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The social layer for honest minds.
Overview
Candor is a social platform built around a simple premise: what if your social feed was curated by your actual mind, not an algorithm? A space where the signal matters more than the noise.
Type
Social Platform
Status
Concept · Prototype
Stack
React · Design
Most social platforms optimize for engagement, which turns out to be the opposite of honesty. The design question was: what does a social product look like when it's optimized for clarity of thought instead?
Hiding likes, reposts, and follower counts from the default view was the most controversial decision. It removes the dopamine loop but also removes the anxiety loop. Worth it.
Algorithmic feeds are powerful but they're also someone else's opinion about what you should see. Chronological is dumber and better.
No infinite scroll. Pagination with intention. You reach the end of the feed. That boundary is a feature.
Turns out people want the dopamine loop even when they say they don't. The absence of metrics made early users anxious rather than free. The tension between what people say they want and what they actually engage with is real and unresolved.
I'd add a private metrics view — you can see your own numbers, but nobody else can. The problem isn't metrics, it's metrics as performance.