Search hashtags, conversations, and community knowledge
Afronary is a community-powered ecosystem where Black journalists, creators, organizers, and everyday people decide which stories, voices, and conversations matter most.
Share stories. Organize knowledge. Build community memory. Shape our narrative together — without waiting for outside algorithms to decide what deserves attention.
Black journalism and Black-created content should not have to fight invisible feeds, buried links, and fragmented conversations just to reach the community it was made for.
Afronary is not just a place to post links. It is a way to make your work discoverable, discussable, searchable, and connected to the larger Black community conversation.
Your work connects to hashtags, conversations, and community interests — not just a one-time social post.
Every link, article, hashtag, and topic can become its own discussion forum and live chat space.
Afronary helps community members find useful stories and creators through shared interests and collective activity.
Important resources, links, and conversations become searchable knowledge instead of disappearing into a feed.
Creators, local journalists, educators, and organizers can be found by the value of what they share.
Track what people are saving, discussing, questioning, and organizing around in real time.
Afronary is for people creating, reporting, explaining, teaching, organizing, and preserving what matters to the African American community.
A place where the stories we save, the voices we trust, the conversations we start, and the resources we share become part of a living, searchable, community-shaped knowledge base.
A simple flow designed to help Black-created work move from link, to discussion, to shared knowledge, to community impact.
Post a story, article, video, podcast, resource, or page that matters.
Connect it to hashtags so people can find it by topic and interest.
Turn links and hashtags into forums, comments, and live chat rooms.
Let votes, comments, saves, and activity surface what the community values.
Build a searchable archive of Black stories, resources, and conversations.
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Black gubernatorial hopefuls are advancing their campaigns while investigators launched a federal operation and a trailblazing naval leader celebrated her 100th birthday.[26767] Washington, D.C., led the nation in speed camera fines in 2025, collecting $257.8 million in assessments, a finding that has sparked debate about whether the system prioritizes revenue over public safety.[26764] A California high school teacher named Jacob has been at the center of renewed online attention after Khloé Kardashian’s flirtatious messages and her subsequent public exposure of private direct messages drew a response from him.[26763][26756] At the Fourth Annual Center for Journalism and Democracy Summit on October 6, journalists and scholars discussed strategies to protect democracy and counter misinformation ahead of the midterm elections.[26765]
A cyberattack hit at least 380 supermarkets in France by targeting a Danish software system used for refrigeration, forcing some shops to discard frozen produce while the attackers remain unidentified.[26749] In Arizona, 21-year-old Black college student Eryn Bonner accused a police officer of groping her on camera, and instead of resolving her complaint the city filed new charges against her including a felony aggravated assault on a first responder charge after the confrontation.[26747] Veteran campaign strategist Marcus Farrell, who has worked on more than 40 political campaigns and served as head of Black outreach for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential effort, is featured in reporting that examines who controls Democratic campaign money and why Black candidates often receive only crumbs.[26755] A headline reports that President Donald Trump floated the idea of renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean and suggested one could eventually carry his own name.[26744]
Reports say the rapper Diddy was transported to a hospital after suffering a head injury while behind bars.[26735] TLC singer Chilli provided an update saying her longtime groupmate T-Boz is recovering after complications from sickle cell disease forced T-Boz to miss several tour shows.[26736] At a Saturday rally in Tennessee, President Trump made remarks that some described as overly candid, then tried to walk them back, which critics say only made matters worse.[26733] New York has expanded free community college for adults ages 25 to 55, explicitly including degree holders seeking new careers in technology and health.[26737]
Douglas County prosecutors decided not to file charges in the death of 12-year-old Jada West, who collapsed after a March fight with another student at a school bus stop, leaving the family devastated.[26728] An inaugural She Did That. Founder Forum aimed to empower Black women entrepreneurs by providing inspiration, wisdom, and community.[26766] Entertainment headlines note ongoing family legal disputes involving Halle Berry that have drawn both of her children into a courtroom showdown, and separate celebrity items include Soulja Boy teasing a 2028 presidential run and Melania Trump being described as working behind the scenes with her efforts going largely unnoticed.[26738][26745][26724] A false endorsement claim circulated when President Trump shared a purported Denzel Washington endorsement that fact-checkers and Snopes had already debunked, with records showing Washington never praised Trump.[26723]
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A straight forward algorithm determines what comes to the top
The algorithm for what you see is the same for all users and entries.
The math that positions the articles is as follows:
(likes - dislikes) - (TIMESTAMPDIFF(MINUTE, s.date_added, NOW()) / 60) + number_of_distinct_comment_users
(likes - dislikes)
This captures how positively the community feels about the story:
This is the baseline of how users rate the content.
- (TIMESTAMPDIFF(MINUTE, s.date_added, NOW()) / 60)
This portion subtracts points as the story gets older:
Purpose: This keeps newer stories competitive. Older stories gradually drop unless they are constantly receiving likes, dislikes, or comments.
+ number_of_distinct_comment_users
This adds points based on how many unique people have commented on the story:
It rewards breadth of engagement, not spam or one person talking a lot.
Purpose: This helps surface stories that spark real discussion.
Afronary aims to reflect the pulse of the community and not the bias of its developers.
A system of hash tags can be used to categorize and find local resources. eg Search hashtags for #soulfood #southchicago
A great deal of work remains to be done. But I think this is a pretty good start.
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Hashtag system makes it easy to explore everything from cultural insights to local services — like #soulfood in #southchicago.
Swipe left or right to see another story.
Large Screen devices give you access to voting, comments,add links and chat.