Person Media

❞ If you keep gazing at your inspiration, you could become a genius. ~ me

Starting a journey to fix loneliness.
Not building another social app — building Person Media.
First question: What if your online identity wasn’t a profile, but a person? 🧵

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I’m Nigerian — and growing up, depression wasn’t something we truly understood.
In nursing school, it appeared in textbooks like hypertension or malaria:
“a condition… treated with medication.”
Simple. Clinical. Detached.

Until I left home.

2/

Traveling and working as a nurse, I discovered a truth that broke my heart:

Depression is often rooted in loneliness — and loneliness doesn’t respond to medication.
It responds to presence.

3/

I’ve seen loneliness in busy cities, crowded trains, silent cafés.
Everyone “connected,” yet everyone alone.
Personal space became emotional walls.
The walls became normal.
The normal became unhealthy.

4/

And social media?
It took those walls and added an algorithm.

So instead of reaching for each other, we reach for screens.
We scroll. We perform. We disappear.
Presence replaced by content.
Humanity replaced by feeds.

5/

Then something strange happened — the moment that pulled me back to my idea.

One day, I got home from work and found a big card slipped under my door.
It listed services from someone in the area:

But the last item stopped me:

Companionship.

6/

It was written in Finnish — I can’t remember the exact word —
but the meaning was unmistakable: spending time with someone.

I froze. Bag still on my back. Winter jacket still on.
Just standing in my room, staring at the card.

7/

Then something else hit me — something deeper:

Before I could feel inspired, I felt fear.

Who is this?
A man or woman?
What age?
What reputation?
Are they safe?
Can I trust them?
I can’t just let anyone into my room.

And right there, I realized:

To cure loneliness, we need to cure identity first.

The card wasn’t dangerous because of companionship —
it was dangerous because of identity uncertainty.

The problem wasn’t the offer.
The problem was the person behind the offer.

That’s when everything clicked.

8 — The Right Order/

Loneliness isn’t chaotic because humans are chaotic.
Loneliness is chaotic because identity is chaotic online.

To calm loneliness, we don’t need more rules —
we need the right order:

PERSON → PRESENCE → RELATIONSHIP → TIME

This is the natural foundation of companionship.
And this is what the digital world has completely broken.

9/

That’s why Person Media exists:
A digital world that starts online… and flows naturally offline.
A world where the person is the medium.
Where presence replaces performance.
Where relationships have structure, safety, and meaning.
Where time with people actually counts.

10/

The first prototype is the World Calendar —
a living map of human presence, not content:

A gentle reminder that humanity is still here —
just harder to see.

11/

This is the beginning of a four-year public journey.
I’m building Person Media openly, slowly, and honestly.

Because I’ve met loneliness face-to-face.
And I’m not willing to let it keep winning.

12/

Say hello to Person Media.
A new kind of world — starting first online.
Built for identity.
Built for presence.
Built for companionship.
Built for humanity.

More soon.

Before you go — I’m curious:

Have you ever experienced a moment that made you rethink loneliness or connection?
When did you first notice that digital connection wasn’t real connection?
What moment made you realize how powerful real presence or companionship can be?