Pick any mix: within a group a site needs one of your picks, and across groups it needs all of them. Nothing is ranked; the sites are in alphabetical order.
A creator’s audience · 4 Pools
A songwriter’s listeners as a Pool on her own site, so the people in it can find each other by town and at shows, and the audience is not locked to one platform.
- For
- Friends and neighbors, Music
- Run by
- A person
- Join
- Open to anyone
- Where
- Port Ellery and across the Northwest
In the demo Marisol wrote back to Liner Notes from Tacoma and asked to be listed. Ada put her page forward, and the Pool sent the request to the address on Marisol’s page. Nothing happens until she answers.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog and Familiar Faces. Pool by Pool
Design language K1 Inner Sleeve · The library
Visit Ada Quillon
Public library · 7 Pools
A library’s notice board. Every card was pinned up by the person on it, and a quiet chess Pool is choosing a new keeper.
- For
- Friends and neighbors, Games, Letters and languages, Mutual aid
- Run by
- A library or school
- Join
- Open to anyone, or a curator asks or vouches
- Where
- Port Ellery
In the demo Bram pinned up a carpool and Rosa, at the desk, submitted Theo’s page.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog, Familiar Faces and Bellows. Pool by Pool
Design language B1 Notice Board · Yellow and Scarlet
Visit The Board
Alumni office · one Pool
A college alumni office up the coast that keeps a public Pool of first-generation alumni, so any program can show students who is out there.
- For
- Mentorship
- Run by
- A library or school
- Join
- Open to anyone
- Where
- Across the Northwest
Keeps Cape Tarrow First-Gen Alumni, public.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog, Familiar Faces and Bellows. Pool by Pool
See the Pool
Consortium newspaper · 1 Pool
A newspaper that reads every public Pool in its consortium from each site’s own well-known file, and prints it on Mondays.
- For
- Friends and neighbors
- Run by
- A group, co-op or nonprofit
- Join
- Open to anyone
- Where
- Across the Northwest
In the demo Ruth asks June whether she would write the garden column.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog and Familiar Faces. Pool by Pool
Design language B3 Circled · Yellow and Scarlet
Visit The Circular
Letter co-op · 4 Pools
A language-exchange co-op in Oaxaca: one slow letter a week, in two languages, over email. Classes pay for the letters.
- For
- Letters and languages
- Run by
- A group, co-op or nonprofit
- Join
- Open to anyone
- Where
- Anywhere
In the demo Valeria asks Samuel into the French and English Pool. No letter can be written to him until he says yes, and then until someone he has also said yes to writes first.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial and Card Catalog. Pool by Pool
Design language A3 Postmark · Purple and Silver
Visit Correo Lento
Climbing gym · 5 Pools
A climbing gym whose staff belay check is a vouch in one Pool, so checked climbers can find a partner for Saturday, and a run anyone can join.
- For
- Climbing and running, Friends and neighbors
- Run by
- A business
- Join
- Open to anyone, or a curator asks or vouches
- Where
- Seattle
In the demo Halima came to her first Tuesday night at Drip Line last week, and Pilar checked her belay. The check is a vouch in Belay Partners only. The Pool asked her that evening, and nothing is listed until she says yes.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog, Familiar Faces and Bellows. Pool by Pool
Design language K3 Hang Tag · The library
Visit Drip Line
Friendship app · hosts no Pools
A friendship app that reads the groups you already belong to, like the Tuesday walk that leaves from the library steps.
- For
- Friends and neighbors
- Run by
- An app
- Join
- Open to anyone
- Where
- Anywhere
In the demo Theo uses Familiar Faces. Maggie, who keeps the Tuesday walk at the library, asks him in; Familiar Faces shows him the request beside the groups he is already in.
Design language G3 Crosshatch · Teal and Marigold
Visit Familiar Faces
Musicians’ collective · 5 Pools
Musicians finding bandmates and Friday fill-ins. Auto-accept rules can answer for them, and never silently.
- For
- Music
- Run by
- A group, co-op or nonprofit
- Join
- Open to anyone
- Where
- Port Ellery
In the demo Friday’s bill lost its horn player. Kofi has no auto-accept rule, so the ask reaches him by hand, with 48 hours on the clock.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog, Familiar Faces and Bellows. Pool by Pool
Design language B2 Matchbook · Yellow and Scarlet
Visit Ferry Room Players
Mutual-aid network · 4 Pools
Who can lend what, who can drive, who will cook, and who would like a knock on a storm day, kept as plain files anyone can copy and reached by email, so the list stays up when the power doesn’t.
- For
- Friends and neighbors, Mutual aid
- Run by
- A group, co-op or nonprofit
- Join
- Open to anyone, or a curator asks or vouches
- Where
- Port Ellery
In the demo Bet met Ida at her door on Saturday and asked whether she would like someone to check on her on storm days. The invitation reaches Ida alone, at the address on her own page.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog, Familiar Faces and Bellows. Pool by Pool
Design language J1 Laminate · The library
Visit Foul Weather Friends
Introductions · 3 Pools
Introductions for chosen family: platonic partners, co-parents and later-life housemates. Stewards meet people before they vouch for them.
- For
- Chosen family and home, Friends and neighbors
- Run by
- A group, co-op or nonprofit
- Join
- Open to anyone, or a curator asks or vouches
- Where
- Port Ellery
In the demo Mireille met Anton on a call last week and vouched for him. The invitation reaches him alone.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog and Familiar Faces. Pool by Pool
Design language G5 Half Door · Slate and Brass
Visit Hearthhold
Matchmakers · 3 Pools
Matchmakers who meet you first, then propose one introduction at a time. Both people say yes, or nothing happens.
