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What do you want in a new social network?

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Re: What do you want in a new social network?

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Post by simplecomplex »

buboard wrote: post #9
Porthos9K wrote: post #7

I don't want a new social network. I want Web tech to be accessible enough that even the least experienced computer user can have their own website with RSS feed, IM over XMPP, group chat using IRC, and secure, spam-free email. I want to the internet itself to be a social network using open, standardized protocols that have been proven to work.

if you figure a way to remove spam, all the old protocols can be popular again.

Huh? There is no spam with RSS or IM. The user chooses what to consume.

And spam is a solved problem with email.

Re: What do you want in a new social network?

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Post by feralhog »

Porthos9K wrote: post #7

I don't want a new social network. I want Web tech to be accessible enough that even the least experienced computer user can have their own website with RSS feed, IM over XMPP, group chat using IRC, and secure, spam-free email. I want to the internet itself to be a social network using open, standardized protocols that have been proven to work.

Do you not think these things already exist? Seems like what you're asking for is solved. But o could be missing something

Re: What do you want in a new social network?

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Post by throwaway156503 »

The HN crowd always suggests technical aspects they want out of online communities. No one cares about that crap.

Instead, what about online communities that: don't incentivize shallow responses, don't incentivize like or karma gaming, do encourage great content, do encourage participation to a slightly greater degree than most places where 80% lurk.

I think good online communities are actually small. At a particular point in time, as population scale goes up, you don't find people familiar anymore and as a result no one has a reputation. The site has a reputation.

How do we create good online communities? Someone has done this homework, yes. At least, I believe there are studies out there somewhere which talk about the threshold of people that we can recognize with any meaningful context.

Re: What do you want in a new social network?

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Post by feralhog »

throwaway156503 wrote: post #15

The HN crowd always suggests technical aspects they want out of online communities. No one cares about that crap. Instead, what about online communities that: don't incentivize shallow responses, don't incentivize like or karma gaming, do encourage great content, do encourage participation to a slightly greater degree than most places where 80% lurk. I think good online communities are actually small. At a particular…

Thanks for the insights. Totally agree about keeping it small

Re: What do you want in a new social network?

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Post by Porthos9K »

feralhog wrote: post #13
Porthos9K wrote: post #7

I don't want a new social network. I want Web tech to be accessible enough that even the least experienced computer user can have their own website with RSS feed, IM over XMPP, group chat using IRC, and secure, spam-free email. I want to the internet itself to be a social network using open, standardized protocols that have been proven to work.

Do you not think these things already exist? Seems like what you're asking for is solved. But o could be missing something

The tech exists, but the average schmuck has no idea how to use it, so it might as well not exist.

Re: What do you want in a new social network?

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Post by feralhog »

Porthos9K wrote: post #17
feralhog wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you not think these things already exist? Seems like what you're asking for is solved. But o could be missing something

The tech exists, but the average schmuck has no idea how to use it, so it might as well not exist.

Fair enough
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