Who's behind Stamp.

Tom Binza

I've spent the last decade in customer success and customer experience inside tech companies, with a consulting background before that. Most of that work has been about understanding what users actually want, not what a product team thinks they want. That gap turned out to be the reason Stamp exists.

Personally, I was looking for a way out of mainstream social media. The algorithms, the negativity, the doomscrolling, the lack of ownership over what I'd posted, the lack of transparency about how any of it worked. I started talking to friends and family about it and realised everyone felt the same. It was time for an alternative that could give people what they actually wanted from social, and strip everything else out.

My academic background is environmental: I specialised in environmental law at university, then did a master's in environmental policy and management. I worked as an environmental consultant for several years and then spent time at a food-waste-reduction startup using machine learning in commercial kitchens. I now work in driver safety. I've always wanted my work to mean something beyond a salary, which is also why Stamp commits half of its profits, after costs, to charities our members vote in each year.

If you're a charity wanting to talk to us, a journalist, or a member with a question, reach out to me directly.