How Ahaondéag Works

The name Ahaondéag (Irish for "eleven") isn't decoration — it's structural. Each Ahaondéag group holds a maximum of eleven people - you & 10 others.

When you post or comment, you can edit your content for up to eleven minutes - provided no-one has commented - then it's fixed.

You can be invited to join other other Ahaondéag groups (max 10), just as you can invite friends to join yours. Invitations expire after eleven days.

The constraint is deliberate: small circles make real conversation possible.

When you register, a Personal Ahaondéag is created just for you — a small, private space you name and control. You can invite up to ten people into it.

• Invite by email or share link via the Members tab.
• To invite someone you've met in another Ahaondéag group, just click on their name. Their profile opens and you tap Invite near the bottom.
• Post, reply, and have threaded conversations.
• Posts can include an optional image.
• You can edit a post for up to eleven minutes after writing it.
• To remove a member, visit their profile from the Members tab and scroll to Remove.
• If you go quiet for around eleven weeks, the group will close automatically.

You're also assigned to a public Ahaondéag group when you register — a rotating circle of up to eleven people you may not know yet. You stay for eleven days, then you are reassigned to a new public Ahaondéag. It's a gentle way to meet different people without the pressure of a public feed.

• You're always in exactly one public Ahaondéag group.
• A progress bar on each member card shows where everyone is in their rotation.
• You can leave early if you'd like, but there's a short cooldown before you can leave again.
• Posts you make stay visible to that group after you leave, marked as from a former member.

Any member of a Ahaondéag can post an idea — something that could be useful, thought-provoking, or worth sharing beyond the group. Initially, it's only visible to the Ahaondéag group you're in (personal or public), and the author is shown.

• Members vote on ideas they find worthwhile — one vote each.
• When an idea reaches six votes, it's listed on the global Ideas board. At that point the author's name is hidden — ideas are judged on their content, not who wrote them.
• Every member of every Ahaondéag group can vote on Listed Ideas.
• The global board is visible to everyone, including people who aren't on Ahaondéag — but only members can vote.
• Ideas that go eleven weeks without a vote are quietly archived — still readable, but closed to new votes.

Chats can only happen with permission. You can send a 1-to-1 chat request to anyone whose profile you can see. They choose whether to accept — nobody gets an unwanted conversation.

• Send a request from someone's profile page
• They'll see it in their Notifications and can accept or decline
• Once active, either of you can send messages up to 400 characters
• Threads with no activity for eleven weeks are removed automatically

Your profile is what other members see when they click on your name. It's simple and under your control — no public stats, no follower counts.

• Add a display name, short bio, location, and interests.
• Upload an avatar if you'd like a face to the name.
• You can rename your Personal Ahaondéag from the profile edit page.
• Other members who visit your profile can:
  • Invite you to their Personal Ahaondéag.
  • Send a 1-to-1 Chat request.
  • Block you.

If you ever want to leave Ahaondéag entirely, you can do that from the profile edit page too.

If you see a post, comment, or idea that doesn't belong here, you can flag it. Flagging is a quiet signal — there's no public callout, no drama.

• Flags are anonymous — the author won't know it was you
• When enough members flag the same content independently, it's hidden automatically
• You can't flag your own content
• Flagging is for genuine concern, not disagreement — if you simply don't like an idea, vote accordingly