In a world where every thought shared online becomes data to be harvested, Journal is a small act of rebellion.
Today we're introducing Journal — a completely private space for reflection built right into MOSSLET. Plus, we're catching you up on major platform updates including Discover, RSS feeds, our referral program, and accessibility improvements.
What You'll Learn
- Platform updates: Discover, RSS, referral program, and more
- Why we built a private journaling space inside a social network
- How Journal's privacy screen protects your thoughts in shared spaces
- The AI features that help without harvesting your data
- How end-to-end encryption keeps your entries unreadable — even to us
Recent Platform Updates (January 2026)
🌿 Discover & RSS Feeds — Browse public community posts and subscribe via RSS
💳 New Pricing Options — Subscriptions (monthly/annual) or lifetime payment, with Affirm plans in US
💸 Referral Program — Earn 30% recurring + 35% on lifetime (real money via Stripe)
✈️ Smart Sharing — Paper airplane icon, sidebar indicators, content warnings
🦖 Accessibility First — Keyboard navigation, screen reader support, semantic HTML
⭕ Circles — Groups renamed for a warmer, more personal feel
📸 Better Uploads — HEIC, WebP support with real-time progress
🐜 Bot Defense — Protection against automated spam and abuse
Pricing That Works For You
- 14-day free trial on all subscription plans
- Monthly or annual subscriptions — cancel anytime, no hassle
- Lifetime payment — pay once, own your account forever
- Affirm payment plans available in the US for annual and lifetime tiers
Journal Features (v0.12.0)
✍️ Write freely — Optional titles, 120+ mood options, automatic word count tracking
📚 Organize with Books — Group entries into themed collections
📈 Writing streaks — Build consistency with daily streak tracking
⭐ Star favorites — Mark meaningful entries to revisit later
🔒 Privacy screen — One-tap content hiding with countdown timer
✨ AI journaling prompts — Get inspired without sharing your history
🔮 Mood insights — Pattern analysis that never reads your actual words
📷 Handwritten upload — Digitize paper journal entries with AI
How Privacy Actually Works
Unlike other platforms, Journal entries are encrypted with your personal key before they ever reach our database. We store functional metadata (dates, word counts, book assignments) but your actual writing — titles, content, moods — exists only as encrypted noise.
Even we can't read what you've written.
AI features are designed privacy-first:
- Prompts generated using only your current mood
- Insights based on dates and word counts, never content
- Handwritten photos processed once, then immediately deleted
- Zero training on your personal data
Why This Matters
Whether you're processing something difficult, practicing gratitude, tracking creative projects, or just need somewhere to dump your thoughts at the end of a long day — Journal is your private corner of the internet.
A place where your reflections stay yours. Where AI helps without harvesting. Where privacy isn't a marketing claim — it's a cryptographic reality.
Ready to start journaling? Join MOSSLET today!
Episode Timeline:
- 0:00 — Opening: The world our kids are growing up in
- 0:45 — Platform updates: Discover, RSS, referrals, pricing and more
- 3:00 — Why we built Journal
- 4:15 — Core Journal features walkthrough
- 6:45 — AI that respects your privacy
- 9:15 — How encryption actually works
- 10:45 — A small act of rebellion
Links:
- MOSSLET: https://mosslet.com
- Journal announcement: https://mosslet.com/blog/articles/12
- Referral program details: https://mosslet.com/referrals
- All updates: https://mosslet.com/updates
- Open source code: https://github.com/moss-piglet/MOSSLET — Verify our privacy claims yourself
- Why Open Source Matters: Our code is completely open source. You don't have to take our word about encryption, privacy-first AI, or data handling — you can inspect the code yourself and verify that we do exactly what we say we do. Transparency isn't optional when you're asking people to trust you with their thoughts and memories.
