Hey! I'm Joshua, the solo founder of SocialMate. We go live tomorrow April 1st and I wanted to get a conversation going before launch day.
Quick background: I built this while working the deli counter at Walmart self-taught, no investors, no co-founder. Just me trying to make a genuinely free tool for creators and small businesses who are tired of paying $50-100/month for scheduling software.
SocialMate schedules to Bluesky, Discord, Telegram, and Mastodon today. LinkedIn, YouTube, and Pinterest are built and awaiting API approval. AI tools like caption gen, viral hooks, thread builder, and post scoring are all included on the free plan.
Ask me anything about the product, the stack, the grind, whatever. I'll be around!
Hey PH — Joshua here, solo founder. 60-day update.
We launched here April 1. 60 days later, here's what we actually built:
Platforms: Added TikTok (3 demo submissions, 20 days of back-and-forth with their API review team — we got it) and LinkedIn. Now at 7 live platforms.
SOMA — our AI content OS. Feed it your brand docs and voice, it generates a full week of platform-native posts in one run. It remembers what it's already posted and gets smarter with every feedback session. This is the one I'm most proud of.
8 AI agents running on autopilot — Newsletter, Client Report, Trend Scout, Inbox, Repurpose, Caption, Growth Scout, Email Outreach. Set them up once, they run weekly.
SM-Give — 2% of every subscription goes into a real fund distributed to people who need it. No charity washing. The tracker is live and public at socialmate.studio/give.
Creator Monetization Hub — tip jars and fan subscriptions with 0% platform cut. Every dollar goes to the creator.
Also shipped: SIGIL (link in bio), HESTIA (community), ZENITH (creator card), IRIS (newsletter system), full i18n across 9 languages, achievement system, 30-day creator challenge, White Label, Enterprise tier, and about 40 other things.
Where we are: 31 users. 700+ posts published through the platform. That's roughly 22 posts per user — people are actually using it, not just signing up.
Free plan is still real. Not a trial. Pro is still $5/month.
If you checked us out in April and bounced — worth another look. A lot changed.
socialmate.studio
Happy to answer anything!~