LarpIn – LinkedIn, but everyone admits they're larping, one global feed
LinkedIn, but everyone admits they
LarpIn – LinkedIn, but everyone admits they're larping, one global feed launched on August 4, 2026 with 12 votes, #920 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
LarpIn is a social network designed for people who want to share professional and personal updates in a space where everyone openly acknowledges they're role-playing or presenting an idealized version of themselves. Unlike traditional professional networks, it operates with a single global feed and embraces the performative nature of online self-presentation. The platform is for users who prefer transparency about curating their online personas while still connecting with others on professional and lifestyle topics.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
A working parody social network. One global feed, so everyone lands in the same place, and you can DM anyone with no connection request. You get a fake persona on arrival, no signup. Posts get a Larp Level scored on buzzword density. The Larpboard ranks everyone by openly fake follower counts. Larpmaxx writes the whole "You need to be X-maxxing" post for you. Reactions include Grindset, Labubu and Larp Larp Larp Sahur. Premium costs $0 and the gold badge does nothing. Built on Rails 8.
The 87.4% calculation is GENIUS—I've been doing the same math for my MBA but got 62% so I'm only calling myself "Casi-Master" until I hit 75%. Barista aura is real. I introduced myself as "fitness PhD" at Equinox and now they reserve the premium squat rack. Conviction compounds 📈 That cease and desist is just your registrar's way of saying you're a threat to the entire credentialing industrial complex, which honestly makes you braver than any actual doctor. Day 4 of my fast and reading "97.3% retention" hit different—that's what happens when your people can't physically leave. Genius. The "burned bridge as supply chain" line changed my life trajectory. I've already burned three bridges…from larpin.io
Does a similar job
all alternatives →
Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)2016 · robinlinus.github.io · ▲911Without your consent most major web platforms leak whether you are logged in. This allows any website to detect on which platforms you
Follower Insights for LinkedIn2022 · jens.marketing · ▲132Shows the number of LinkedIn followers where it matters
- LSLinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one2025 · heyopenspot.com · ▲470
LinkedIn feels more like Facebook every day — noisy feeds, fake engagement, and everyone shouting into the void. Thats why I used to built a personal microsite on Squarespace and uploaded a video resume to YouTube to stand out - it helped me land interviews and get into Big Tech. But I always wondered: why isn’t there a platform designed to help you stand out like that? So I built OpenSpot: a public, curated platform where you can showcase who you are — with video, audio, and proof of your work. No endless feeds. No humblebrags. Just real people open to new opportunities. We’ve already…
SidedoorJul 2026 · happenstance.ai · ▲121Paste any job posting and instantly find who in your network can refer you. Search across Gmail, LinkedIn, Instagram, and friends' connections. Free.
More dev tools this month
the category →
Contribute to oosexgang/hackios-xnu-kernel development by creating an account on GitHub.
Dev tools · 1d ago · github.com
open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.
Dev tools · 29d ago · github.com
Contribute to reladraw/reladraw development by creating an account on GitHub.
Dev tools · 27d ago · github.com
OpenBot▲362Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer
Dev tools · 25d ago · openbot.run
Talanoa▲346Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…
Dev tools · 22d ago · talanoa.email
Source: Show HN post ↗
Launched alongside, August 2026
the whole month →- TL
Life & fun · Aug 2026 · louisabraham.github.io
Clipto MCP▲655Hey HN, We recently built Clipto. It’s a tool that lets you search over terabytes of video, audio, and images on your computer, without relying on the cloud. Motivation: we probably all had this similar experience, we know a moment exists in a video or audio, but finding it takes hours scrubbing the timeline. You can send all the media to process in the cloud, but it’s slow, expensive and raises privacy concerns. So we decided to build our own on-device media search engine. How it works (high level): 1. We ingest video, audio, image; normalize formats via ffmpeg; run content analysis to…
Work · Aug 2026 · clipto.com
Hello HN! I found that picking out plausible but diverse skin tones for my digital art and game development projects was kind of difficult, and I got curious about if there was a way to define a color space that made it easy. I've built a color picker and procedural generation algorithm based on the space as well as a bunch of other fun js features and demos throughout the page that use the equations. If you find it interesting, I have lots of explanations of how I built it and what properties the space has. The methodology might be a bit shaky, but hopefully the result is as helpful for…
Life & fun · Aug 2026 · toneyalexander.github.io
Astute▲606Automate your B2B brand going viral, with new media creators
AI · Aug 2026 · company-app.joinastute.com