perso, the social network built to protect thought leaders
Anyone can read your posts in the Public Square. To interact, followers must verify their identity and pay a small membership fee. That keeps perso ad-free and helps keep conversations intentional.
Real people. Real organizations. Ad-free by design.
Finally a feed where every reply is a real person. No bots, no pile-ons, just people who stand behind what they say.
Trust
A better social space starts with trust
We verify that every person is real.
Every account clears identity verification before it can post or reply.
We verify that organizations are legitimate.
Brands, publishers, and institutions are checked before they're badged.
Membership keeps perso accountable to members, not advertisers.
No ads: the people who fund perso are the people it answers to.
Protection
Built to protect thought leaders, writers, influencers, and content creators
Most social networks leave public voices fully exposed. Anyone can follow, pile on, spam replies, or attack without accountability.
perso works differently. Posts stay discoverable in the Public Square, but interaction is reserved for verified paying members in perso Square. That reduces bots, trolls, spam, and low-intent behavior around your work.
How perso works
Read freely
Anyone can discover thought leaders, writers, influencers, content creators, posts, and verified organizations in the Public Square. This keeps reach open and makes it easy for new people to find your work.
Verify identity
To interact, people must first verify that they are real. That helps keep fake accounts, anonymous abuse, and disposable profiles out of the conversation.
Subscribe
Membership starts at €4.99/month on Android and €5.99/month on Apple. That small membership fee keeps perso ad-free and helps make participation more intentional.
Interact with intention
Inside perso Square, verified paying members can post, comment, like, repost, and connect. Participation is more accountable, more respectful, and more valuable.
Two spaces
Two spaces, one safer social experience
perso is built around two different spaces, each with a different purpose.
Public Square
Open to everyone and read-only. People can discover thought leaders, writers, influencers, content creators, conversations, and verified organizations without needing to join. Because the Public Square is read-only, bots and bad actors cannot post, comment, spam, or manipulate conversations there. Followers can read a thought leader's posts for free, but they cannot interact unless they verify their identity and pay a small membership fee.
perso Square
For verified paying members only. This is where real participation happens. Inside perso Square, members can:
- Post.
- Comment.
- Like.
- Repost.
- Connect with other verified people.
- Interact with verified organizations.
The result is simple: discovery stays open, while participation stays trusted.
Why join
Why people are joining perso
Thought leaders, writers, influencers, and content creators want a more protected audience. Followers want better conversations. Communities want a calmer, more meaningful place to connect.
On perso, you get:
- Real people instead of fake engagement.
- Better conversations with less noise.
- A more respectful environment.
- A stronger sense of community.
- A platform designed around trust, not attention extraction.
Membership
Why membership matters
From €4.99/month
When a platform is free, you are often the product. On perso, members fund the experience, so members come first.
Membership starts at €4.99/month on Android and €5.99/month on Apple. That monthly fee keeps perso ad-free, helps block bots and abuse, and supports a better space for thought leaders, writers, influencers, content creators, followers, and organizations.
Your membership:
- Keeps perso ad-free.
- Helps block bots and abuse.
- Supports a better space for public voices and their communities.
- Makes participation more intentional and more valuable.
Partner
A real public square also needs real organizations
A trusted network cannot rely only on verified people. It also needs verified organizations.
On perso, official accounts can be verified for brands, publishers, NGOs, associations, public institutions, and businesses, so people know which organizations are real and accountable.
That means:
- Real organizations instead of impersonators.
- More accountability in public communication.
- More trust between people and organizations.
- A safer and more credible public square.
FAQ
Questions people will ask
How does perso protect thought leaders, writers, influencers, and content creators?
Anyone can read their posts in the Public Square, so their work stays discoverable. But only verified paying members can reply, comment, repost, or otherwise interact in perso Square, which sharply reduces bots, spam, trolls, and low-intent behavior.
What does "verified person" mean?
It means we confirm you are a real person, so others know they are interacting with a real human.
What does "verified organization" mean?
It means we confirm that a company, brand, publisher, NGO, or institution is real and officially represented.
Why is perso paid?
Because subscriptions keep the platform sustainable, ad-free, and less vulnerable to bots and abuse.
How much does perso cost?
perso costs €4.99/month on Android and €5.99/month on Apple.
Why is the Apple price higher?
We believe in transparent pricing. Apple charges higher platform fees, so the price on Apple is slightly higher. We prefer to explain that clearly rather than hide it somewhere else. App-store commissions on digital subscriptions are commonly significant, often in the 15% to 30% range depending on the platform and program.
What is the difference between Public Square and perso Square?
Public Square is open for discovery and read-only, so anyone can explore while bots and bad actors cannot interact. perso Square is for verified paying members, where real participation happens.
Bring your real community somewhere better
For thought leaders, writers, influencers, and content creators, perso is a place to publish without being fully exposed. For followers, it is a place to belong with intention. For organizations, it is a place to participate with legitimacy and accountability.
Real people. Real organizations. Real conversations.
Frequently asked questions
- What is perso?
- perso is a social network where every member is a verified human. It uses government ID verification to keep out bots, fake accounts, and anonymous trolls, so conversations stay real.
- Is perso free?
- Reading the public square is free and open to everyone. To post and interact you become a verified member for a small monthly fee, which funds perso instead of advertising.
- How does perso verify that members are real humans?
- Each member completes a one-time identity check with our verification provider, Didit. You scan a government photo ID and take a quick selfie for liveness. perso never sees your raw ID images.
- Is perso on iPhone yet?
- perso is launching on iPhone and Android at the same time, not Android first. It is not live yet, so join the waitlist to get the download link the moment it goes live.
- What happens to my ID after verification?
- Your ID documents are never stored by perso. Verification runs inside Didit secure environment, and the session is deleted once the check completes. perso keeps only your verified name, an over-18 flag, and a reference id.