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Invite three people who know you
Choose friends who can speak to the everyday details a polished bio leaves out.
Dating, vouched for
Your friends write the profile.
KnownBy replaces self-promotion with three candid vouches from people who know you. Meet through real context—not a perfectly polished pitch.
Manual approval · Connected communities · No profile boosts
The KnownBy promise
Less performance. More signal.
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Three named perspectives
Every profile starts with three people putting their own relationship to you behind what they say.
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No self-edited bios
Members cannot tune every sentence for maximum appeal. Restart the profile, or accept it honestly.
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No pay-to-win visibility
A subscription opens the same experience for everyone. There are no boosts or sponsored placements.
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Built community by community
We open within connected social graphs, where mutual context means more than endless volume.
How it works
A profile you could not have written alone.
KnownBy intentionally adds one meaningful hurdle before you browse. The people who clear it arrive with richer context.
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Let specific prompts do the work
Your friends answer candid questions about how you are perceived, what makes you happy, and who fits you.
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Meet through real context
Browse complete profiles, see mutual connections, and message without boosts or paid visibility tricks.
Prompts with teeth
Specific questions resist empty praise.
Friends are asked for moments, tradeoffs, and fit—not a list of flattering adjectives.
“What are they bad at that a partner would need to be fine with?”
One honest membership
Pay for the community, never attention.
KnownBy will launch as a paid-only dating product. The price keeps the pool intentional; it never changes where your profile appears.
KnownBy membership
Available when your community opens
$18 / month
- Vouch collection from three friends
- A friend-written profile you cannot self-edit
- Mutual connections shown while browsing
- Direct messaging with other members
- Equal visibility—no boosts or paid placement
No free tier. Cancel anytime once subscriptions begin.
The details
Questions worth asking
Known well. Matched honestly.
Bring three friends. Meet with more context.
Join the waitlist for your community and be among the first to build a profile that sounds like the real you.
Join the KnownBy waitlist