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You set the filter

No algorithm. Your Shield, your choices.

No data at sign-up

Username and password. Nothing else.

Calm by design

Good news, breathing, sound, offline.

Ready-to-use descriptions

One line

PlusSocial is a calm, accessible social platform where you choose what reaches you — no algorithm, no outrage, no personal data required to join.

Short paragraph

PlusSocial (plussocial.org) is a positive-by-design social platform built for people who find mainstream social media overwhelming. Everything is chronological, there is no engagement algorithm, and a personal Shield lets each member decide what is shown, softened, blurred or hidden. Sign-up needs only a username and password — no name, email, phone number or contacts. Alongside the feed there is Good News Daily from thirteen trusted publishers, a Calm Space with breathing, ambient sound and twelve gentle games, and Plus Call Buddy, voice and video calling that only ever works between people who have both approved each other.

Full description

PlusSocial is an independent, accessibility-first social platform built on a simple premise: the person using it, not the platform, should decide what they see. There is no recommendation algorithm — feeds are strictly chronological — and no vanity metrics; reactions are cheers and thanks rather than public scoreboards. Each member's Shield scores content by category and applies their own choices: show, soften, blur or hide, with personal muted words that affect only their own view. Guardian Lock adds a PIN to private messages for people sharing a device. Sign-up is pseudonymous: username and password only, with no email, phone number, real name or contact upload. Accessibility runs through the product rather than sitting beside it: full-site translation, speech-to-text for writing posts, read-aloud for posts and news, clear lettering and reading-comfort spacing, sensory presets that reduce motion and density, and live captions plus type-to-talk inside calls. Plus Call Buddy provides peer-to-peer voice and video calling restricted, in the database itself, to mutually approved connections. Calm Space offers guided breathing, ambient soundscapes and twelve low-pressure games, and works offline. Good News Daily aggregates verified positive journalism from thirteen publishers with full source attribution and a three-day archive browsable by calendar. Community hubs on subjects like neurodiversity, caring and recovery are permanently free of charge, and charitable causes link directly to the organisation so that PlusSocial takes no cut.

Key facts

Founded: Independent, self-funded
Website: plussocial.org
Sign-up data: Username and password only
Feed: Chronological — no recommendation algorithm
Calls: Peer-to-peer, mutually approved connections only
Causes: Direct to the organisation, zero platform cut

How PlusSocial differs

How PlusSocial differs from the usual social network

Not a longer feature list — a different set of choices.

What you see first

An algorithm picks what keeps you scrolling — usually whatever makes you angry.

Plain, chronological order, filtered only by the settings you chose yourself.

Signing up

Your email, phone number and contacts, fed into advertising profiles.

A username and password is enough — or Google sign-in if you prefer. No contacts uploaded, no tracking.

Who can reach you

Anyone can message or call you until you block them, one by one.

Calls and messages only from connections you have both approved.

Difficult content

Reported, then removed or not — with nothing in between.

Your Shield softens, blurs or hides it for you, while a person handles real rule-breaking.

When it gets too much

Log off, or keep scrolling.

Calm Space: breathing, ambient sound and twelve quiet games, right inside the app.

Money

Adverts, data sales and paywalled basics.

Free in beta. Subject communities stay free forever, and causes are paid direct with no cut.

Link badge for your site

Paste this anywhere on your website. It's a plain link — no tracking, no scripts, nothing loaded from us.

Find us on PlusSocial

Badge code

<a href="https://plussocial.org" style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:8px 14px;border-radius:999px;background:#1c1917;color:#fff;font:600 14px/1.2 system-ui,sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Find us on PlusSocial</a>

Pitch templates

If you'd like to help PlusSocial grow, these are written and ready — copy one, fill in the brackets and send it.

Directory listing (AlternativeTo, humane tech lists)

Hello,

I'd like to submit PlusSocial (https://plussocial.org) for listing.

PlusSocial is an accessibility-first, algorithm-free social platform. Feeds are chronological, sign-up is pseudonymous (username and password only — no email, phone or contacts), and each member's Shield decides what is shown, softened, blurred or hidden. It includes full-site translation, read-aloud and speech-to-text, a Calm Space that works offline, and calling restricted to mutually approved connections.

Suggested categories: social network, digital wellbeing, accessibility, privacy.

Thank you for considering it.

Journalist pitch

Hi <name>,

Given your writing on <topic>, I thought PlusSocial might interest you.

