tribes zine no.01 · in dev aphelion.world
category-first social find your people ink & citrus
find your people.

category-first social — connect through shared interests, not profiles or feeds. pick what you love, discover tribes around it, and meet people who care about the same things.

film photography jazz bouldering synths trail running vinyl
no selfies · no bios · no follower counts connection before performance · belong to what you love web · interest-first · in dev no selfies · no bios · no follower counts
02 — the swipe
try it · live

swipe to connect.

one interest at a time. pass on what is not you, connect with what is — a card-stack built for momentum, not endless scrolling. go on, take it for a spin.

connect or pass. fast. frictionless.
your interestsconnected with 0
that is everyone for now
go start a tribe
swipe with the buttons or arrow keys ← / →
03 — the feature set what is inside
01

interest-first matching.

no photos-first, no clever bios, no follower counts. tribes starts with the thing you actually love and finds the people already there. you meet over what you both love — connection before performance.

film photographyjazzboulderingsynthstrail runningvinylwoodworkcold brewtabletopceramicsnight cycling
night cycling
ceramics
music
jazz records
✕ passconnect ✓
02

card-stack swiping.

one interest at a time — connect or pass, fast and frictionless. a momentum machine, not a doomscroll. it is the centre spread up top, fully playable.

03

tribe hubs.

discover, join and post in hubs built around each shared interest. every interest is a room full of people who already care about the exact same thing.

film photography 12,480 members
ada — shot a roll of portra 400 at golden hour, scans are unreal
kofi — anyone developing c-41 at home? need a tank rec
mira — darkroom meetup saturday, who is in
you both connected over jazz records
finally someone who gets the blue note era
trade rips? i have a spare mingus pressing
say less
04

messaging.

match over the thing itself and start talking — no profile games, no opening-line pressure. you already share something real, so the conversation starts there.

05

ink & citrus design.

warm paper, hard ink borders, chunky offset shadows and confident lowercase type. tribes wears its “ink & citrus” look proudly — space grotesk bold, all lowercase, loud by design. a social app that looks like it means it.

ink & citrus
find your
people.
space grotesk · lowercase · bold
04 — how it works pick → discover → connect
01

pick your interests

tell tribes what you love — film, jazz, climbing, synths, whatever it is.

02

discover tribes

swipe a card-stack of interest hubs, each one full of people who care.

03

connect with people

match over the thing itself and start talking — no profile games.

05 — the details the fine print
surface
web
model
interest-first
vibe
ink & citrus
status
in dev
06 — by the numbers
interest-firstnot profile-first
0vanity metrics
all lowercaseloud by design
real peopleover shared things
07 — the idea

belong to what you love.

— the tribes idea

find your people.

visit tribes