Quiet discovery
Find people through a question, not their reach, résumé, or existing network.
A PUBLIC SOCIAL EXPERIMENT · SEASON ZERO
A social life
with a reset.
Public profiles accumulate contacts, followers and history. Socials Lab is testing whether real people can form a temporary identity, meet around a topic, and return freely to the beginning.
One-month test season · Founding members · Limited Circles
CURRENT IDENTITY
ParticipantCedar–28Identity resets after one month
01 Can people meet without becoming permanent contacts?
02 Can identity reset while ideas remain?
03 What changes when followers expire?
THE PREMISE
Not anonymous.
Not permanently known.
Real people enter a topic Circle under a temporary identity. During the test they may build a voice, a reputation and temporary followers. At the end, the social identity and its connection graph disappear. The Circle’s ideas can remain useful without remaining attached to that person.
Seasonal identity
A verified person receives a new participant name for each time-limited circle.
Mutual continuation
When the season ends, contact continues only when both people explicitly choose it.
HOW A SEASON COULD WORK
01
Privately verified
The system knows each participant is a unique person. Other members do not receive their public identity.
02
Known for one month
For Season Zero, a future six-month season is compressed into one month so the complete reset can be tested sooner.
03
Everything social resets
The participant code, persona and temporary followers are retired. Previous IDs are permanently hidden from members.
04
Ideas remain, by choice
Circle topics, discussions and useful links can remain as an identity-free archive. Private contact continues only by mutual consent.
PROPOSED FIRST CIRCLES
Season Zero
Small, moderated, one-month concept trials. Join one of these Circles or propose a new Circle around any constructive interest, question or news topic.
Ideas without followers
Can a good thought travel without turning its author into a public profile?
1 MONTH · SMALL GROUPNew chapter
For people between places, careers, identities, or versions of themselves.
1 MONTH · SMALL GROUPBeyond the public profile
Professional and creative exchange without permanent access, prospecting, or personal surveillance.
1 MONTH · SMALL GROUPPUBLIC RESEARCH
Before we build the network,
we want to understand the problem.
Become a founding member, choose a Circle, or propose the topic you would like to host. The research survey remains available separately.
Join or propose a Circle ↗