Post-Metric Social Systems Laboratory

investigation

When social platforms run on performed metrics, what do reputation, credibility, and connection look like without them?

3 disciplinesenter ↓3 specimens

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mission

Design social systems that run on proof and presence instead of metrics — credibility people can check, and spaces where connection doesn't require a performance.

verifies

Structured credibility that checks out, and belonging people actually report feeling.

disciplines

Social Psychology/Organizational Design & Psychology/Human-Centered Design

specimens

3 catalogued

§ 01 — research index

3 specimens · cat. 2026

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lab 06 — Post-Metric Social Systems Laboratoryconnect

When social platforms run on performed metrics, what do reputation, credibility, and connection look like without them?

verifies — Structured credibility that checks out, and belonging people actually report feeling.

cat. № 001◇ sealed

lab note · loreEarly prototype

“Credibility is scattered across LinkedIn, press mentions, testimonials, and screenshots.”

feeds → Taste · Agency

↓ field notes

Open ?: What counts as credibility online? How do you let people curate proof without it sliding into self-promotion? Can structured social proof replace the resume for a new generation of work?
Next exp.: Ship the v1 page builder and test it with founders, freelancers, and operators.

obs. ywkept open

Post-Metric Social Systems Laboratory

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