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X / Twitter alternative

A feed for your friends —
not the whole internet.

X is a public square: an algorithm ranks it, strangers pile into the replies, ads chase you around, and your posts are feedstock for Grok. Badger is the opposite by design — a private, end-to-end encrypted social feed built only from people you invited. No algorithm, no strangers, no AI reading your posts. Just your circle, in chronological order.

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Badger vs X (Twitter)

Two opposite ideas of what a feed is for.

A public broadcast network versus a private feed for your own circle.
  Badger X / Twitter
Who can see your posts Only people you invited The public internet, by default
End-to-end encrypted Yes — posts, chats and media No — posts are public; encrypted DMs are limited
Your posts train an AI No — they're encrypted; we can't read them Yes — used to train Grok / xAI
Algorithm deciding what you see No — chronological, from your contacts Yes — ranked for engagement
Ads targeted on your behaviour No — non-personalised, and removable Yes — the business model
Strangers in your replies No — invited circle only Yes — anyone, by default
Built from your real contacts Yes Follow anyone; be found by anyone
Moods, status & an optional shared map Yes No
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Invited, not indexed

Nobody arrives in your Badger uninvited.

On X, anyone can find you, quote you, and land in your mentions. On Badger you can't be searched for, listed, or stumbled upon — every person you see is someone you chose. It's the difference between shouting in a square and talking in your own front room.

  • No search, no directory, no "people you may know"
  • Join by a contact's invite or by swapping a BadgerCode — nothing public
  • No quote-dunking, no pile-ons, no strangers by default
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No algorithm

Your feed, in order — not ranked to keep you scrolling.

There's no engagement algorithm in Badger because there's nothing to optimise — no ads to sell against your attention, no strangers to surface. Your feed is simply the people you chose, most recent first. Calm instead of frantic; yours instead of tuned.

  • Chronological, from your contacts — what happened, in the order it happened
  • No "For You" tab quietly deciding your mood for the day
  • Post, reply, quote, like, @mention, #hashtag and pin — the feed you know, made private
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Not training data

Your posts aren't fuel for someone's AI.

X uses what you post to train Grok. Badger can't — your posts and messages are end-to-end encrypted, so there's nothing for us or anyone else to feed a model with. Privacy that's enforced by mathematics, not by a policy you have to trust.

  • End-to-end encrypted posts, chats, photos, video, voice notes and files
  • No AI trained on your content — it's impossible, not just against the rules
  • Everything you share about yourself is reciprocal, and yours to switch off
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Want the receipts on who trains on your data, and how? That's what the manifesto is for.

Different jobs

X is a megaphone. Badger is a living room.

If you want to broadcast to the world, X will always do that better — that's what a public square is for. Badger is for the other half of your life: the people you actually know, somewhere private enough to be yourself. You can keep both. Most people do.

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