Show HN: A founder community with true anonymity(HMAC identities,no socialgraph)
foundermood.zorentia.comI built founder.mood after watching founders struggle with the pressure to always be "winning". The hard, lonely parts of building something never get discussed honestly because it can spook investors, customers, and employees.
So, I built a place with true anonymity by design, not just a hidden username.
The key technical choices:
No Social Graph: No profiles, no follows, no connection between posts.
Unlinkable Aliases: Every post gets a fresh, random name. Comment threads use a different names.
No Plain-Text Emails: Auth uses a non-reversible HMAC of your email. We can't email you, even if we wanted to.
Hard Delete: One-click account wipe. No backups, no retention.
The goal is to create a place for the kind of conversations that happen at 2:00 AM, not in a board meeting. It's post-first (no account needed) and built for safety, not engagement.
I launched this quietly and within the first hour, three founders posted about the loneliness of misunderstanding, the fear of failure, and the struggle of balancing work with life. It confirmed the need.
I'd love the HN community's thoughts on the approach—both the product and the architecture.
Add better fake posts. They’re all in there same voice and some are duplicates
Thanks for the feedback. You're right—we did have a UI issue causing duplicate posts on double-clicks; we're pushing a fix for that now.
Regarding the voice: These are all real experiences — many of them mine. I started by sharing my own experiences to make the first users feel less alone. Now real users are posting, too. Because they feel less alone in their journey. Thanks for the close read.