More ways to find your people—and more control over your space. - Discover gets smarter with autocomplete, recent searches, better filters, and nearby happenings. - Find Friends is fresher, faster, and smoother to follow. - Stronger controls for blocking, reporting, and managing your account. - A more reliable Placeful throughout: improved onboarding, profiles, feeds, messaging, and photo posts. Small fixes. Better vibes. More places to connect.

Significant bug fixes and performance improvements.

This update brings lots of performance improvements to BloomSocial. We've also added some new features and fixed a big swath of bugs. PERFORMANCE We now support on-device caching of content including profiles and places so next time you open a profile you should see up to 90% faster load times, down to only 200ms from 2+ seconds. HDR SUPPORT Photos uploaded with HDR ranges can now also be displayed in your feed in their full HDR glory. DECLARED AGE RANGE Now, when signing up, if your Apple Account is part of a Family you (or your parent / Family organizer) will be prompted to optionally share your age range with BloomSocial. This helps us keep our platform secure and working for everyone. It's also a privacy-preserving way of verifying your age during sign up without sharing your exact date of birth. In future updates, we plan to introduce additional parental controls for minors. BUG FIXES • Fixes a crash when setting a location on a post • Fixes sign out failures if you have not granted notification permissions • Moved supporter badges to the tags section of profile • Improved reliability of creating and editing posts Stay tuned for more in the coming weeks. And as always, if you're enjoying BloomSocial please take a moment to share it with a friend or family member, or consider leaving a review on the App Store. It really helps us out! Cheers, the nenos engineering team

We’re continuing to make Bloom even better for you. This update includes performance improvements and bug fixes. We’ll be back soon with more new features. With love, Bloom engineering

Get ready for a smoother, more reliable experience with our latest update for iOS 26. - Enjoy effortless photo editing and uploading. We've enhanced these features, so your Photo Library updates seamlessly whenever you add new photos. - Searching is now more efficient. We've resolved issues where search results and location searches were not appearing consistently. Stay tuned for more exciting updates. With this version, we’re committed to providing you a better app experience. Thank you for your continued support from all of us at Bloom.

This update is packed with goodness: Verified, not just vibing Say hello to Verification Badges! Now you’ll know if that account is a notable figure, or a political rep who (actually) represents someone. Political figures even come with tappable civic info — districts, offices, parties, oh my! Supporter style: unlocked Show the world you help Bloom grow! If you’ve donated to nenos, you can now proudly display a Supporter badge that’s bold, beautiful, and bursting with color. Check your settings to turn it on! Search and (actually) find We found that some of you couldn’t find. So we fixed search. Go forth and discover! Post fails? Try again! Because sometimes the Wi-Fi ghosts strike. Now you can retry uploads if your post didn’t make it the first time.

Popping in for a quick bug fix update! Some users may have had issues seeing any search results on the "Search" tab. That's all resolved now so you can search away :)! Check back with us soon for more new features and updates. Built with love by the nenos team.

Hi there! Bloom 3.1 here! This lovely update includes lots of long awaited features! POST SHARING Share posts with your mutuals over direct message by tapping the new share button on any post. You can share separately with as many mutuals as you want at a time, as well as include a message to go along with it. POST TAGGING Ahh you can finally add tags to your posts! You can search for existing tags or create your own. Tags won’t be visible to others or on your post just yet. In the next update, you’ll be able to see “similar posts”, search for posts by tag, and even tap on a tag to see more posts with that tag. Stay tuned for those updates. And for now, start tagging your posts! LOCATION ENHANCEMENTS Add a location to your text post (which was previously limited to photo posts). We’ve improved location search so it’s easier to find the place you’re looking for. And, we’ve tweaked the way the location sharing toggle works, so it’s much more clear when you are or are not sharing location. In an upcoming update, you’ll be able to see other posts at a location and search for posts around a location! SYNDICATED PROFILES This update adds support for syndicated profiles. What is that, you ask? A whole bunch of interesting and popular websites across the internet publish their stuff in something called an RSS feed. Without getting too technical, this means you’ll soon be able to subscribe to blogs and orgs that aren’t on Bloom, but that do publish an RSS feed! So with this update, you’ll begin to see profiles from new publishers / blogs / orgs. INFINITE SCROLLING Your now feed supports infinite scrolling with this update. As you scroll down to the end of your feed, more content is seamlessly loaded so you can see more of what your friends are up to. We know that there are downsides to enabling this behavior, so if you would like to turn this OFF, you can do so from your profile settings. LITTLE THINGS We’ve fixed more bugs than we can count. There are a lot of little style and design tweaks in this update too. So if you see something you like (or don’t) let us know! And if you have a moment, leave a rating or review on the App Store to help spread the word. Thanks for all your support! We’ll be back soon with more :) Cheers, the nenos engineering team

