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It’s the first feed I’ve opened in the morning without bracing myself. That sounds small. It isn’t.
a quieter social network
Social that feels
like a deep breath.
Stratus is a home for small circles, long replies, and the kind of posts you read twice. No infinite climb. No engagement cliff.
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My circle is forty people. I know all of them. Turns out that changes what I’m willing to say.
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The quietest place on the internet, and somehow the most alive. I keep coming back to the replies.
Grain
SUNDIAL
Field Notes
Hearth
LOW SIGNAL
Night Shift
Open Table
ANALOG CLUB
Longform
Concrete Poetry
Grain
SUNDIAL
Field Notes
Hearth
LOW SIGNAL
Night Shift
Open Table
ANALOG CLUB
Longform
Concrete Poetry
Why Stratus
The feed should
work for you.
Most social products are optimized for the next minute of attention. Stratus is optimized for the next year of a relationship. That single difference changes every decision we make.
Small by default
A circle caps at forty people. Not because we can’t scale, but because context has a size. You should be able to hold the whole room in your head.
Chronological, mostly
Posts arrive in the order they were written. When we do rank, it’s visible and reversible. You’ll never wonder what the algorithm hid from you.
Built for reply
Every post leaves room for a second thought. Replies are first-class, likes are quiet, and there is no public scoreboard of your worth.
The product
A feed you can
actually finish.
Open it in the morning. Read what your people wrote. Post something true. Then go live your day. When you reach the end, Stratus tells you—and stops.
Home
You’re all caught up.
That’s the whole feed. Go take a walk. Designed on purpose
Fewer features.
More room.
01 / The feed
A feed with an end
Chronological by default. When you’re caught up, we tell you—and then we stop. No bottomless anything.
02 / Circles
Circles, not audiences
Every account lives inside small groups capped at forty. Context stays human. Nobody is performing for strangers.
03 / Conversation
Replies over reactions
Likes are quiet, not a scoreboard. Prompts invite a second thought. The best thing you can give someone is a sentence back.
Getting in
Three steps.
Then go live.
No onboarding funnel. No growth loop. Just a small room, a few people you like, and something worth saying.
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1.
Make a space
Name your circle. Invite three people you’d actually text. That’s the whole setup.
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2.
Find your people
Join up to three circles. Follow people, not metrics. Discovery is finite and refreshed daily.
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3.
Post like a person
Write, reply, log off. When you return tomorrow, the feed will still be here—and so will they.
invitations open slowly
The internet can feel
like a room again.
Bring your people. We’ll keep the lights low and the door open.