About
Anthropology of an honest conversation
100 Loves is the digital continuation of one book. Below — where it came from, how it works and who's behind it.
Where it comes from
In 2020, Dmitry Barbanel collected 200 living lists "what I love" in the book "Human centered design. How 200 of your clients aged 1 to 100 think."
The book costs about 5000 ₽ and reads as a window into other people's heads — anthropology of an honest conversation, without types or boxes. The author called this not an entertainment genre but a way to get truthful answers, not socially-acceptable ones.
100 Loves is an attempt to make such a window living and free — after your own hundred. Not a replacement for the book, but its continuation in digital form.
The founder's ritual
My wife and I decided to write our own hundred without peeking at the book. First — each of us alone, without prompts or other people's anchors. And only then — open the pages and see what others wrote.
It wasn't a journal and it wasn't a test. It was a ritual of honesty: write your own first, then get the key to others. The product grew out of that ritual.
Manifesto
- Anthropology, not a test. No types, no boxes. You're more complex than any MBTI scheme.
- Chronology is sacred. The list isn't a ranking, it's a stream of consciousness. The order in which an entry came to mind is itself an artifact.
- Garden instead of delete. Your past self isn't trash. When a love changes — it goes to the Garden, not to the bin.
- Silence instead of push notifications. We respect your silence and don't poke you with reminders.
How it works
Email is only a key for returning from another browser. No newsletters without a separate checkbox. Data is deleted with one click in settings.
The service is for 18+. This is protection under COPPA and GDPR-K. A family mode will come later, it's not in MVP.
A minimum of 5 open entries is the threshold for appearing in the public feed. This is insurance against reverse identification by a few unique phrases.
Your own list isn't shown in full until you cross the threshold of 25 entries — that's "write your own first, then a window to others," not the other way around.
Who's behind this
This is built by Eugene — one person. No team, no investors, no analytics selling your data.
Stage — early MVP, April 2026. This is the first public version. Things may break — write if you found a bug or have a thought.
A feedback contact will appear later (a form or obfuscated mailto). While the service is being set up — come back soon.