About us

What Shameless is

Shameless is adult language dating for everyone, and proudly queer-, bi- and poly-friendly. It's a place to be fully honest about desire, relationships and identity — and to fall for someone who can teach you their language, or learn yours.

Our Mission

Shameless exists to make dating honest — swapping the curated highlight reel for the whole person, shame and all, from the very first date. We believe real connection starts when people stop performing and start telling the truth about who they are.

Our Vision

A world where people can be fully seen — without pretense, and without hiding the parts of themselves they've been taught to be ashamed of. Shameless is one small tool toward that; the profits it generates are put to work building the rest.

Our Values

Radical honesty — We believe the most valuable connections start with the truth, even when it's uncomfortable.
No shame — People connect more freely when they aren't afraid of being judged. That's the principle Shameless, and the organization behind it, is named for.
Depth over performance — We design for real conversation, not curated profiles.
Consent & respect — Honesty only works when it's safe: messaging only after a mutual yes, photos always optional, and real people reviewing every report.
Where the money goes

Ownership

Shameless will be owned by No Shame Media, a non-profit organization that doesn't yet exist. Shameless itself will operate as a for-profit product — but rather than existing to enrich shareholders, its profits will be directed back into No Shame Media's mission-driven projects. Every one of them shares the same thread: honest connection, without shame, as the antidote to isolation.

The School of Happiness and Happy Life

A free school built around the same principle Shameless is named for: radical honesty. It's a place where children and adults learn and teach each other subjects rarely taught elsewhere — flow, yoga, permaculture, languages, music, harmonic and non-violent communication, and radical honesty itself — with the aim of spreading honest, judgment-free communication as widely as possible. The project draws inspiration from communities like Tamera, The Venus Project, Auroville, and Open Source Ecology, and its current focus is finding land to establish the school's first home.

House of meaningful encounters (Home)

A free club built to fight depression and loneliness by giving people a place to genuinely connect: real conversations, tutoring, meditation, tea ceremonies, and courses in non-violent communication — all grounded in the same cornerstones of harmony, honesty, freedom, and radical honesty. Entry is free; the club runs on donations and volunteers.

Every subscription, every premium feature, every dollar Shameless earns will help fund this work. When you use Shameless, you're not just dating — you're funding real conversation, and other worthy endeavors, on the app and off it.

Shameless is developed alongside CardTalk, a conversation game built on the same principles and could be used for language learning. cardtalk.site

Currently, we are a small team: me and my AI helpers — currently, mainly and yet not exclusively, Claude Code and others — doing a bunch of various cool things. Feel free to check them out.