STACKD helps people in office buildings get in touch – for business or beers.

Do you know your office neighbors? That guy you see on the elevator everyday? Those familiar faces you see when you’re buying your morning latte? One of the ironies of our social networking world is that we often end up communicating more frequently with those across the planet than we do with the people living right next door. Stackd is a site that aims to change all that by helping to connect those who work in the same vicinity.
1 Building
19 Floors
103 Companies
10,609 Connections.

New site STACKD “helps people in office buildings get in touch – for business or beers. We would like to think that it’s the people around you that should be part of your social network: people you meet in the elevator rather than on Facebook, people you follow to the 14th floor instead of on Twitter. Online social networks are great for what they are. We built STACKD to tap the potential of the place you stick around most: the office.

Now in beta, Stackd was created by New York-based Supermetric to enable its own neighboring office workers. Currently focused on Manhattan and Brooklyn, the site is free to use for both individuals and businesses, which are encouraged to list their offices on the site. (I didn’t find any of my old Manhattan office buildings yet — but it’s early on.) After signing up with Stackd, users can browse by address through the listings of other businesses in their area, hook up and expand their social network locally.

Can’t you picture this concept thriving here in the Bay area, where the trend toward co-working spaces is already spreading? Check out these San Francisco co-working options. And then keep your fingers crossed that STACKD will catch on here.

Thank you, Springwise.