Show HN: Mu – The Micro Network

Meet Mu, the self-styled Micro Network promising a life without ads or sneaky algorithms. It’s a membership-based community that offers a simple app, an AI chat, a news reader (like an inbox for articles), YouTube search, and micro-posts—plus plans for a private mailbox and wallet. The pitch: pay a flat fee to support tools that serve you, not Big Tech. Try it at mu.xyz or read the pitch at mu.xyz/membership.

Now the drama: one commenter threw down the gauntlet—if Mu is built using Go (a programming language), GitHub (a Microsoft-owned code site), and Discord (a chat app), “we’ve failed from the start.” Translation: how anti–Big Tech can you be if you’re standing on Big Tech’s lawn? Another voice turned poetic, saying there’s more honor in failing for ideals than in winning without them—cue the slow clap and the indie film score. Then came the ghosts of startups past: “Sounds like App.net all over again,” referencing that paid social experiment that burned bright and fizzled fast. A practical gripe followed: why does testing require installing a Chromium “app”? And someone asked if this is the same “mu” that vanished years ago.

In short, the vibe is split: idealists want Mu to exist even if it stumbles, realists see déjà vu and rough edges. And the peanut gallery is already memeing it as the “App.net speedrun.”