Leaving Should Be Easy
A social site you can't leave is a hostage situation with a nice font. Why export and delete are first-class features in the MeUsNow rebuild, what we're committing to, and what's still on the bench.
It's 4:20 Somewhere. Now a Free, Open-Source API Tells You Exactly Where
The Official 420 World Clock at 420.menow.us shows live where on Earth it is 4:20, with cannabis-law cards for every zone, and its data is a free, no-key, MIT-licensed API at api.420.menow.us.
JellyDazzle and KoiKnife Are Out on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android
Two LIBCSystems apps, the music-reactive kaleidoscope JellyDazzle and the koi guide KoiKnife, are now on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Mac and on Google Play, with every store link here.
Rooms, Not Broadcasts
Build log — why a post belongs to one room instead of a global firehose, why rooms are tabs not algorithms, and what's genuinely still unsolved.
The Feed Is Not a Slot Machine
Infinite scroll, engagement ranking, outrage amplification — design choices, not laws of physics. Here's each lever, and why we're not pulling it.
Why We're Building Small
Me. Us. Now. Unpacking the name, and why a social network for 38 people is a feature, not a failure to launch.