Instead of posting “does anyone know someone who…” to a feed full of strangers — or scrolling your contacts, hoping — just ask. It goes straight to the people you already trust.
One shared phonebook that works both ways: it finds you the right person when you need help — and puts you on the list when they need you.
Numbers, yes — but also who they are. The friend who's an electrician. The cousin in Lisbon. The neighbor who keeps a spare car seat. A small, useful map of your circle, written by you.
A few lines about what you need. Pick a deadline if it matters. Add a photo of the broken faucet, the missing cat, the empty trunk that needs filling.
Close, Trusted, Known. You decide who sees each request. The personal stuff stays close; the casual stuff can travel a little wider — even to friends of your friends.
One tap, with an optional note. Raising your hand is a commitment, not a maybe. The asker picks one and the rest of the request closes quietly.
Every person you've added with their job, city, and how you met. Search by what you need ("who knows a plumber?") instead of scrolling a list of names.
After it's done, leave a vouch — or a flag if it didn't go well. Trust scores compound the way real reputation does: slowly, between people who know each other.
No streaks, no algorithmic rabbit holes, no infinite scroll. A feed with one shape of content: requests from people you trust. You open it when you need it.
Write what you need in plain language. Pick close friends, your trusted circle, or wider known. Add a deadline if it's time-sensitive.
People who can help raise a hand. Raising it is their word that they'll follow through — not an offer to chat about it. Sometimes there's a short note ("I'm heading that way Saturday morning anyway").
The request closes to everyone else. You exchange details and coordinate directly — like grown-ups. After it's done, leave a vouch.
"I needed someone to feed my cat for a long weekend. Posted to my Close circle on Tuesday. Two friends raised a hand within an hour. By dinner I'd picked Inés and she was on her way."
The handful of people you'd text at 11pm without hesitation. Personal requests, hard moments, last-minute things.
Friends, neighbors, longtime collaborators. Practical asks: rides, tools, recommendations, sourdough advice.
People you may not have met yet — but someone in your circle has, and trusts. A wider net for things like a recommendation, a couch for the night, or someone heading to the airport anyway.
"The favour economy is older than the internet, and it works because everyone in it knows everyone else's name."— from the founders' note
Someone is invite-only while we roll out carefully. Leave your email and we'll reach out when it's your turn.
No spam — one email, when there's room for you.
It's two things, side by side: a phonebook of people you know with the meta you actually need (job, city, how you met) — and a way to send small requests to a chosen tier of them. There's no public content, no profile-scrolling, no lifestyle feed.
It's a commitment. Raising your hand on a request is the same as giving your word that you'll follow through if accepted. There's no second "are you sure?" step — that's the whole point. If you can't, don't raise it.
Only the tier you choose. Close goes to about eight people. Trusted goes to a few dozen. Known reaches the friends of your trusted contacts — people you may not have met, but who are vouched for by someone you trust. Never strangers, never the public.
You can flag the request. Flags are visible on a person's profile alongside their vouches — not as a number to game, but so the next person who asks has the context. Most flags resolve into a conversation; a pattern is a pattern.
Requests are visible only to people in your chosen tier — no one else. We don't sell data, and we don't show ads. The plan is to fund Someone with a small annual fee for power users; the basics stay free.
Nextdoor is your neighbourhood — most of whom you've never met, with no shared social fabric. A group chat is unstructured and noisy. Someone is your circle and the friends of your circle, with one specific shape of message: a request, a hand, a follow-through.