Hey there! We're back with a quick update to fix and tweak a few things: • When creating a new account we now fully support names with apostrophes, hyphens, accents / diacritics, and non-latin characters (e.g. Cyrillic or Chinese) • Small tweaks to colors, corner radii, and padding on a few different views We'll be back soon with a much bigger update and some exciting new features! Cheers, The nenos engineering team

We’re thrilled to introduce Bloom Social, the new name for nenos! This rebranding represents our commitment to fostering authentic connections and empowering communities. Along with the new name, this release includes a fresh look and exciting updates to enhance your experience. We’re also proud to announce that nenos, our organization, is now a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, making Bloom Social the first non-profit social network founded in the United States. This milestone underscores our mission to prioritize people over profit and build a platform that truly serves its community. NEW NAME & LOOK Say hello to Bloom Social! Our new name reflects growth, community, and connection. The app now features redesigned icons for iOS 18, including alternate app icons for Pride and Winter. GIF SEARCH IN CHAT You can now search for and send GIFs directly in your chats! Use the GIF search bar, powered by GIPHY, to easily find the perfect GIF. GENERAL ENHANCEMENTS • We’ve revamped the onboarding experience to make it more engaging and updated settings for better navigation. • Empty screens now have a polished and consistent design to improve visual aesthetics. BUG FIXES • Resolved issues with post locations. • Fixed an issue where GIFs paused background audio. • Resolved a problem with push notifications after signing out. • Corrected several onboarding and post location issues, including uploading incorrect places. Thank you for joining us on this exciting journey as we transition to Bloom Social. Your feedback inspires us to grow and improve, and we’re dedicated to making Bloom Social the best platform for building meaningful connections. With our new non-profit status, we’re more committed than ever to putting our users and communities first. Enjoy the update, and as always, feel free to reach out with any feedback or suggestions!

Say “Hello” to nenos 2.5! We’ve got some nice improvements in this update that prepare for larger changes in the next few weeks. UPGRADES YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEEDED A Slick New Look: We've revamped our loading, error, and empty-state screens to be easier on the eyes and consistent throughout the app. Who said waiting couldn't be stylish? GIFs Just Got Better: Your DMs are now supercharged. Search for any GIF (powered by Giphy™) and express yourself like never before. Time to find that perfect happy dance. SMARTER CONNECTIONS Familiar Faces: See your contacts with photos you actually recognize—either the one you've set or their nenos profile pic if they're already onboard. Feeds Filled Up: Follow your contacts during setup, and their latest posts will actually show up in your feed. Imagine that. WE FIXED SOME THINGS (YOU’RE WELCOME) Silent Sign-Outs: Tired of notifications after signing out? So were we. Problem solved. No More Freeze Frames: Signing out shouldn't feel like a cliffhanger. Now it doesn't. Straightforward Account Deletion: The delete account screen sticks around until you're done. No disappearing acts. Updates Tab Refresh: We've polished the Updates tab. Sleeker look, smoother navigation. Check it out.

We're ready to share a big summer update with lots of exciting new features and improvements. 2.4 has been in the works for quite a while and we're excited to share it with everyone. GIFS IN DIRECT MESSAGES Express yourself just the way you want to with GIFs in direct messages. Just tap the "GIF" button in the message composer bar and choose a GIF to send. *insert "Aw Yeah kid" GIF* PHOTOS IN DIRECT MESSAGES Share a photo directly from your Camera Roll with your friend in a direct message. Just tap the little photo button in the message composer bar and choose a photo to send from your library. This feature also supports Sensitive Content warnings, so if your device or iCloud account is configured to hide sensitive content, you'll be protected in nenos chats as well. "MADE WITH AI" IN POSTS As AI generated content becomes increasingly common, we're providing you with tools to optionally disclose when something you post was made with AI. You can choose from a variety of "levels" to let your followers know whether the entire photo was generated with AI, if it was edited with AI, or if there was no AI involved at all. There's no penalty for disclosing the use of AI. On posts that disclose this, you'll see a "Made with AI" or "Altered with AI" indicator next to the content and viewers will be able to tap to learn more. FEED IMPROVEMENTS We've been hard at work to make the feed load faster and feel more responsive. Your "now" feed should load much more quickly with this update, even on fast internet connections! UPLOAD IMPROVEMENTS When you upload a post you'll now go directly to your feed where you'll see upload progress and get updates on whether or not your upload succeeded. If it failed, you'll be able to find out why. And, if it succeeded, you can tap to refresh your feed! OTHER DESIGN TWEAKS & FIXES This update also contains a LOT of bug fixes for all sorts of issues you may have come across. Plus, our design language should be more consistent throughout the app. We've also updated the Settings screen to prepare for some upcoming features. --- We've recently welcomed a number of new software engineer and beta tester volunteers to our team. If you're interested in volunteering with us, learn more and apply at https://nenos.one/volunteering. We’re working hard to fix issues, make improvements, and roll out new features. Stay tuned for lots of exciting updates in the coming weeks and months ahead. Patreon subscribers get early access to releases, roadmap updates, and have priority access to provide feedback and feature requests. If you haven’t already, consider joining our Patreon to support our mission in making a better social network. In the meantime, we’d love to hear from you. If you have any thoughts, questions, or feedback drop us a line :). Cheers, nenos engineering