- For
- Dating and relationships
- Run by
- A business
- Join
- A curator asks or vouches
- Where
- Port Ellery
In the demo Nadia met Gideon for coffee and asks whether he would like to join the Tuesday Table.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial and Card Catalog. Pool by Pool
Design language G1 Place Card · Purple and Red
Visit Late Supper
Community · 3 Pools
A community for consensual non-monogamy. You can be out in one Pool and private in another, and a household can show how it is connected, with every member’s yes.
- For
- Chosen family and home, Dating and relationships, Friends and neighbors
- Run by
- A group, co-op or nonprofit
- Join
- Open to anyone, or a curator asks or vouches
- Where
- Port Ellery
In the demo Rafa came to the new-to-this workshop. Lux asks whether he would like to be listed in the community.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog and Familiar Faces. Pool by Pool
Design language G4 Phases · Indigo and Brass
Visit Many Moons
First-generation mentorship · 2 Pools
A community college’s first-generation students meet people who were once where they are, only when both say yes, with an alumni Pool up the coast to draw on.
- For
- Mentorship
- Run by
- A library or school
- Join
- A curator asks or vouches, or invite-only
- Where
- Port Ellery
In the demo Fina met Rubén at intake in the Welcome Center last week and asks whether he would like to be in Midspan Students. The invitation reaches him alone, and no mentor learns it was sent.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog, Familiar Faces and Bellows. Pool by Pool
Design language J3 Bascule · The library
Visit Midspan
Independent curator · one Pool
A queer bar in Port Ellery whose regulars asked for a dating list, and asked for it to stay unlisted.
- For
- Dating and relationships
- Run by
- A business
- Join
- Open to anyone
- Where
- Port Ellery
Keeps Queer Harbor: Dating, unlisted.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial and Card Catalog. Pool by Pool
See the Pool
Board-game community · 6 Pools
Bring your Discord
A chat server’s members as a Pool they keep, readable by any app, whatever happens to the server. Kindling has no affiliation with Discord.
- For
- Friends and neighbors, Games
- Run by
- A group, co-op or nonprofit
- Join
- Open to anyone
- Where
- Port Ellery and across the Northwest
In the demo Juni followed the link Fern posted in the server on Saturday and gave the address of their own page. The Pool emailed the question to the address on that page. Nothing is listed until Juni says yes.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog, Familiar Faces and Bellows. Pool by Pool
Design language K4 House Rules · The library
Visit Rain Check
Dating app · hosts no Pools
A dating app that hosts no Pools of its own. It opens full, reading the Pools you already said yes to.
- For
- Dating and relationships
- Run by
- An app
- Join
- Open to anyone
- Where
- Anywhere
In the demo Jonah uses Roomful. Wren’s list asks him in; Roomful shows him the request, and nothing else happens until he answers.
Design language G2 Open House · Sage and Walnut
Visit Roomful
Nonprofit peer network · 2 Pools
Adults with a rare condition finding the few others who share it, in an invite-only Pool that stewards vouch people into.
- For
- Peer support
- Run by
- A group, co-op or nonprofit
- Join
- A curator asks or vouches, or invite-only
- Where
- Anywhere
In the demo Clare met Devika on a video call and vouched for her. The invitation reaches Devika alone.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial and Card Catalog. Pool by Pool
Design language A2 Constellation · Purple and Silver
Visit Scattered Light
Independent curator · one Pool
A bookstore in Port Ellery that pins single readers’ shelf-talkers by the register, with their yes, and lists them.
- For
- Dating and relationships
- Run by
- A business
- Join
- Open to anyone
- Where
- Port Ellery
Keeps The Singles Shelf, public.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial and Card Catalog. Pool by Pool
See the Pool
Trades referral circle · 2 Pools
A referral circle for the trades, where members vouch only for work they saw with their own eyes, and a curator asks you before any contractor learns your name.
- For
- Work and trades
- Run by
- A group, co-op or nonprofit
- Join
- A curator asks or vouches
- Where
- Port Ellery
In the demo Marcus nominated Ximena after the Pilot House refit. Delphine went out to the breakwater to look at the railings, and asks whether Ximena would like to be listed in Harbor Trades, with the vouch in Marcus’s words.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog, Familiar Faces and Bellows. Pool by Pool
Design language M5 Hi-Vis · The library
Visit Seen Work
Festival · 5 Pools
A folk and maritime music festival whose badge asks whether you would like to be in its Pool, so everyone who said yes is still findable after the weekend ends.
- For
- Friends and neighbors, Music
- Run by
- An event
- Join
- Open to anyone, or a curator asks or vouches
- Where
- Port Ellery and across the Northwest
In the demo Theo picked up his badge at the gate on Friday afternoon, his first Slack Water. The QR on the back opens the same handshake the Pool has just emailed him.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial, Card Catalog, Familiar Faces and Bellows. Pool by Pool
Design language M3 Signal Flags · The library
Visit Slack Water
Independent curator · one Pool
Wren Alvarez keeps a public list of date-me docs from the Northwest, and reads every doc before she asks.
- For
- Dating and relationships
- Run by
- A person
- Join
- Open to anyone
- Where
- Across the Northwest
Keeps Date-Me Docs: Cascadia, public. Also in Roomful’s demo.
Read in Face Up, Heartwood, Sundial and Card Catalog. Pool by Pool
See the Pool