About the project

Tell the Universe

An anonymous public space where short messages become floating signals, invite replies, and gradually contribute to a shared Cosmic Memory expressed through story and color.

Immediate No registration is required. Submit a thought and it enters the public universe.
Deliberately small Floating posts are limited to 100 characters; replies provide room for longer responses.
Moderated & evolving Human posts, optional images, AI reflections, and an evolving atmosphere visual form one changing environment.
Project overview

What TTU is

Tell the Universe is a minimalist, browser-based message space. Visitors publish anonymous short posts that drift across the screen rather than appearing in a conventional chronological feed.

The platform combines public contributions, replies, optional images, sharing, moderation, and two clearly identified AI-generated reflection features.

Concept

Why it is different

TTU has no accounts, profiles, follower graph, direct messages, or public identity layer. The interface is intentionally calm and visually spatial rather than optimized around ranking or continuous feed consumption.

The deeper principles behind these decisions are described separately on the Philosophy page.

Core flow

How it works

  • Write a message of up to 100 characters and submit it from the composer.
  • Add one optional image of up to 10 MB in a common format such as JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, AVIF, HEIC/HEIF, or TIFF. TTU corrects its orientation, removes metadata, reduces oversized dimensions, and stores only an optimized WebP or PNG version. Posts may be text-only, image-only, or contain both.
  • The post becomes a floating card with its publication date and direct actions for Cosmic Echo, Reply, and Share.
  • Press and hold a non-interactive area of a floating post to pause it, move it with a mouse, finger, or stylus, and release it at a new position.
  • Open the dedicated reply page to read responses or add a longer reply with one optional image.
  • Use Share to create a portable image of a post for use outside TTU.
  • Open Cosmic Memory from the top-center button to read the current collective reflection and see its atmosphere translated into color.
Single-post reflection

Cosmic Echo

Cosmic Echo creates one brief AI-generated reflection for a selected text post. It appears as a clearly marked floating signal for about 30 seconds, can be held and repositioned like an ordinary floating post, and is not stored as a permanent public reply.

After the echo disappears, the action becomes available again, subject to abuse-prevention and rate limits.

Collective reflection

Cosmic Memory

Cosmic Memory reads the full saved universe of posts and replies and condenses it into a slightly poetic story of about five sentences. Its temporary floating card can be held, paused, and repositioned like an ordinary post. The same reflection also interprets the shared emotional atmosphere and expresses it through a coordinated color palette.

The current memory is generated only when the public universe changes. Until another post or reply is added or removed, the same story and visual imprint remain available as one stable moment in TTU's evolving memory.

Atmosphere visual

A memory made visible

Above the Cosmic Memory story, TTU creates an abstract gradient composition from three selected colors together with interpreted levels of brightness, intensity, and warmth. The result is intended to resemble the present mood of the whole floating universe without reducing individual messages to a score or category.

This is not a literal illustration and no separate image-generation service is used. The structured atmosphere values are generated with the story, validated by TTU, and rendered locally in the browser as a slowly morphing field that moves between fog and water. Visitors who prefer reduced motion receive a still version, and an accessible text description accompanies the visual.

Automated signal

THE UNIVERSE

On randomly selected days, TTU may publish one automated floating post under the label THE UNIVERSE. These posts are generated to fit the existing atmosphere and are capped at two per week.

They behave like normal public posts: they can receive replies, be shared, enter Cosmic Memory, and be removed through moderation.

Safety & quality

Moderation

Public content may be reviewed or removed to protect the space and comply with applicable law. Illegal, hateful, harassing, doxxing, threatening, or otherwise destructive content is not accepted.

For a removal request, use the Contact page and include the visible text, approximate posting time, and any identifying screenshot or detail.

Data handling

Privacy & technical processing

  • No account is required and TTU does not create public user profiles.
  • Posts, replies, and uploaded images are public. Do not publish sensitive personal information. Uploaded originals are not retained; TTU removes embedded metadata and stores only the processed WebP or PNG result.
  • When Cosmic Echo is requested, the selected post text is sent to an external AI service for moderation and generation.
  • When a new Cosmic Memory is required, saved posts and replies are sent to an external AI service to generate the story and a structured atmosphere description. TTU renders the resulting gradient locally; no separate image-generation request is made.
  • For automated Universe posts, current non-automated posts may be processed by an external AI service on eligible randomly selected days.
  • Technical request data and basic server logs may be processed for security, moderation, abuse prevention, rate limiting, maintenance, and operation.
Recent evolution

Latest updates

Optimized image uploads Posts and replies now accept common image formats up to 10 MB. Each upload is validated, orientation-corrected, stripped of metadata, resized when necessary, and stored only as an optimized WebP or PNG file.
Hold and move floating posts Visitors can now press and hold a post to pause its movement and disappearance timer, reposition it by dragging, and release it to continue floating.
Simplified post interactions The former shooting-star voting control has been removed. Floating posts now focus on Cosmic Echo, Reply, and Share without public rating or popularity signals.
Philosophy page TTU's conceptual foundation now has a dedicated page, allowing About to remain a clear operational description of the platform.
Cosmic Memory and its visual atmosphere The former daily summary became a living collective memory based on all saved posts and replies. Its approximately five-sentence story now appears with a validated, atmosphere-driven gradient artwork that translates the current universe into color, light, warmth, and intensity.
Occasional Universe posts Automated floating posts now appear randomly and no more than twice per week.
Expanded ambient sound The sound feature now selects randomly from the available ambient tracks rather than following a fixed order.
Contact & participation A dedicated contact page now supports feedback, removal requests, collaboration, and participation in the project.
Practical questions

FAQ

Do I need an account? No. TTU does not use visitor accounts or public profiles.
Are posts and replies public? Yes. Treat all submitted text and images as public content.
Are Cosmic Echo and Cosmic Memory written by people? No. Both are clearly identified AI-generated reflections. Human replies remain separate.
Does Cosmic Memory change every time it is opened? No. The current memory is reused until the saved post-and-reply universe changes.
Is the Cosmic Memory visual an AI-generated image? No. The AI returns a small set of validated atmosphere values, and TTU renders the abstract gradient directly in the browser.
What does the gradient claim to show? It is a poetic visual interpretation of the overall atmosphere, not a psychological diagnosis, sentiment score, or factual measurement of individual contributors.
Can content be removed? Yes. Contact the project with enough information to identify the post, reply, or image.
Beyond the mechanics

The thought before the identity

About explains what TTU does. Philosophy explains the human idea the platform is trying to protect.

Read the philosophy