No public profiles or identity beyond a weekly pseudonym and color.
MVP Build Direction
Six anonymous people. One private circle. One week.
Every Monday, 5others matches six anonymous people working on a similar change into one private circle for one week.
What It Refuses
The anti-features are the product.
We are not building a social graph with encouragement layered on top. We are building a weekly ritual that protects privacy, calm, and follow-through.
No followers, friends, or persistent member graphs.
No likes, leaderboards, streak competition, or view counts.
No public feed, browsing, or circle discovery.
No direct messages between members.
No in-app sharing of real names, photos, or contact details.
Weekly State Machine
Build the loop before the extras.
The MVP wins when a stranger can join, get matched, feel encouraged, watch the circle close, and come back next Monday.
Sunday 18:00
Intent window opens
Members share what they want to work on next week.
Monday 00:00
Matching runs
Circles form by language, timezone band, and category.
Monday to Sunday
Circle week
Members check in, encourage each other, and keep going.
Sunday 12:00
Closing ritual
Everyone gets prompted to leave one encouragement behind.
Sunday 23:59
Circle closes
The week becomes read-only, then retires after the archive window.
Phase 1
Ship the smallest complete loop.
Phase 1 is not a teaser. It is the full promise in compact form.
Email magic-link auth and a three-screen onboarding flow.
Intent submission plus the weekly state machine and matching v1.
A private circle view with thread, check-ins, pseudonyms, and urgent-help access.
Contact-info filtering, reporting, and crisis detection from day one.
An admin review queue for safety events, reports, and ban tools.
Safety Layer
Anonymous and vulnerable means safety ships first.
Crisis handling, reporting, filtering, and data minimization are launch requirements, not polishing passes.
Encouragement, not advice.
Crisis pathways ship with v1, not later.
Messages are filtered for contact-sharing and harmful content.
Data stays minimal and time-bounded.