cuisine for the curious mind.

what is it like?

imagine if reddit, a debate club, and a pros-and-cons decision tool had a smarter, calmer child.

the problem

most feeds	FFT Social
endless comments	one question, plated
hot takes	takes with pros and cons attached
people talking past each other	conditions that name what would change the answer
no clear path through a topic	your stance forms as you go

the platform

FFT Social is the brand (formal name: Food for Thought Social). food for thought is the launch cuisine on the platform. future cuisines live on the same shell:

• reviews — structured reviews of products, places, media.
• debates — small-group, formal-ish debate with judges and sides.
• contracts — proposed terms, redlines, accept/reject/counter.
• private — invite-only variants of any of the above.

one identity across all of them. separate-by-design data. nobody gets to spam your reviews tab from the contracts table.

vocabulary

the food words map onto a real schema. authoritative source: docs/02-taxonomy.md.

cuisine (L0)

a section of the restaurant — geopolitics, economics, climate, tech & ai, culture. one cuisine can hold many menus.

menu (L1)

one question being discussed. the thesis-level container. "how should the us respond to the iran conflict?" is a menu.

dish (L2)

a votable take on the menu. agree, depends, or disagree — dish by dish.

ingredient (L3+)

an argument for a dish. the pro.

gristle (L3−)

an argument against a dish. the con. you can pick it out without tossing the plate.

seasoning (Lq)

a caveat or condition that flips your answer ("only if allies are aligned").

recipe (Ls)

a citation or source. how this dish was made.

note (Lc)

a free-form comment. the restaurant-review reaction.

staple

a truth-status flag — promotes verified facts above opinion.

course

a multi-menu series by one author. an essay, broken into voteable parts.

plate

a saved set of menus (bookmarks, in FFT Social language).

food for thought

your personalized feed.

a social

(future) an invite-only group chat — the after-dinner version.

get in touch

twitter: @fftsocial
email: hello@fftsocial.com