This is a small, but mighty update with a few bug fixes and small improvements. We'll be back soon with lots more! CAMERA FIXES "Hey! I'm trying to take a photo here!" is what you might have said when the app crashed while you were, well, trying to take a photo. This update, thanks to Priya's hard work, should resolve those camera-related crashes. Now you can get back to capturing the perfect shot. DIRECT MESSAGES By default, nenos doesn't require or ask you for push notification permissions. This has the unfortunate side-effect of not notifying you when someone sends you a message… and we think it's nice to know when someone sends you a message! If you've started a conversation with someone but don't have notifications enabled, this update will show a nice little blue and purple banner at the bottom of your chats to enable notifications. --- This is a small but mighty update. We've recently welcomed a number of new software engineer and beta tester volunteers to our team. If you're interested in volunteering with us, learn more and apply at https://nenos.one/volunteering. We’re working hard to fix issues, make improvements, and roll out new features. Stay tuned for lots of exciting updates in the coming weeks and months ahead. Patreon subscribers get early access to releases, roadmap updates, and have priority access to provide feedback and feature requests. If you haven’t already, consider joining our Patreon to support our mission in making a better social network. In the meantime, we’d love to hear from you. If you have any thoughts, questions, or feedback drop us a line :). Cheers, nenos engineering

This update includes more bug fixes and interface improvements. WELCOME We tweaked lots of tiny little issues with spacing and padding and fonts that you see in the welcome screens. If you're already using the app, you probably won't see these again... but just know that next time you invite a friend to join you, they'll enjoy an ever-so-slightly warmer welcome :) POST LOCATIONS Ahoy! We heard that adding a location to a post wasn't working... and even when it was, locations were just vanishing after uploading. So, we packed our telescopes, unfurled our sails, and took to the oceans in search of all those lost post locations. Turns out it was just a bug, and we really didn't need to do all that. The bug is now fixed and you can attach locations to your posts again. DIRECT MESSAGES We've all been there: you accidentally sent a message you didn't mean to. Maybe it was just a typo, or perhaps something more serious, like your grandma's secret pasta sauce recipe? Either way, rest assured, because you can now delete messages. Just tap and hold on a message you sent and then select "Delete". Once deleted, we'll do our best to remove the message from the recipient's device so all they'll see is "Your friend deleted a chat." When searching for a contact to chat with, you'll now see profile photos in search results. Now you can be sure you're starting a conversation with the right person. CACHING We've temporarily disabled caching in this update. Load times may now be slightly longer, but this should resolve a large number of bugs seen across the app. FINAL NOTES We’re working hard to fix issues, make improvements, and roll out new features. You’ll start seeing updates more often as we ramp up our efforts, so stay tuned. Patreon subscribers get early access to releases, roadmap updates, and have priority access to provide feedback and feature requests. If you haven’t already, consider joining our Patreon to support our mission in making a better social network. In the meantime, we’d love to hear from you. If you have any thoughts, questions, or feedback drop us a line :). Cheers, nenos engineering

