Our Values

The Colony Credo

What we believe

  • We believe desire is fluid, shaped by mood, energy, health, stress, and the fullness of a human life.
  • We believe the people in your life deserve your honesty, and you deserve theirs.
  • We believe a simple, clear signal is more loving than silence or guessing.
  • We believe privacy is not a feature, it is a right.
  • We believe connection is tended, not assumed.
  • We believe playfulness and depth are not opposites.
  • We believe every BuzzLevel is valid, whether high, low, or in the middle. A quieter day is not a lesser day.
  • Understanding and simple, open, and clear communication are integral for safety and comfort in intimate relationships.
  • Only the Honeys in your own Hive can see what you choose to share there. Members of your other Hives, or anyone outside HunnyMeter, never can.
  • We will never sell your data, not to advertisers, not to data brokers, not to anyone.
  • We will never build anything we would not trust with our own relationships.
  • We invite you, as part of the Colony, to help us build a richer, warmer space for love and connection to flourish.

Our Data Promise

Your BuzzLevel is yours. Your Hive is yours. Your profile is yours.


Your Hive is private to you and the Honeys in it, no one outside can see it, and it is never used to identify you publicly or shared with anyone outside our team. We study patterns across the Colony to understand how to make HunnyMeter better, and we share only aggregate, de-identified insights, never anything that could identify you or anyone in your Hive. We sell nothing to anyone. Ever.


  • What happens in your Hive stays in your Hive. Your Honeys see your BuzzLevel and what you choose to share with them, nothing more.
  • We never sell your personal data to anyone, ever
  • We never share your individual data with anyone outside our team
  • We never use your data for advertising
  • We look at patterns across the Colony to understand how to make HunnyMeter better, and share only aggregate, de-identified insights publicly, never anything that could identify you or anyone in your Hive
  • You can delete your account and all your data at any time