Loneliness hits different when you realize it's not just you.

That's the thing—isolation feels so personal until you find others in the same boat. Suddenly it transforms. Shared struggle becomes shared identity. Fragmented individuals become something whole.

$alone gets this. The entire narrative runs on that tension: the universal human condition of disconnection finding expression through community. It's not about fixing loneliness. It's about recognizing it, naming it, and building something real around it.

That's where the real alpha lives—when a project understands that community isn't built on hype. It's built on honest reflection of what we're actually feeling.