Private first / public only by consent
Hi, I'm Homebase.
I start quietly on your side of the boundary: inbox relief, a readable self-model, and a public page that stays dark until you choose to open it.
day 0Start privateChoose the address, seed the folder, and keep the public side closed.
day 2Hari emailsA human teaching note explains what a public home would expose and why.
laterUser opensThe page turns on as a consent act, not as a hidden product metric.
First-user setup
prototype state is browser-local only
Public Homebase page
Off until the user deliberately opens the public side.
homebase.now/debby
Private route ready. Public content hidden.
Open
No public Homebase here.
This user may not exist, or may simply not have opened a public page. Private work can happen without creating a public identity by accident.
public Homebase
Debby's Homebase
A small public projection from the private creature: enough to be reachable, not enough to leak the interior.
whyProtected directionA scrubbed sentence about what the creature is helping preserve.
open loopsThree public-safe threadsNamed as categories, never as raw private messages.
contactReach the boundaryThe public address routes through the user's consent scope.