knot
a quieter kind of social
knot is a private space for the people you actually know. no algorithm, no ads, no strangers.
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Today
MK
@mara_k
2h ago
Golden hour somewhere quiet. Finally offline for a bit.
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RL
@river_l
5h ago
Short clip from the weekend. No filter, no edit.
expires in 4 days
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video
Yesterday
TS
@theo_s
yesterday
Three years ago today I quit my job to go traveling. Best decision I ever made.
instagram · Mar 2022
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PW
@p_walsh
yesterday
Morning light through the kitchen window.
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JD
@janedoe
Quiet internet. Loud opinions about coffee and film photography.
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Import from Instagram
Bring your posts to Knot with original dates preserved. Your ZIP is processed and deleted immediately.
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Facebook
soon
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How to get your Instagram data
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Go to Instagram Settings → Your activity → Download your information — Select JSON format.
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Upload the ZIP here — We extract posts and dates, then delete the ZIP immediately.
Upload your Instagram ZIP
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Posts will appear in your profile. Only your connections can see them.
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Original dates preserved. ZIP deleted.
Archive
8 posts — expired and manually archived
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Username
How others find and tie with you.
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A short description. Optional.
Security
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Change your account password.
Two-factor authentication
Authenticator app only.
Recovery
Recovery email
Optional. Only used for account recovery.
Connections
Anyone can send a tie request
When off, your account will not appear in searches — only people you request can tie with you.
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You have Loop in turned off. To change this, go to Ties → Loop in.
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Always private to the open web.
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Search engine indexing
Search engines are blocked from indexing Knot.
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Posts
Default post expiry
Override per post in the composer.
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No expiry
Default composer tab
Which tab opens when you click Post.
Inactive account policy
Inactivity deletion
After 1 year of no logins, your account and all data are permanently deleted. With a recovery email you get a 30-day warning. Without one, deletion is silent. There is no way to recover data after deletion.
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Your data
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Imported posts
94 posts · 6 imported from Instagram
Privacy practices
Where your data lives
All data stored in Infomaniak data centers in Switzerland. Never leaves Swiss infrastructure.
Encryption
Encrypted at rest and in transit. Media served via signed expiring URLs. Passwords hashed with bcrypt.
What we collect
Username, hashed password, optional email, posts, media, metadata. No tracking, no analytics.
Danger zone
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Permanently delete your account and all data.
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