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# Wakie
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/wakie/
- Published: 2014-09-22T10:54:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-15T02:19:37.000Z
- Description: A new alarm clock app that wakes you up with a phone call from a complete stranger
- Author: Maks Fus Mickiewicz
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25

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Now that everyone’s connected, we don’t have to rely on friends and family for favours; often there are plenty of strangers who’d apparently bend over backwards to help and there are an increasing number ways of to find and employ these good Samaritans.   
  
[Wakie](http://wakie.com/?ref=protein.xyz) is a new alarm clock app that wakes you up with a phone call from a complete stranger. After signing in to Wakie with your phone number, the app splits users into two groups; Wakies (who want to wake a stranger) and Sleepyheads (who want to be woken by a stranger). Wakie tries to pair you with a caller of similar age and of the opposite sex for best results but if it can’t find a suitable match the app reverts back to the good old-fashioned beeping alarm. Wakie has cultivated a strong international following, especially in Russia, and reports that 1.5 million users have placed 30 million wake up calls.  
  
[Somebody](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2014/08/somebody?ref=protein.xyz) is another app that outsources your dirty work. When you send a message through Somebody, it goes – not to your friend – but to the Somebody user nearest your friend. This person (more than likely a stranger) is then tasked with delivering the message verbally, acting as your stand-in.