This update includes lots of bug fixes, interface improvements, and accessibility enhancements. PHOTO EDITING We fixed a whole slew of bugs with the photo editor. It should be faster and more responsive than ever. You’ll enjoy significantly improved saturation, brightness, contrast, and white balance controls. When you tap “Edit” on a photo, the editor will open before you’ve had time to blink, and then we’ll load in filters as you need them. In technical terms, we’re loading filters asynchronously now. Woo! Edit sliders like brightness and saturation didn’t have their own space to properly shine alongside the other controls. We gave them their own boxes to show up in. They’re much happier now… and easier to see. You’ll never know how you edited your photos without good haptic feedback! Photo editor animations are now much smoother and have improved haptic feedback. It really is the small things. Sometimes when writing a caption, it would just — poof — disappear. We chased down those disappearing captions, and politely asked them to knock it off. Post locations weren’t getting added to posts, even after you’d selected them. We pulled out a map, followed the trail to all those missing “X”s, and dug up the treasure. Locations should now get properly added to your posts. And importantly, this update includes significant accessibility improvements (esp. for sliders and buttons). Customers who use Voice Over, Assistive Touch, and Rotor Control should now be able to edit photos easily and reliably. It’s important to us that we get this right, so any feedback is welcome. CREATE SCREEN The photo thumbnail button on the camera bottom bar was not properly sliding over to the Photos view. We taught it some new choreography, and it seems to be picking it up well. Added deep linking support for the camera and prose editor. This lays the groundwork for exciting new features we’ll be sharing over the next few updates (think: widgets and shortcuts). DIRECT MESSAGES We fixed a crash that occurred for some customers when loading conversations where you were the only participant. Opening or starting a conversation from someone’s profile sometimes failed to load the existing messages or send a new one. That’s fixed now. Removed the “leave conversation” option for conversations with only two participants. If you need to leave a direct message with someone, you’ll need to block them. SIGN IN & SIGN UP Fixed an issue where customers with existing authentication credentials, but who have not setup a profile were prevented from signing up. In other words: if you at some point started to sign up, but didn’t finish doing so… you can now do so! Sometimes, if you tried to sign out, it may have looked like you were still signed in (even if you really had signed out). That’s fixed now. We’ve also added much clearer alerts to let you know when sign out worked (or when it didn’t). When creating a new profile, you may have missed getting prompted for notification permissions in some cases. Now you’ll see an additional screen during onboarding about setting up notifications. FINAL NOTES We’re working hard to fix issues, make improvements, and roll out new features. You’ll start seeing updates more often as we ramp up our efforts, so stay tuned. Patreon subscribers get early access to releases, roadmap updates, and have priority access to provide feedback and feature requests. If you haven’t already, consider joining our Patreon to support our mission in making a better social network. In the meantime, we’d love to hear from you. If you have any thoughts, questions, or feedback drop us a line :). Cheers, nenos engineering

Only everything! We've rewritten and restructured large parts of the app and we're proud to introduce: PROSE (TEXT) POSTS Share an idea, a thought, a quip, or just what's going on. DIRECT MESSAGING Start a conversation with one of your mutuals, or reach out to make a new friend. You'll receive communication notifications when someone messages you. We've got so much more coming soon, but we're excited to share this first iteration with you. UPDATED CREATE TOOLS The photo and camera creation experience has been entirely re-designed. Tap on the create tab to launch directly into the camera. Swipe to the left to choose a photo from your library. Swipe to the right to type up a text post. We've added new filters and editing controls for photos too. And, you'll be able to mention others when writing a prose post or captioning one of your photos. REFRESHED PROFILES To support our new post type -- written posts -- we've refreshed profiles. You'll now see content split out by media type: either photos or prose. You'll also notice improved privacy controls and new settings to manage and edit your profile. We've got so much more planned and can't wait to share it with you. If you're enjoying nenos and can't wait to see where we go from here, please take a moment to leave a rating or review, they really help! Cheers, the nenos team

Hey there! Just popping by with a quick update to improve security measures and fix a few bugs. Cheers! Love, The nenos team

Spring is in the air — and so are updates! This release includes redesigned profile headers, easier access to direct messaging, better post creation tools, and (finally) personalized feeds. PROFILE DESIGN REFRESH Your profile photo has never looked better, because now it's shown big and bold next to your name, pronouns, bio and tag. Starting today, you can view and manage who you're following. And, you'll now be able to DM your mutuals directly from their profile (instead of heading into the messages screen). You also have more control over what's shown on your profile; optionally hide your tags and pronouns at any time. PERSONALIZED FEED We're beginning to roll out personalized feeds in this update. You'll soon see posts only from people you follow, in chronological order. To continue seeing posts from others you may know, make sure to give them a follow! NEW CREATE TOOLS Jump right into the camera when you tap on the "Create" tab. You'll be able to quickly snap a photo and share it with your friends and family. Drag your finger up or down to zoom in and out. Double tap to flip the camera.  You can now, optionally, add locations to your posts. To add a location, simply select "Location" and search for a nearby place while you're editing your post. Once uploaded, others will be able to see the place you selected and get more information about that place. DATA MANAGEMENT Running low on space? Open "Settings" from your profile and scroll down to "Cache Management." From here you'll be able to see how much storage nenos is taking up on your device, as well as set limits on how much storage nenos should use. And, if you need to clear things out, choose "Reset Cache" to free up some space. BUG FIXES As always, we're hard at work squishing bugs (just the digital kind, though) to make your experience as delightful as possible. You'll also notice improved performance on many screens including profiles and your feed. Thank you for your support. We hope you'll stick with nenos, and can't wait to share more with you in the coming weeks. Love, the nenos team

