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Privatus · For your community

The private way to be part of your community.

A private, family-safe home for the neighborhood you live in — your neighbors, your resident board, and the updates that matter where you are. No algorithm, no ads. Free forever.

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The idea

Where you live is more than an address — it is a community. Privatus gives yours a private place of its own, and treats it like a neighborhood — not a slot machine.

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Not another feed

Quiet by design, not by accident.

Social platforms are built to keep you scrolling — an algorithm picks what you see, ads wear the costume of posts, and strangers perform for reach. Privatus does the opposite. It is just your community and the people in it, in order, at your pace. No infinite scroll. No engagement bait. Nothing sold to the highest bidder.

Your neighbors and community, first
No ads dressed up as posts
No endless algorithmic scroll
Off-market mode hides the marketplace entirely

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Family-safe by design

A place you would let your family scroll.

Everything on Privatus lives inside Community Standards, moderated the way a good neighborhood would. No adult content, no pile-ons, no anonymous cruelty — because the people here are real neighbors, not bots or throwaway accounts. It is the rare corner of the internet you can hand to a parent, a partner, or your kids.

Held to clear Community Standards
Real neighbors, not bots or trolls
No adult or toxic content
Safe to browse together, as a family

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Posts that earn their place

The community curates — not a machine.

There is no algorithm to game and no reach to buy. Members hold two votes — they commend the posts that uplift, and they can flag the ones that fall short. Commended posts rise; flagged ones can be quietly retired. What you see is simply what your neighbors chose to lift up. (How the two votes work is just below.)

Members commend the posts that uplift
Commended posts rise in Discover
Members flag what falls short of standards
No paid reach, no outrage economy

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Give to your community

Contribute in the open, keep the trust.

Share your build journey, post an update from your street, answer a neighbor weighing the same community. Contribute privately to your resident board, or publicly to the wider atlas — either way it is tied to a real handle and held to the same standards, so what you add makes the place more trustworthy, not less. That is how a directory becomes a community.

Post to your resident board or the public atlas
Everything tied to a real @handle
Help neighbors deciding on your community
Contributions keep the platform honest

Inside your community

More than a group chat. A place with rooms.

Join the community you live in and its whole world opens up in one private place — the people, the plans, and everything happening where you are.

Neighbors & members

The people who actually live here — verified residents, not anonymous handles.

A resident board

Private posts and updates meant for your community only, behind residency.

Events

What's happening on your street and around the neighborhood.

Phases & build updates

New sections, milestones, and what is coming next where you live.

Media & photos

The community's real photos over time — not a marketing render.

The builders here

Who is building in your community, with their plans and homes.

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Private by default

Yours, and only who you let in.

Your board is private until you choose to share it, and new followers need your approval before they see a thing. Residents verify that they actually live where they say — so the neighborhood you step into is real neighbors, not anonymous accounts.

Your board is private until you share it
New followers need your approval
Private posts stay on your board
Residents verify they live here

How the square stays healthy

Two votes. One healthy square.

No corporate feed decides what you see and no ad model buries it. Every member gets a small, limited allowance each year — of praise, and of protest (one of each on Bronze, more on Silver and Gold) — and the community promotes what edifies and retires what degrades, itself.

Commend

Praise the posts that reflect what a community should be — the honest walkthrough, the generous answer, the good news from your street. Commending spends from a limited yearly allowance, so a commend actually means something.

One a year on Bronze — 12 on Silver, 52 on Gold
Spend them on posts that uplift
Commended posts earn greater visibility in Discover
You cannot commend your own posts

Veto

Flag a public post that falls short of a Community Standard. Your vote is anonymous — the author never sees who flagged. Each category carries a threshold: explicit material clears at a low bar; most others need broad agreement. Reach the threshold and the post quietly moves to private.

One a year on Bronze — 4 on Silver, 12 on Gold
Anonymous — the author never sees who flagged
Category thresholds (explicit = low; others need consensus)
Enough flags moves a post to private

Anything that endangers a child or incites violence is removed by Artitec immediately — that never waits on a vote. And abusing the veto to target a neighbor is itself a violation.

Read the Community Standards

When you want to do more than post

Lead your community. Two ways.

Some neighbors want to organize, not just participate. Gold opens two paths — one you step into yourself, one you earn by proving your office — and both can put a real question to the whole community and let it vote.

Community Advocate

A resident who steps up for an issue. Go Gold and you become one the same moment — no application, no wait. Rally the neighbors who agree and carry that mandate to your HOA.

Self-serve — going Gold makes you an Advocate instantly
Start community votes & petitions your neighbors weigh in on
Rally support with issue-scoped advocacy blasts
Legitimacy comes from your neighbors, not a title

HOA Admin

An elected officer acting for the association — not just a member who paid. Go Gold, then verify your office (upload your roster or minutes for review, or get vouched by an existing officer). The official channel belongs to the office, so it passes to the next board when they’re elected.

Verified — you prove you hold the office
Official message blasts to every member
Post the official outcome of a community vote
The official role passes to the next elected board

A community vote is not a commend or a veto — those keep the feed healthy. This decides where the community stands: an advocate proposes a change, verified residents vote, and the tally becomes something you can put in front of your board.

And it is free

Builders fund the tools. You keep the room.

Artitec is paid for by builders, who use its premium tools to reach buyers who are comparing rather than casually browsing. That is what keeps Privatus free for you — not your attention auctioned off. No ads dressed as listings, no data sold, no trial that quietly starts charging. Bronze is free forever, no card; Silver ($14.99/yr) and Gold ($59.99/yr) add more voice only if you want it.

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Get started

Three steps, and you are home.

Claim your @handle

Free, no card. Your private board and identity on Artitec, in under a minute.

Join your community

The one you live in — or are moving to. Verify residency to unlock its resident board.

Contribute to your community

Post an update, share what you know, commend the neighbors who help — a few good posts is how a directory becomes a community.

Questions

Answered, plainly.

Do I need to own a home to join?: No. Anyone can claim a handle, follow communities, and browse. If you live in (or are moving to) a community, verifying residency unlocks its private resident board.
Is it really free?: Yes — the Bronze tier is free forever, no card. Builders fund the platform, so being part of your community costs you nothing. Two small upgrades add more voice if you want them: Silver ($14.99/yr) and Gold ($59.99/yr).
Is my data sold?: No. There are no ads dressed as posts and no data auction. Your attention is not the product — that is the whole point of Privatus.
Who can see what I post?: You decide. Your personal board is private until you approve followers, and posts to your resident board stay inside your community.
How is moderation not just censorship?: The community itself curates, in the open — members commend what uplifts and can veto what falls short of published Community Standards. Artitec only steps in to remove serious harm.
Can I organize my neighbors, not just post?: Yes. Go Gold and you become a Community Advocate instantly — you can start community votes and petitions and rally support with advocacy blasts. If you are an elected HOA officer, verify your office (a quick review, or a vouch from an existing officer) to unlock the official message blast to every member.
Will builders spam me?: No cold outreach. You follow the builders and reps you choose, and you only get updates from the ones you follow.

Your community, kept private

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