State – a new global communications platform, linking people via opinions, rather than personal, professional or social networks – is making a major push into South Africa.
“With the important upcoming general election, all eyes are on South Africa,” says State co-founder Alex Asseily. “We want to make the State Web platform and our latest mobile app for iPhone available to all South Africans so that they can debate the issues and see how voter sentiment is shaping up.”
The State global opinion network is designed to give a powerful voice to everyone so that no-one is left out. Often only the most popular, least tolerant or loudest get heard, and commenting online is unsatisfying.
Connections are even harder to come by. The state.com Web platform and iPhone app, now available for download in the App Store, could change that dynamic.
State has made it easier for anyone to get their opinions heard and connect with others around the world who both share and oppose their views. One of the State iPhone app’s most exciting features is a new world map that shows global conversation unfolding in realtime, plotting clusters of like-minded people, instantly uniting around issues they care about.
Today there are thousands of opinions on State from more than 100 countries, and that is growing every day. There are more than 25-million topics covering a wide range of subjects from government and religion to technology.
The London based company was co-founded by British Lebanese entrepreneurs and brothers, Alexander Asseily and Mark Asseily. State’s board of advisors includes Web creator Tim Berners Lee, Upworthy co-founder Eli Pariser, Migel Shadbolt, University of Southampton Professor of Computer Science and artificial intelligence expert; Troy Carter, founder and CEO of Atom Factory; and Dr Deepak Chopra, global thought leader and best-selling author, among others.
