MinimalMessages.com
A quiet space for uplifting words that doesn’t ask anything from you.
What is this?
The internet is full of things demanding your attention—click, share, like, comment, subscribe. Minimal Messages isn’t any of that. It’s a space where you don’t have to react, engage, or prove you were here. Just stop for a moment, take in a message, and go about your day. No expectations and no algorithms trying to pull you back. Just some positive words, here when (and if) you need them.
Why I Created This
Honestly, part of it was selfish. I wanted to understand the technical side of building and marketing a website. There’s also something satisfying about simply creating something that wasn’t there before, even if no one else sees it. But as I started thinking more about what I wanted to put into the world, I kept coming back to one thing: so much of the digital space exists to extract something from you.
Most websites and apps are built with a goal: to collect your data, analyze your behaviour, and sell you something. Even the “better” ones want engagement—more clicks, more interactions, more proof that they exist. And I get it, that’s basically how the internet works. However, I wanted to make something that existed just because.
The Design Philosophy
From the beginning, my vision was simple:
• A message.
• A button to refresh.
• Nothing else.
At some point, I considered adding features—ways for people to share particular messages that resonated with them or contribute their own. I event went forward with building out functionality to bookmark or save the messages and integrate sharing capability on social media. It seemed like a natural progression. After all, wouldn’t that make it better? Wouldn’t that make it bigger?
But the more I sat with this project and idea, the more it felt like I was just creating a stripped-down version of something like Facebook. And I began to ask, what’s next? A like button? Sponsored posts? A slow descent into becoming the very thing I was trying to avoid?
So I scrapped it and stripped it back to the core idea. A quiet, minimal space on the internet, existing for its own sake.
What I Learned
If I’m being honest, there is a part of me that really wants to be seen, liked, and admired. I think that’s true for a lot of us. At one point, that part of me started influencing the direction of this project and pushing me toward making something that would feel valuable because it was being interacted with, measured, or shared.
But the most honest version of this project isn’t about any of that.
It’s about making something for no reason other than to bring it into existence.
A few years ago, I came across a podcast called Fight for Brilliance by Justin Keller. He did a short series called What Do You Do with an Idea? (fightforbrilliance.com). The premise of this series stuck with me—what happens when you just follow an idea to see where it leads? What if you don’t worry about whether it has a purpose, a monetization plan, or a path to success? What if you just make it?
So, that’s what this is.
What If No One Uses It?
I hope people interact with it, even just for a moment. Maybe they find a message that feels like it was meant for them. Maybe it gives them a second of lightness in the middle of a noisy digital world.
But if no one does? It still exists.
And maybe that’s the point. Maybe Minimal Messages is proof that not everything has to ask for attention. That you can create something without needing it to be validated. And maybe someone else will see this and feel inspired to make something of their own, just because they can.
Because sometimes, the act of creation is enough.