What Is Patio?

When's the last time you actually left a social media site in a better mood?

Patio is a new social media platform solving for the issues plaguing the current services that dominate our lives.

Despite its flaws, we believe social media is actually a good thing. It empowers people, connects friends and families, and has the power to bring our world closer together.

However, the most dominant social media platforms of today rely on business models that work against us:

Ad-supported services rely on sorting algorithms and addictive features such as likes and recommended posts to keep users on the platform as long as possible.
These algorithms prioritize engagement. Unfortunately, the content people are most likely to engage with is often extremely negative.
This format has been shown to cause detrimental mental heal effects on users, especially on the developing minds of children and teenagers.

OUR MISSION: to solve these issues and recapture the original promise of social media: connection.

What Makes Patio Different?

Patio provides a purely social experience, encouraging and empowering our users to stay connected with those they care about on and offline. We do this with a simple and streamlined format, free of ads and addictive features.

On Patio, there are no ads, no algorithms, no likes, and no recommended posts on a page curated "for you." And because there are no ads, we will never collect, let alone sell, your personal data. That also means we have no incentive to try to get you hooked and stay on our site all day. In fact, we encourage you not to - get out and live in the moment!

So.. what is on Patio? A clean and easy-to-use social platform, free from clutter, which empowers users to stay connected with those they care about. Users can share posts and comment on each other's content, text and video chat, and plan and relive events. And we've got even more planned to come soon!

In short, Patio is a social media platform that puts authentic connection over profits and stock price. We hope to see you around!