Traditional social media is not actually social. It is broadcast media. The advertiser is the customer, your attention is the inventory, and the mechanics are engineered to keep you scrolling past the point of enjoyment.
Fans do not need more content fed to them. They need better spaces to find each other, create together, and build lasting relationships around the stories and universes they love. We describe our approach as friction-full by design. Creating on Remarkist takes effort. This friction is not a bug. It is a feature that gives a community meaning and strong bonds.
We will not use addictive design patterns to make it hard for you to step away. We will not build mechanics that exploit psychological vulnerabilities to drive engagement at the expense of your wellbeing.
From the Remarkist Social ContractOur revenue comes from subscriptions and in-app purchases by members who find genuine value in the platform. Our Social Contract outlines the specific things we will and will not do. We wrote it because we believe our community has the right to hold us to our stated values.
We also think carefully about who fans actually are, not as a demographic, but as a set of behaviors and motivations. Over years of building for fan communities, we identified six distinct personas that make up every fandom. A fan platform that only serves some of them is not actually serving fandom. Read the Six Fandom Personas framework →