Built by humans, for the quietly courageous.
LikeHearted started as a letter between two friends who were tired of the internet's noise. It became a place for anyone who has ever felt unseen in a feed of thousands.
We were both lonely on platforms designed for connection. So we built something else.
For years we worked inside companies that measured human attention by the millisecond. We watched friends — and ourselves — get faster at posting and slower at listening. LikeHearted was the antidote we wished existed: a space where the most valued thing is being known, not being seen.
Today, LikeHearted is a small team of designers, therapists, and community stewards building tools that put care before scale. We are not trying to win the internet. We're trying to make a corner of it worth coming back to.
Four values we test every decision against.
Presence over performance
We measure success in how heard you feel, not in how often you post.
Consent at every step
Nothing about you is shared, stored, or analysed without your clear, ongoing yes.
Slowness as a feature
We add friction where the world subtracts it — pauses are where presence lives.
Truth over polish
Awkward, real, and unfinished is always more welcome here than rehearsed.
The people behind it
Small on purposeMaya Okafor
Co-founder, Design
Jonas Rivera
Co-founder, Engineering
Dr. Imani Sato
Community & Care
Léa Bernard
Editor, The Letter
We will never sell your data. We will never optimise for outrage. We will always tell you when something changes. And we will keep this small enough to care.
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