A new social network · open beta, first 100 members
The old internet, for the adults you became.
B-side is a social network with a profile song, a Top 8, and a friends-only feed that ends.
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B-side is a social network with a profile song, a Top 8, and a friends-only feed that ends.
Join the beta →Remember when your profile had a song, a wall of friends, and a background that embarrassed you in hindsight? We miss that. So we're making it again — without the parts that sucked.
Pick a template. Change the colors, the fonts, the background, the song. Add the sections that describe the person you actually are. Rearrange them whenever you want.
Top 8. Guestbook. A feed of people you chose. No stranger engagement, no strangers in your replies, no strangers at all unless you want them.
Chronological. Caps at a reasonable number per day. When you're caught up, you're caught up. Sessions are meant to end.
Free tier for everyone. If you want more customization — custom CSS, your own domain, premium templates — you pay a few dollars a month. That's the whole business model.
A handful of hand-designed templates to start from. Color, font, pattern, section order — all yours. Swap templates without losing your content.
A profile song, done legally — when we have the license. One track on your page. Not both services on day one.
Still the most honest feature social media ever had. Drag to reorder. Nobody gets notified. Some drama, in other words, is on you.
A reverse-chronological stream of your friends. Posts, photos, new songs, profile updates. Capped so you actually finish.
Leave a note on your friends' pages. It sticks around. Not a reply, not a like — a small piece of you, on their wall.
Never an ad. Never a ranked feed. Free to use. Custom CSS, your own domain, premium templates — that's Plus, a few months after launch. Not day one.
Next, not this box: friends-only DMs.
Everything on it is yours. The banner, the avatar, the song, the bio, the Top 8, the sections you choose to show. No feed widgets dictating what's on top. No algorithm deciding what "represents" you.
Pick a starting template — Zine, Mixtape, Dorm Room, Bento, Scrapbook, Locker — and take it from there.
Custom CSS / HTML and custom domains (yourname.bside.social → yourname.com) come with the Plus tier, a few months after launch.
A few lines about you. What you’re into, what you’re making, what you’re listening to on repeat.
B-side is being built by a very small team right now. No VC money, no ad strategy, no growth hacks. The beta is open to the first 100 members, so the product doesn't fall over and the first people in have a good time. Everyone in this first wave gets lifetime Gold.
The plan is to ship v1 as a great web app. Native apps come later. Custom CSS and custom domains come on the Plus tier a few months after launch.
If you want to be part of it: join below. If the first 100 spots are gone, leave your email and I'll write you directly when the next wave opens. No marketing sequences. No ad pixels.
— David
No. It borrows the feeling — expressive profiles, Top 8, profile songs, friends-not-followers — but everything underneath is 2026. Mobile-first, fast, modern moderation, music when we can do it legally, no creepy ad tracking. Nostalgic surface, modern guts.
Adults, 18+. Specifically, the millennials who actually used MySpace and are quietly tired of what social media has become. You can probably tell from the tone whether you're the audience.
A small monthly subscription for people who want more customization — custom CSS, custom domains, premium templates, more music slots. That's it. No ads, ever. The free tier is a real product, not a trial.
Adults only, 18+ — you confirm it; we do not call that ID verification. Email confirmation, block and report, a human inbox for reports (safety@), image scanning on uploads, and a published community policy before we open. No pornographic or sexual content — ban and remove. We're taking this seriously from day one.
An open beta for the first 100 members right now, then more waves. Public launch after that, web-first. Native apps come later, once the web product earns it.
No. You can export and delete everything at any time. Privacy policy will be in plain language, not legalese. We don't have an ad business to feed.
Join the beta: email, confirm, and your page is yours.
Join the beta →18+ only. No ad pixels.