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About Perzik

I started perzik because I missed a place on the internet where you could just be a person.

What is Perzik?

Perzik is an 18+ social platform for adults to share photography, bodies, nudity and sexual self-expression in a consent-focused community.

Talk to people, meet someone, flirt a little, talk about sex, don't talk about sex, post a picture because you looked good, overshare, undershare, make friends, date, or have absolutely nothing interesting to say.

Perzik allows nude and sexually suggestive content while giving members control over what they choose to see.

The platform is currently being rebuilt as Perzik 2.0.

How it started

What happened with the first Perzik?

The first version of Perzik was an experiment in giving people a lot of freedom. Writing consent into the rules wasn't enough, because people don't all understand consent the same way.

I wanted people to have a lot of freedom. And I thought that if I made the rules clear enough, especially around consent, people would understand.

Turns out, we don't all understand consent in the same way.

I learned that you can tell people not to cross boundaries, but you also have to make those boundaries very easy to communicate. And you need to do something when someone ignores them.

What it can be

What can Perzik be used for?

Perzik can be sexual, social, dating, casual, or none of those. You don't have to know what you're looking for.

  • It can be sexual.
  • There can be nudity.
  • You can date.
  • You can look for something casual.
  • You can be in a relationship.
  • You can just want to talk to people.
  • You can also have no fucking clue what you're looking for.

All fine.

What it won't be

What Perzik will not become

I don't want Perzik to become another place where being online somehow gives you permission to forget there's a person on the other side.

  • No hate.
  • No harassment.
  • No unsolicited sexualisation.
  • No being cruel and calling it honesty.
  • No repeatedly pushing someone who has already made it clear they're not interested.

Consent, built in

Consent isn't just going to be a line in the rules that everyone accepts without reading. I want to build it into perzik.

  • Wanting to talk about sexualitydoesn't mean you want to be sexualised.
  • Posting a picture of your bodydoesn't mean you're asking for comments about it.
  • Flirting with someone oncedoesn't mean you want to flirt with them forever.
  • And not replyingis also an answer.

People have different boundaries. That's normal. The important part is that we actually respect them.

Read Consent at Perzik

What is changing in Perzik 2.0?

The new version of Perzik is being built around lessons learned from operating the original community.

Particular attention is being given to consent, privacy, moderation, content controls and creating clearer boundaries between members.

Perzik is not a creator marketplace and is not exclusively a dating, kink or pornography platform.

It is a social community where adult self-expression, including nudity and sexuality, is allowed.

I'm still building it. I'm still figuring things out. And I'm sure I'll get things wrong again.

But I know much better now what I want perzik to be.

Read Perzik 2.0

And yes, it's paid

There's an entrance fee and a membership. Partly because Perzik costs money to run, and partly because I want people who actually want to be here.

I'd rather have a smaller group of good people than thousands of accounts making the place miserable.
Read why Perzik will be paid

What is the basic idea behind Perzik?

You decide what you share. You decide what you see. Someone else's vulnerability doesn't give you access to them.

  • You decide what you share.
  • You decide what you see.
  • Someone else's vulnerability doesn't give you access to them.
  • And being part of the community requires respecting the people who make themselves vulnerable within it.
  • Be nice.
  • Read the room.
  • Respect a no.
  • And don't be a creep.

That's Perzik.

When and where was Perzik founded?

Perzik was founded in 2019 in Belgium by Astrid Lucy.

The original platform was created as an alternative to mainstream social networks where nudity is heavily restricted, without turning nudity into something that automatically has to be pornographic or commercial.

Perzik has previously been described in Belgian media as a Flemish alternative to Instagram where nudity is allowed.
Read Perzik in the press