Hey there! This update brings a few fancy features (how about that alliteration! eh?) that have been long requested as well as the usual trove of fixes and improvements. PROFILE EDITING Finally! Phew. Now you can edit your name, bio, tags, and pronouns from your Profile Settings screen. Just tap the little gear icon to get started. And, starting in this update you'll optionally be able to hide your pronouns and tags from your profile. Just flip the "show pronouns / tags" switch and *poof*, away they go! PHOTO DOWNLOAD Nice photo you took there. It'd be a shame if you could never save it to your Photos Library... Well, now you can! Your photos will be automatically saved to your "Recents" album after you post them, but if you loose track of them you can always save the photo again. Just tap that cute lil meatball icon (the three dots) and then tap "Download". Tada! Your photo is saved. BETTER UPLOAD FEEDBACK It's a bit confusing when you upload a new post or profile photo and then nothing happens. Worry no more! Next time you change your profile photo or upload a post, you'll see a banner confirming that everything went smoothly. Or, in the unfortunate event that things don't go quite right, you'll also see a banner telling you that. SMALL IMPROVEMENTS It's the little things that count. Right? This update includes a lovely bundle of bug fixes and tweaks that should make things just that much better. Posts should load faster and look better. Oh! And your profile photo should update much much snappier. Thank you for your support. We hope you'll stick with nenos, and can't wait to share more with you in the coming weeks. Love, the nenos team

We're back and better than ever in 2.0! This update introduces new features and improvements including notifications, direct messaging, and a brand new welcome process. NOTIFICATIONS We're rolling out notifications to everyone so you can keep up with the latest from your friends and family. Turn on notifications in the new "Updates" tab for alerts on new likes, comments, and followers. DIRECT MESSAGING The DMs are here! You can now send messages from nenos. Get the conversation going with your mutuals or new friends. Our new direct messaging lets you have one on one conversations as well as group convos. Share photos, videos, and GIFs too! For your mental health and safety, chats can be muted or unmuted at any time, you can also report any suspicious characters and block people directly from your chat. WELCOME SETUP Starting with this update you'll be required to have an account to use nenos. If you aren't signed in already, make an account to continue your nenos journey. It's easy to get started. Our new welcome setup helps you get from 0 to 100 in just a minute! OTHER IMPROVEMENTS This update makes your nenos experience more reliable and much smoother. With this update, you'll have access to more tools to manage and modify your profile right inside the app. Additionally, starting in this update, you'll be able to delete your account from within the app as well (as much as we'd hate to see you go, we know how important this is). As always, thank you so much for your continued love and support. We can't wait to show you the exciting new features we have in the works. Stay tuned! Love, Sam & Matthew

Our second update is here and we're working hard to fix some of the most common issues reported to us -- by you. Sign up and sign in should work much more smoothly. And it should be easier to view our community standards, privacy policies, and terms of service. Thank you for your continued support to nenos. Please stay tuned, we have big plans for the next couple weeks!

Hi there! Thanks for giving nenos a try. We're working hard to fix bugs and roll out new features.  BLOCK CREATORS To block a creator, open their profile and tap the options menu ("..."), then tap "Block". When you block someone they won't be able to see your profile or content, and they won't be allowed to interact with you. Their content will also be hidden from you.  REPORT CREATORS We take reports seriously and review them the same day they're submitted. To report a creator, open their profile and tap on the options menu ("..."), then tap "Report". You'll be asked to select a reason for your report. Once reported, we'll review your report and take any necessary action(s), including informing you of our action(s) if possible. BUG FIXES • Sign in and sign up are now much more reliable (woohoo!) • Improved reliability of photo uploader and editor • Tap to open a post's options menu ("...") including to make reports for moderation • Say hello to a much smoother now feed experience too! If you're enjoying nenos, we'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us or leave a review. Thanks! See you soon with more new features!