A trivial physical artifact produced a memory that survived forty years.

The artifact was a carnation, delivered at school. The tradition behind it has run for decades with no digital infrastructure and no network effects.

Do small acts of recognition produce durable changes in connection and belonging?

Floret calls this field Meaning Durability.

Valentine’s Day gives people permission to send an aggressively average carnation. FlowerGram removes the need for permission: any day, for no reason at all.

First ritual FlowerGram Let someone know you thought of them. flowergram.org

The first pilot is designed for a single campus. Only people who opt in can send or receive.

The success threshold is set before anyone joins. It cannot be revised. Those who begin least connected are tracked as their own group. Their results can stop the pilot.

Measures are taken at four points.

1. T₀On joining
2. T₁On receiving a carnation
3. T₂Two weeks later
4. T₃At the end of term