Software for thinking with
Thinking together
A portal to someone else’s interiority (how do we measure this interface’s level of generosity?)

a tide pool to get lost & find yourself & others in

a public collaborative filtering dataset

(unfortunately I live in SF)

Like Tumblr without the teens figuring out their queer identity discourse (and, blissfully, most discourse in general)

New York's hottest club

brutalist pinterest

commonplace keepsake tool

one of the best places on internet

A communal zettelkasten; Prosocial media

A place to grow and share connecting with the world.

Studying in public

are.na is a way of life (like actually)

a pinterest that supports any media; no AI, no algorithms. the connections you make are results of your own organic decisions

a digital nootropic amidst digital narcotics

It's like hey, you want to rummage through people's research piles and share your own? And I'm like hell yeah do!

It's like Pinterest, but for academics.

i've described it as Niche Pinterest
or Library Tumblr

it’s Pinterest for words and images that would be somewhat odd to have a board for

If social media is hive mind, Are.na is honey mind.

my second heart&brain

A platform that enables a flow state filled with sensational calm and intellectual stimulation, without the rush of heightened dopamine, where you can sense the little wires in your brain linking as you connect different blocks together

A corner of the internet that feels like a cozy bed with soft sheets and freshly washed linen

are.na is where I end up

are.na is how I'd want to browse the Internet forever