Private Family Network vs. Social Media
Social platforms are built for engagement, not heritage. A private family network keeps stories structured, searchable, and shared on your terms.
| Capability | Social platforms | Private family network |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Public by default | Invite-only family workspace |
| Structure | Unstructured posts | Captions, notes, events and a tree that hold the context |
| Search | Infinite scrolling | A chronological archive you can search by caption and date |
| Controls | Limited and scattered | Account and item deletion controls |
| Business model | Ads & attention | Private family spaces kept separate from ad targeting |
What gets lost on social
- Context disappears under fast threads
- Fragmentation across apps — not everyone sees the news
- Hard-to-find memories locked in a feed
How a private network solves it
- Private sharing inside the invite-only family workspace
- Memories that keep their context, next to the Family Tree
- A calm, chronological archive in Memory Lane
- Clear account and item deletion controls
Where genealogy tools fit
Research on MyHeritage/Ancestry? Keep living stories private in Kunbaa and manually add verified relatives to the family tree.
Preserve stories that outlast chat threads
Organize memories with dates, people, and places inside a private family workspace.
- Context that lastsWrite who, where, and when into every caption.
- A calm timelineFind moments years later without scrolling a feed.
- Respectful privacyNo ads, no data sales.
A quiet recap of what you missed
Kunbaa writes each member a short recap of the family updates they missed — drawn from your own archive, delivered as a notification, and never used to train public models.
- Written for youNew photos, upcoming birthdays, tasks with your name on them.
- Only what you can seePermission-scoped to your own account — nothing more.
- Read-onlyIt summarises. It never posts, edits, or changes anything.
Popular features
A few favorites families start with
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