It's an independent social platform designed around the opposite incentives to the big networks: no engagement algorithm, no vanity metrics, no personal data collected at sign-up, and a per-person content Shield that the member controls rather than the platform. Accessibility is built in — full-site translation, read-aloud, speech-to-text, sensory presets, and live captions inside calls.

Happy to give you a walkthrough or answer questions. Everything's public at https://plussocial.org.

Best,
<your name>

Charity or community partner

Hello,

I run PlusSocial (https://plussocial.org), a calm, accessible social platform built for people who find mainstream social media overwhelming — including neurodivergent people, carers and people in recovery.

Two things that may be useful to you: subject community hubs are permanently free of charge, and causes link directly to your own donation page, with PlusSocial taking no cut whatsoever.

If you'd like a hub for your community, or your cause listed, just reply and I'll set it up.

Best wishes,

Product Hunt / Indie Hackers

PlusSocial — social media where you set the filter, not the algorithm.

Chronological feeds, no engagement ranking, pseudonymous sign-up (username + password, nothing else). A personal Shield shows, softens, blurs or hides content by category. Good News Daily from thirteen publishers. Calm Space with breathing, sound and twelve games that works offline. Calling only between mutually approved connections, with live captions.

Built solo, accessibility-first. https://plussocial.org

Blog or newsletter — ask for a mention

Hi <name>,

I read your piece on <article> — the part about <detail> matched what I hear from people every week.

I've built PlusSocial (https://plussocial.org), an independent social platform for people who find the mainstream ones too loud. Feeds are time-ordered with no ranking, sign-up asks for a username and password and nothing else, and each person sets their own filter: show, soften, blur or hide, by category. Read-aloud, speech-to-text, full-site translation and captions in calls are part of the product rather than an add-on.

If it fits something you're writing, a mention or a link would mean a lot. There's a ready-made summary, key facts and a link badge at https://plussocial.org/press, so nothing needs writing from scratch.

Either way, thank you for your work.

Best,
<your name>

Resource or links page — suggest an addition

Hello,

Your <page name> page is one of the few genuinely useful lists on this subject, so I wanted to suggest one addition.

PlusSocial (https://plussocial.org) is a free, calm, accessibility-first social platform. There's no algorithm and no advertising, sign-up needs no personal details at all, and subject community hubs for things like neurodiversity, caring and recovery are permanently free.

A line you're welcome to use as-is:

PlusSocial — a calm, algorithm-free social platform where you choose what reaches you, with read-aloud, translation and no personal data needed to join. https://plussocial.org

Thank you for considering it.

Best wishes,
<your name>

Gentle follow-up (one only)

Hi <name>,

Just floating my earlier note back up in case it slipped past — no reply needed if it isn't a fit, and I won't chase again.

https://plussocial.org/press has everything ready to copy if it ever is useful.

Thanks again,
<your name>

Someone mentioned us without a link

Hi <name>,

Thank you for mentioning PlusSocial in <article> — genuinely kind of you.

One small ask: would you be able to link the mention to https://plussocial.org? It helps people find us, since we don't advertise anywhere.

No problem at all if your style guide says otherwise.

Best,
<your name>

Where to list PlusSocial

Good places for a link back to plussocial.org. Each one opens its own submission page, and the wording is already shaped to what they ask for.

AlternativeTo

Listed as an alternative to Facebook, X and Mastodon.

Open

Suggested tags: social-network, privacy, accessibility, no-algorithm

Wording for this listing

PlusSocial is an algorithm-free, accessibility-first social platform. Feeds are chronological, sign-up needs only a username and password, and a personal Shield lets you show, soften, blur or hide content by category. Includes full-site translation, read-aloud, speech-to-text, an offline calm space, and calling limited to mutually approved connections.

Humane tech & digital wellbeing lists

Directories of products built against attention-harvesting design.

Open

Suggested tags: digital wellbeing, humane design, attention

Wording for this listing

PlusSocial removes the engagement incentive entirely: no recommendation algorithm, no public follower or like counts, and no personal data collected at sign-up. Members control what reaches them through a per-person content Shield rather than a platform-set feed.

Product Hunt

Launch listing with a tagline and short description.

Open

Suggested tags: social media, mental health, accessibility

Wording for this listing

Tagline: Social media where you set the filter, not the algorithm.

