Co-Stanza
A poetry network for people who are not, in fact, doing great. No likes, no ranking, no architect. Post the poem. Then go take a nap.
you write a poem at midnight
in the morning it's still there
nobody is counting.
that's it. that's the whole product.
one poem, one page, no noise.
named after a man who was never doing great either.
This is the iPhone app, live. Try it.
Every social network wants you to do well
Grow the audience. Hit the numbers. Be somebody. A poem does not care about any of that. It just wants to be left alone on a page. That's the gap.
What Co-Stanza does
You sign in, pick a name, and publish. Each poem gets its own page. Your name gets a page with all of them. The front page is everyone's, newest first. Nobody is counting. That's it. That's the whole product.
Do the opposite
Every instinct says post more, post louder, post for the algorithm. If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right. So: one poem, one page, no noise.
Everywhere
Web, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows and Linux. Same poems, same account.