← In the Open
Rono Xia
FounderFounder of Maitreya, a public benefit corporation building trust infrastructure for people the internet left behind. Writes in public about grooming prevention, loneliness, and building likeu.
Essays by Rono Xia
Someone Asked Me How I Keep Predators OutTrust & safetyMarch 27, 2026How do you put people who should know each other — but don't — in a room together?The vision: the isolation graphMarch 19, 2026The Safest Place They Could Find Was a Comment SectionWhy we're building likeuMarch 9, 2026I Asked 34 Teenagers Who Does the GroomingField researchMarch 7, 2026I posted a reel about being groomed. Then strangers started telling me their stories.OriginFebruary 18, 2026