A social feed with no strangers

  • Hacker News

Grateful is a gratitude app with a simple social layer. You write a short entry, keep it private or share it to a circle. A circle is a small private group of your own making — family, close friends, whoever you'd actually want to hear from. It shows you the most recent post f...

  • Published: Apr 12, 2026
  • First seen: Apr 12, 2026

AI Summary

Grateful is a gratitude app with a simple social layer. You write a short entry, keep it private or share it to a circle. A circle is a small private group of your own making — family, close friends, whoever you'd actually want to hear from. It shows you the most recent post f...

Best for

Teams evaluating AI product workflows / Builders comparing emerging tools / Operators tracking early category shifts

Why it matters

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Key Features

  • Primary public product URL is https://www.grateful.so/.
  • Description: Grateful is a gratitude app with a simple social layer. You write a short entry, keep it private or share it to a circle. A circle is a small private group of your own making — family, close friends, whoever you'd act....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "A social feed with no strangers".
  • Source description: Grateful is a gratitude app with a simple social layer. You write a short entry, keep it private or share it to a circle. A circle is a small private group of your own making — family, close friends, whoever you'd act....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-12.

Use Cases

  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-12).
  • Primary public product URL is https://www.grateful.so/.
  • Description: Grateful is a gratitude app with a simple social layer. You write a short entry, keep it private or share it to a circle. A circle is a small private group of your own making — family, close friends, whoever you'd act....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "A social feed with no strangers".

Why Now

A social feed with no strangers is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently low (41/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.

Community Signals

Trend score

2.5

24h momentum

Rising

Hacker News points

8

Rising

Facts / Signals / Inference / Unknowns

Facts

  • Listed on Hacker News as "A social feed with no strangers".
  • Source description: Grateful is a gratitude app with a simple social layer. You write a short entry, keep it private or share it to a circle. A circle is a small private group of your own making — family, close friends, whoever you'd act....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-12.
  • Description: Grateful is a gratitude app with a simple social layer. You write a short entry, keep it private or share it to a circle. A circle is a small private group of your own making — family, close friends, whoever you'd act....
  • Primary public product URL is https://www.grateful.so/.

Signals

  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-12).
  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Inference

Trust data is still pending

The evidence pipeline has not produced enough structured trust blocks for this product yet.

Unknowns

  • Documentation is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • No tagline is stored on the current product record.
  • Pricing details are not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.

Evidence Snapshots

A social feed with no strangers

Listed on Hacker News as "A social feed with no strangers".

A social feed with no strangers official profile

Primary public product URL is https://www.grateful.so/.

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