My intention is for Leafly to be an intimate, thoughtful place for people to not only undersatand themselves better, but eachother too.

If you have any questions about the platform, feel free to let me know and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!

You may have seen that there are "comments" and "likes" in the UI preview I posted earlier today. I'm still split on this idea. If these engagement mechanics are going to be a part of Leafly, they will definitely be optional per entry, in the same way that every other part of an entry is optional.

Adding someone as a friend is a two way street, you can see the parts of their entries that they have made visible to friends, but equally they can see yours.

What leafly is not, is just another social networking site where you can stalk whoever you want. I have designed Leafly in a way that discourages "Leafly Celebrities" and doomscrolling.

Leafly will also be End To End Encrypted. This means that even I will not be able to see your posts. According to the server, it'll be a bunch of random characters. Entries are deeply personal, and I have negative interest in any project that would have any kind of "back door" into this data.

Want to keep the body text of today's entry private? Tick that box, and then to your friends, it will look like you never included any body text at all. You have full control over who sees what parts of your entries.

Third, and most importantly of all, Leafly is private. Every entry you make will be modular, meaning you can share anything from no parts, to every part of it with people on your friends list.

Second of all, Leafly is social. You will have the ability to add friends, who will then be able to see not only when you have made an entry, but also whatever part of that entry you have decided to share with them - more on this below.

First and foremost: Leafly is your journal. Document your thoughts and life for reflection at a later date. Pretty simple.