Attended
They were there. You were there. Scans matched. This is the multiplier everything else measures against.
Social that actually requires showing up.
arciuze is a social network gated by the real world. Your feed, your DMs, and the people you meet are unlocked by attending the same events — verified with a scan, not a follow.
The feed became a room full of people you've never met, performing for people they'll never meet. We wanted the opposite: a social app where the room is real, and only the people who showed up get in.
0%
of the average feed is strangers performing for other strangers.
0×
the only multiplier that matters here: you were in the room.
0DM
from a stranger. Ever. Our gate is server-enforced.
Three steps. One rule.
You have to be there.
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01
Pick your communities.
Tell us what you're actually into — film, climbing, hardware, whatever. We match you to communities built around that, not follower counts.
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02
Show up to events.
Each community runs real-world gatherings. RSVP in-app. You become a member. Cheap or free, small or large — the point is you're actually there.
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03
Scan at the door — unlock the room.
The organizer's QR is an HMAC-signed payload. A scan upgrades you from member to attendee. That's the key to DMs, full profiles, and the people you met.
Your feed is ranked by
who was in the room.
No magic. No black box. The fan-out pipeline scores every post at creation and re-scores it every thirty minutes. These are the only multipliers:
Joined
RSVP'd to the same event, but the scans didn't match. Still high intent.
Friend
Mutually accepted friend. Adds a further 1.5× boost — but only after both scans.
Community
Shared community, no event overlap yet. Consider it a seed.
priority = (1 + log(1 + likes·3 + comments·5))
× 0.5^(ageh / 12)
× affinity × friend × 1000
Half-life: 12 h. Re-scored every 30 min.
Three ways to be seen.
Per event. Per person. You choose.
Public
Every member of the event sees your full profile. Posts, grid, bio — the whole thing.
- Full profile visible
- All posts surface in-event
- DMs unlocked to attendees
Private
Members see a minimal card. Only fellow attendees — people who scanned in — see your full feed.
- Bio, avatar, name only
- Full profile to attendees
- DMs unlocked to attendees
Ghost
Invisible to strangers. Only accepted friends see anything. For when you're just there to be there.
- Hidden from non-friends
- Friends see full profile
- DMs restricted to friends
Rolling out, room by room.
Brooklyn· live
Los Angeles· live
London· summer
Berlin· summer
Mexico CDMX· summer
Tokyo· waitlist
Paris· waitlist
Lisbon· waitlist
Show up.
We send a handful of invites each week, prioritized by the community closest to you. No algorithm, a human reads every request.