Leafroll
A protocol-native professional network built on ATProto. Leafroll centers intentional, bilateral relationships carried by portable identity.
The premise
Professional networking built on intentional, earned relationships.
What it does
Leafroll treats the relationships worth having as earned, mutual, and finite, which keeps the network small.
- Bilateral. A connection means something because both people chose it.
- Intentional outreach. Reaching out costs something, so each message carries weight.
- Identity you own. Your identity and data live with you on ATProto. Leafroll is one application you choose to use.
- Portable reputation. Your reputation moves with you across protocol-native apps.
Why ATProto
On the AT Protocol, identity is portable, the data is yours, and the network runs as an application on shared infrastructure. Trust and identity move with the person across every app they use, which is what lets bilateral relationships work.
Related ATProto work
Leafroll is one of several protocol-native experiments, each one a familiar category rebuilt for portable identity. It shares its trust model with Glowrm and sits alongside PBJ and other ATProto work.