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I started Block Party because I couldn't accept that simply being online meant surrendering control — over your safety, your privacy, your data. The internet is too important to opt out of, but it shouldn’t be the danger zone that it is by default.

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The first version of Block Party was a viral anti-harassment product for Twitter with tens of thousands of users and devoted paid subscribers, including accounts with 1M+ followers.

Our users raved about how we transformed their online experience, and the whole trust and safety industry took note of what was possible with a tiny, dedicated team working on problems previously thought to be "just too difficult."

We were cited in an amicus brief before the Supreme Court, filed by Francis Fukuyama et al, as a leading example of middleware, a model for countering authoritarian capture of social media.

Some companies pivot because they realize they're just not headed in the right direction. Other companies get smacked in the face by a brick wall that materializes out of thin air.