Chronological feeds, no engagement ranking, pseudonymous sign-up. A personal Shield shows, softens, blurs or hides content. Good news daily, an offline calm space with breathing, sound and twelve games, and calling only between mutually approved connections. Built solo, accessibility-first.

Indie Hackers

Product page and founder story.

Open

Suggested tags: indie, bootstrapped, social

Wording for this listing

I built PlusSocial because mainstream social media is overwhelming for a lot of people — including neurodivergent people, carers and people in recovery. It is independent and self-funded, has no algorithm, collects no personal data at sign-up, and puts accessibility in the product rather than beside it.

Accessibility & assistive tech directories

Listings used by disabled people and support organisations.

Open

Suggested tags: accessibility, screen reader, translation, low vision

Wording for this listing

PlusSocial is a social platform built accessibility-first: full-site translation including right-to-left languages, read-aloud for posts and news, speech-to-text for writing, live captions and type-to-talk inside calls, sensory presets that reduce motion and density, and reading-comfort spacing and lettering throughout.

Charity & community partner listings

Mental health, carer and recovery organisations linking useful tools.

Open

Suggested tags: mental health, carers, recovery, community

Wording for this listing

Subject community hubs on PlusSocial are permanently free of charge, and charitable causes link straight to the organisation's own donation page with no cut taken by the platform. If you would like a hub for your community, just ask.

Ethical.net

Curated guide to ethical alternatives to mainstream products.

Open

Suggested tags: ethical tech, privacy, alternatives, social

Wording for this listing

PlusSocial is an ethical alternative to mainstream social networks. It collects no personal data at sign-up, has no advertising and no engagement algorithm, keeps subject community hubs free of charge, and passes charitable donations straight to the organisation with no platform cut.

OpenAlternative

Directory of alternatives to big-tech software.

Open

Suggested tags: alternative, social network, privacy, wellbeing

Wording for this listing

An alternative to Facebook, X and Instagram for people who find them overwhelming. Chronological feeds, no ranking, pseudonymous sign-up, and a personal Shield that shows, softens, blurs or hides content by category. Accessibility-first: translation, read-aloud, speech-to-text, captions in calls.

SaaSHub

Software directory with alternatives and comparisons.

Open

Suggested tags: social network, wellbeing, accessibility

Wording for this listing

PlusSocial — a calm, accessible, algorithm-free social platform. Time-ordered feeds, no vanity metrics, username-and-password sign-up with no personal data, per-person content filtering, offline calm space, and calling limited to mutually approved connections.

BetaList

Early-stage product listing read by early adopters and press.

Open

Suggested tags: social, mental health, accessibility, indie

Wording for this listing

PlusSocial is social media where you set the filter, not the algorithm. Independent and self-funded, built accessibility-first for people who find mainstream platforms overwhelming — including neurodivergent people, carers and people in recovery.

Accessibility statement

PlusSocial aims to meet WCAG 2.2 AA and the accessibility expectations set out in the European Accessibility Act. This is what is in place today. If something is not working for you, tell us and we will fix it.

Perceivable

Read-aloud for posts, news and guides; text alternatives on images; high-contrast and dark appearances; reading-comfort spacing and lettering; content reflows without horizontal scrolling down to narrow phone widths.

Operable

Full keyboard navigation with visible focus; no time limits on reading; a sensory preset that reduces motion and density, and full respect for the system reduce-motion setting; no flashing content.

Understandable

Plain language throughout; full-site translation including right-to-left languages; predictable navigation; errors described in words rather than codes.

Robust

Semantic headings, landmarks and labels so screen readers and other assistive technology can move through every page.

Alternatives to speech and typing

Speech-to-text for writing posts, live captions inside calls, and type-to-talk so nobody has to speak in order to take part.

Privacy as accessibility

Sign-up needs a username and password only — no name, email, phone number or contacts — so nobody is excluded for lacking documents, an address or a phone.

Accessibility summary for a listing or partner

PlusSocial is built to meet WCAG 2.2 AA and the accessibility expectations of the European Accessibility Act. It offers read-aloud for posts, news and guides, speech-to-text for writing, live captions and type-to-talk in calls, full-site translation including right-to-left languages, high-contrast appearances, reading-comfort spacing, full keyboard navigation with visible focus, and a sensory preset that reduces motion and density. Sign-up requires only a username and password, so nobody is excluded for lacking documents, an address or a phone.

Need an interview, screenshots or something else?

Read more about where PlusSocial is heading on the about and roadmap page, or message the founder from inside PlusSocial.