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The social network for taste
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Chris Messina

PI.FYI by Perfectly Imperfect - A social network for taste

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A new kind of "social network" built by the popular newsletter, Perfectly Imperfect.

Share + ask for recommendations, Bookmark + add to lists, Customize your profile, Follow friends, and more.

Read about us in The New York Times, The Verge, NPR, Vanity Fair.

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Chris Messina
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This is so Brooklyn myspace vibey, but in a modern, mobile-conscious format.
Tyler Bainbridge
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Hi everyone! I wanted to pop in and share some PI.FYI lore. In 2020, I started a popular recommendation newsletter called Perfectly Imperfect as a side project while I was still an engineer at Facebook. Over the next few years, we built a cult following of 64,000 subscribers with a simple mission of sharing "A Taste of Someone's Taste" while helping people break out of their algorithm. Later on I realized that the newsletter's core concept could be expanded upon with an app that allowed for anyone to share + ask for recommendations. I had all of the skills to build it, so when I was part of a mass lay-off last year, I hit the ground running on PI.FYI. It launched back in late-January with profiles in The Verge, The New York Times, New York Magazine, and NPR. And just a few weeks later we had over 20,000 users and nearly 100,000 recommendations shared. I wanted this place to feel like the internet did when I was growing up. A time before every site looked exactly the same and we all became prey for the toxic ad-driven algorithms of big corporations. I hope you'll give PI.FYI a try and tell us what you're into right now :) P.S shout out to the GOAT @chrismessina for "hunting" us
Yami Sun
@chrismessina @tylerbainbridge Congrats and Upvoted🎉We're launching "Cascad3 - A decentralized inspiration-driven publishing platform" on Product Hunt soon. I would appreciate your support and feedback by clicking the "Notify Me" button to stay tuned and be the first to know when Cascad3 debuts on the stage.👇 producthunt.com/products/cascad3 Thank you! Best regards, Yami
Jun Gong
i forgot exactly when i signed up for the perfectly imperfect newsletter but i really love the content and the vibe 💙✨
Theo
Congratulations on the launch, love the desgin
Aman Wen
PI.FYI's approach to social networking through shared tastes is refreshing—curating a space for taste-driven connections clearly resonates with audiences. How did you refine the user experience to foster such a vibrant community? At Checky Bear, we're cultivating a similarly engaging experience, putting website monitoring and security into the hands of our users in a clear and accessible way.
Sadath N
Well done on bringing your vision to life! Keep going
Avkash Kakdiya
PI.FYI by Perfectly Imperfect sounds like the place to be for sharing tastes and discoveries! Can't wait to dive in on Product Hunt. Best of luck with the launch – cheers to connecting over our quirks and passions!