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Hi!
You’re receiving this because sometime in the past few months you filled out one of our cosplay surveys or signed up through our website, where you could leave your contact details - including your email address.
This newsletter is our way of updating you on our progress in creating a dedicated social media platform for cosplay - cos.place!
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Worse than a cataclysm
Are we really, really sure that the world’s made it past 2012? Maybe in body it did, but its creativity was left behind. Just take a look online at how YouTube channels used to look like back in 2011, and then see how they look like now. As the years go by, seemingly every platform has gone through the process of grayscaling, a gradual shift towards limiting their users’ expression to the absolute bare minimum in order to create a singular, uniform display.
Effects of those changes are visible at a first glance. Number of elements that we can use to identify or relate to creators has been reduced to only three, or sometimes even two - an avatar and a description. Even the thumbnails of posts and videos, which - one might think - are supposed to be a helpful tool for creators to show the world their unique perspective, are now just another field of battle with the algorithm.
Sun after the storm
We truly believe that this grayscaling trend can be reversed. Just like way back when the colored press had been overshadowed by black-and-white TV, simply for it in turn to be replaced by colorful broadcasts soon after. We’re certain that if there's a community to be a contributor to this movement - it will be cosplay.
[ example of advanced profile personalization ]
Here’s a couple ways in which we plan help users express their true self:
- Extensive profiles with many editable elements:
- Avatar
- Frame
- Banner
- Backdrop
- Username
- Header
- Description
- Links
- Additional info sections
- Ability to edit profile directly with HTML
- Badges earned by completing achievements
- A virtual Ita-bag
- Option to check in on ongoing and future events
- Rewarding followers with rewards unique to your profile, such as custom profile decorations, badges, and emotes
- Extensive post creation options, including the ability to create custom photo and video layouts
Everything is still very much work-in-progress, thus the list will be evolving with time! If you believe that there’s anything else we can do to support creators in expressing themselves, please let us know!
what’s next?
Almost 150 of you have decided to follow us on our social media, and new people are signing up on our waitlist! If you haven’t managed to find our social media yet - you can find them below :)
Remcon 2026 was fantastic, thank you all! It was really nice to talk with you, hear your thoughts, needs and exchange contact info. We hope that you'll like cos.place!
We remind you that you can reserve your username on our website, so that no one else will be able to take it, when we launch! Forward the info to your friends, so they can also reserve their names!
We’re fighting valiantly to fund cos.place! If any of you are a filthy rich person with a fat stack of cash just sitting in their backpocket, get in touch.
Keep your fingers crossed for us!
Have you got any questions or suggestions, want to talk about the project or send us a fanart of Cosmo?
Shoot us a message over at our social media or email contact@cos.place!
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