Circle
For updates too small for Instagram, but nicer than WhatsApp
What it does
I realized I no longer had a place online to casually update the few people I’m actually close to because everything felt like posting to an audience, even private accounts. So I built Circle: a tiny social space meant only for your real circle. No followers, no discovery, no performance; just small daily updates that disappear. Circle only works if you join with 2–5 people you already talk to. It is intentionally not for meeting new people.
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