How Misd works

Moments. Reactions. Signals.

Three words. One system. Here's exactly how they fit together.

Moment
A post you write about something that happened — a missed connection, a funny scene, a sighting. Your broadcast of presence. Gone in 72 hours. Twelve types available.
12 types → see below
Reaction
How you respond to someone else's moment. Five reactions are free and anonymous — 😮 👁 🔥 💭 ✨. The sixth, 👋 "This might be me," is the one that can spark a match.
6 reactions → see below
Signal
The word that covers both. When you post a moment, you're sending a signal. When you react with 👋, you're spending one of your 5 daily signals. Same word, two roles.
5 per day · resets midnight
Moments

Twelve kinds of
human moment.

Every moment you post belongs to one of twelve categories. Pick the one that fits what you witnessed. The category shapes which reactions make sense — and whether 👋 "This might be me" could ever apply.

💌
Missed Connection

You saw them. They saw you. Nobody said a word.

"Peachtree & 5th, 4:47pm. You were reading Murakami in the window. I almost said hi."

😂
Funny

The absurd stuff nobody would believe.

"Guy at the food truck ordered 'surprise me' and got a breakfast burrito at 9am. Pure legend."

😬
Awkward

The moments that should've stayed in your head.

"To the person who held the elevator and I STILL didn't make it: I am so sorry."

💛
Wholesome

Small acts. Big feelings.

"Woman gave her umbrella to a stranger at Midtown station. Didn't know each other. You made my whole week."

👀
Spotted

What you saw. Where you saw it.

"Celebrity at Ponce City Market rooftop. Not saying who. But yes. Really."

🤯
Unbelievable

The stuff that makes you stop.

"Just watched someone parallel park a full-size van in ONE move. Olympic-level."

👂
Overheard

A fragment too good to keep to yourself.

"Guy on the phone: 'I didn't say it was your fault. I said I was blaming you.' Walked away. I've been thinking about it for 3 days."

Vibe Check

What's the energy right now?

"Cafe Intermezzo at 8pm — packed, good playlist, no weird energy, bathroom line is fine. 9.5/10 vibe."

🔍
Lost & Found

The city returns what you lose.

"Found a brown leather wallet near the Inman Park MARTA exit. Has an ID inside. Reply or DM."

🤫
Confession

The thing you couldn't say anywhere else.

"I've been going to the same coffee shop for two years and I still don't know how to correctly say the name of my order. I point."

🙏
Grateful

A thank you with nowhere to go.

"To whoever left an umbrella at the L5P MARTA exit with a note that said 'take it' — I took it. Thank you. You saved my whole day."

🤝
Offer

Giving something away. Right here, right now.

"Have 4 extra tickets to tonight's jazz show at Variety Playhouse, 8pm. Free. First reply gets them. No strings."

💌
Only Missed Connection posts can trigger a match
The 👋 "This might be me" reaction is only meaningful on Missed Connection moments — it's the only type where someone might genuinely be the other person in the story. On all other moment types, 👋 won't trigger a match window. Use 😮 "I relate" instead.
Reactions

Five free reactions.
One that costs.

When you see someone else's moment, you can react with one of six options. Five are free, unlimited, and anonymous. The sixth — 👋 "This might be me" — is the only one that can open a match, and it costs one of your 5 daily signals.

👋
This might be me
Identity signal

The only signal that can open a match. You're claiming this moment might be about you. Costs one daily signal — you have five. If the author also taps it back, the match fires and a private 72-hour window opens.

Mutual match required. Both sides must tap before anything connects. The author never knows you tapped until both have signaled.
😮
I relate
Empathy signal

Something in the post resonates with you — not because it's about you, but because you've been in that exact situation. It's empathy, not identity. Anonymous, unlimited, no match potential.

Free to use, no daily limit. Shows the author their moment landed. Nothing connecting.
👁
I was here
Presence signal

You recognize the place or the moment. You were in that café, on that train, at that intersection. A soft acknowledgment of co-presence, nothing more. No identity implied.

Soft and anonymous. Tells the author the moment was real and witnessed. No match, no cost.
🔥
This is alive
Energy signal

The post has energy — it crackles, it's tense, it's electric in some way you can feel. You're amplifying the emotional charge of the moment, not commenting on whether it's about you.

Boosts the post's energy ranking in the feed. No match, no daily limit.
💭
Still thinking
Reflection signal

Something in the post is sitting with you — unresolved, lingering, worth more than a quick reaction. It's the signal for posts that make you pause. The post gets noted as resonant without any pressure to act.

Anonymous. No match, no limit. Tells the author the post had depth.
Beautiful moment
Appreciation signal

Pure appreciation — this moment was worth capturing and worth reading. No identity claim, no co-presence implied. Just recognition that someone wrote something worth existing in the world for its 72 hours.

No match, no limit, no cost. The warmest signal with the least weight.
Signal cost table

What each
signal costs.

The economics of the system are simple: most signals are free. The one that matters has a price.

Signal
Daily cost
Match potential
Anonymous
👋 This might be me
1 signal
😮 I relate
free
👁 I was here
free
🔥 This is alive
free
💭 Still thinking
free
Beautiful moment
free
When it fires

The match moment
in real time.

When both sides tap "This might be me" on the same post, the match fires. Here's what that looks like — and what opens after.

Neither person knows the other already signaled. There's no loading bar, no preview, no "someone is interested" nudge. You tap because you believe it's you — not because you know they're watching.
The moment the system detects both have tapped, the overlay fires. Full-screen. Unmissable. A private 72-hour window opens with the other person's alias — nothing else.
The timing is intentional. If the author taps first and the reader taps after, the match fires when the reader taps. If the reader taps first, the match fires when the author taps. The system never reveals which happened first.
After the match fires:
01 Private channel opens — aliases only, no photos
02 Chat lives exactly as long as the post does
03 When the post expires, the chat closes — save what matters
04 No trace left behind. No archived thread. Gone.
What you see
morning_reader · Cafe Intermezzo · 2h agoexp 22h
"You were reading a worn copy of Kafka. I spilled my latte trying to say something. You looked up for exactly one second and I completely lost the sentence."
👁 8
😮 4
👋 2
✨ 6
💌
It's a match.
A private 72-hour window just opened.
The one signal that costs something

👋 "This might be me" — 5 per day.

Only the 👋 reaction has a daily limit. Every other reaction — and posting a moment — is completely free and unlimited. The cap exists to make the one that matters actually mean something.

If you could tap 👋 on everything, you'd tap it on nothing. The limit forces a question: "Am I tapping this because it's actually me — or because I want it to be?"
That moment of hesitation is the entire point. It separates recognition from wishful thinking.
👋
👋
👋
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2 used · 1 available · 2 gone today · resets midnight
Live Mode: no limit
In a live space — a concert, rooftop, night market — signals reset when you join. Context is already established. Everyone co-present. The Match Now signal fires instantly instead of waiting for both to tap independently.
Your daily budget
Post a moment → free — unlimited
free
Tap 👋 "This might be me"
-1
Wrong Memory Anchor answer
-1
Match fires (you connected!)
Any other reaction (👁 😮 🔥 💭 ✨)
free
Entering a live space
reset
One more thing

What happens to
a signal that expires?

Every signal lives for 72 hours. If it finds a match — great. If it expires unmatched, it doesn't just disappear.

📜
Lost Signals Archive
Unmatched signals that expire are anonymized and added to Atlanta's permanent public archive — their words preserved as poetry. No names, no context. Just the moment, stripped bare, living on indefinitely.
Read the archive →

You have 5 signals.
Use them well.

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