Essences vs innie social

Essences curates topics(hives) grounded in real-life experiences, inviting users to share their personal stories and/or messages. When a story resonates with another user—echoing a fragment of their own life's essence—they can acknowledge this connection by highlighting it with a yellow hexagon. This shape, symbolically known as a building block of life, underscores the story's significance as a foundational element in their personal narrative.

innie is a social network where you build your own page, make things by hand, and see your friends newest-first — always. When you're caught up, innie says so and tells you to go live your day. No algorithm. No tracking. No data selling. No follower counts to chase. MAKE A PAGE THAT'S YOURS Pick your colors, draw an avatar, design a wax seal, choose your song, write your about. Add a chalkboard, a travel map, a pet, an arcade game. Your corner of the internet, built from your pocket. MOSTLY WORDS AND ART No photo feed and no highlight reel. You make things instead — draw pixel stickers, turn your words into giant text art, build a sticker from a picture. Then leave them on your friends' pages. A post can carry one small photo, printed like a Polaroid. QUIETER BY DESIGN Nods instead of likes. Private notes, just between the two of you. Nothing to perform for. THINGS TO DO TOGETHER Leave a sticker on a friend's page. Pin a sticky note. Make someone a mixtape. Drop into a Live Spot and hang out. Answer the daily question and see where your friends landed. SAFE BY DESIGN Chat is between friends only. Every photo is checked by automated moderation before anyone else can see it, and sexually explicit content isn't allowed anywhere on innie. Report or block anyone from their page, a post, or a chat — reports are reviewed by our team. innie is built to be worth opening — not hard to close.