Congratulations. You found the unmarked door, you knew the password, and now you’re standing in a room most people don’t know exists. Please admire the exposed wiring. We left it that way on purpose.
What “private beta” actually means
It means you’re early. Early enough that some buttons do exactly what you’d hope, and some buttons do something we’re calling “a feature we’re still interviewing.” You are not a customer right now. You are a co-conspirator.
We let you in because we trust your eye and your discretion — in that order, but only barely.
A gentle ask about the group chat
We know the temptation. You’ll see something delightful, your thumb will twitch toward the screenshot button, and suddenly forty people who weren’t invited are forming opinions about a half-built settings page.
Please don’t. Not because it’s secret-secret — because it’s unfinished, and unfinished things deserve to be judged by the people who signed up to judge them.
The rough edges are the point
If everything were polished, we’d have called it a launch and charged you for it. The whole deal with a private beta is that you get to shape it while it’s still soft. Tell us what’s clumsy. We can’t fix what looks great from the lobby.
Thank you for being early. Early is the best seat in the house.
Spotted something gloriously broken? Tell us — that’s literally the job. — Viv