
• Online communities and community safety
• Social isolation and the difficulty of meeting new people
• Technology and the future of human connection
• AI-assisted social discovery
• Building respectful online communities
• New approaches to matching people around shared interests and intentions

We are interested in partnerships that provide genuine value to people trying to meet and connect with others.

Potential collaborations may include:

• Podcasts and interviews
• Editorial contributions
• Community resources
• Educational projects
• Research collaborations
• Local events and activities
• Relationship and communication resources
• Social discovery projects
• Cross-community initiatives
• Technology and AI research related to human connection

A partnership does not need to fit neatly into one category. If you are working on something that could help people form better real-world connections, we are interested in hearing about it.

Journalists, bloggers, podcasters, researchers, and creators are welcome to reference Couples2Play when covering relevant subjects.

We are also developing original resources about dating, relationships, communication, social discovery, community building, and emerging technology.

When appropriate, these resources may be cited or linked as background material.

Couples2Play is developing a free Respectful Connection Toolkit for individuals, couples, community organizers, writers, and others interested in healthier ways of meeting and communicating with people.

The toolkit focuses on practical principles including:

• Communicating intentions clearly
• Discussing boundaries before meeting
• Respecting consent
• Handling rejection respectfully
• Recognizing compatibility without forcing it
• Meeting new people more safely
• Creating welcoming communities
• Encouraging honest communication between individuals and couples

The toolkit is intended to be educational and freely shareable.

The ways people meet are changing.

Dating apps solved part of the discovery problem, but human connection extends far beyond swiping through profiles.

People look for friends, partners, couples, activity companions, communities, travel companions, and people who simply understand their interests and stage of life.

Artificial intelligence may create another major change.

Couples2Play is exploring how personalized AI could eventually assist people with social discovery while keeping humans—not algorithms—at the center of relationships.

The goal isn’t AI replacing human connection.

The goal is technology helping people find the human connections they might otherwise never discover.