Vernus

Built with hope on Earth.

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A transparent reporting mechanism has just been merged. Will soon publish a few notes on the whys and hows behind it.

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8. The way out

A healthy product has exits. You should be able to finish a page or walk away without the system trying to pull you back.

We do not want loyalty made of friction. We make leaving easy. If you go, take your archive and your audience with you. Cancel without a maze, close an account without writing an essay to a retention team.

If Vernus is worth returning to, people will return. If we have to trap you, we’ve already failed.

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Updated Vernus Manifesto 🧵

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7. No second ledger

Trust shouldn't be a mystery solved by an algorithm. On most platforms, you have a secret "reputation score" you’ll never see, influencing your reach in ways you’ll never understand. We find that hidden ledger dishonest.

Vernus replaces secret rankings with open provenance. Every account carries a public summary of its standing: how long it has been active, verified credentials, and any history of platform violations. This isn't a social credit score; it is a digital passport. It tells the reader who is speaking and what their track record is, without the platform whispering judgment behind the scenes.

There are no secret scores, no private ranks, no shadow weights, and no shadow bans. No second ledger held back for those who pay.

When a signal changes, the reason should be named. When a moderation decision is made, the rule should be visible. When we ask people to trust a system, we owe them more than a badge. We owe them the shape of the evidence, the limits of the evidence, and the path to challenge what we got wrong.

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Vernus exists for work with human weight behind it. Judgment, risk, fear. Memory, taste, doubt. A soul, not just a SOUL.MD.

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A massive performance update is about to be deployed.

Improved image handling, an even swifter editing experience and an app so fast it makes F1 cars sad.

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Just had a meeting with the editor in chief of Magyar Hang, one of the leading newspapers in Hungary.

Discussions were useful, we will be preparing a custom integration that works with their tooling of choice and continue discussing potential collaboration.

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Vernus is about to release v2 of our platform after months of intense development, focusing on two things.

First, fighting AI slop, making sure the content you consume comes from a human soul, not a SOUL.md file. Transparent scoring, unlike other platforms.

Second, making sure that we make good use of modern payment rails and we finally say goodbye to mandatory subscriptions everywhere.

The new version will be unveiled over the course of the next day at https://t.co/NKJWJ6LWLk, with new feature announcements scheduled for the entire week.

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Looking forward to seeing you using the new release soon.

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QA for V2 release is finally over. Unveil coming tomorrow with a thorough demo.

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QA for V2 release is finally over. Unveil coming tomorrow with a thorough demo.

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V2 already being tested in production, the feature flag limiting access is soon to be removed.

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Due to ongoing discussions with our infrastructure provider that have not been resolved on time the v2.0 demo has been delayed to tomorrow evening. Looking forward to seeing you there.

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If you pay a subscription you hate to pay for, raise your hand. 🙋‍♂️

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A complete overhaul of Vernus is coming sooner than you expect.

From the text editor to payout mechanisms, everything has been rebuilt.