Step 01
Find someone through your graph
Discovery starts with people you can actually reach through your network, not disconnected profiles with no context.
How It Works
The path is visible.
The trust is legible.
Grapevine is built around a simple product truth: you should be able to see who connects you, choose the strongest route, and understand whether a connection is verified or direct.
Visible trust pathsConsent-based signalsVerified connectionsThe Vine in motion
Core loop
Four moves.
One living graph.
The experience is intentionally simple for the user. Discover through your network, inspect the route, send the signal, then let the Vine decide whether that trust becomes a verified connection.
Grapevine signal map
Routes get stronger
when trust overlaps.
Discovery, relay strength, connector reputation, and verified outcomes all feed the same living graph.
You
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Relay
TargetVerified
Signal launched
Trust compounds
Flow
Smaller screens.
Clearer sequence.
Step 02
See the route before you act
Grapevine lets you open The Vine and see the living path around you, so the graph is visible before you decide to send a signal.
Step 03
Send the signal
From someone’s profile, you send a signal through the strongest route instead of dropping a cold message with no context.
Step 04
Open a verified connection
If the signal is accepted, the conversation opens as a verified connection and the trusted origin stays attached to the chat.
Why this matters
GrapeVine does not block connection.
It makes trust valuable.
Accepted intro
Verified Connection
Carries stronger trust, preserves the path, and gives the graph more useful information for future matching and routing.
Visible connector context
Higher trust weight
Better long-term ranking
Invite anyway
Direct Connection
Still possible, but intentionally weaker. It skips the network and is clearly labeled so people know it did not come through trust.
No visible intro path
Standard trust weight
Inferior to verified routes