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Would love if you tried it out!
Show HN: Pieces – Social network for people
try.piecesof.me
I like the idea, but how do you actually enforce the 'no bots' model?
Do you have some sort of detection for 'faceless accounts' ? Or are you moderating that by hand? I like the idea, but how do you actually enforce the 'no bots' model?
I got back on instagram recently and the first thing I see when I login now is content from repost accounts and it's like, do I really want to see this? Is this what happens when we optimize for engagement blindly? A hypothesis I have is that if we make rules in the beginning this will be easier to enforce at scale. See an account that's just reposting stuff -> report it -> review
It seems hard to get them off the ground.
I wonder if the answer to the enshittification of social networks is “no social network at all”.
It seems incredibly focused on "real humans" etc, which is (common...), but my real identity doesn't exist in the physical world.
(There are also multiple of them thanks to DID, but that tends to require a significant rearchitecture to accommodate)
I’ve seen a few posts about a “better social network” tried a few even thought about making my own. It seems hard to get them off the ground. I wonder if the answer to the enshittification of social networks is “no social network at all”.
I believe in PIECES to my core. Everything I'm doing now with my full-time job so I don't have to take outside investment and saving is to get not only PIECES but my dating platform Lettr Dating off the ground. PIECES will be around in 5 years, I guarantee it, because it's the social network that I always dreamed of having - even going back in the day to 2003 when I would just post on my xanga.
This doesn't seem to have been picked up by the HN algo, which is fine. But I'm going to keep at it.
If you're in NYC, I'll be promoting PIECES and Lettr in the parks at night time, and I'll likely be hiring an intern at NYU to help me spread it around campus. If you see this and are at NYU, I'd love to chat - https://piecesof.me/p/6qrjydihiq3tikg3fb85fqcelqnhph
Is this site inclusive of nonhuman identities? [0] It seems incredibly focused on "real humans" etc, which is (common...), but my real identity doesn't exist in the physical world. (There are also multiple of them thanks to DID, but that tends to require a significant rearchitecture to accommodate) [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherkin
Stay tuned and thanks for your patience.
Is this site inclusive of nonhuman identities? [0] It seems incredibly focused on "real humans" etc, which is (common...), but my real identity doesn't exist in the physical world. (There are also multiple of them thanks to DID, but that tends to require a significant rearchitecture to accommodate) [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherkin
We'll have to open a committee to launch an investigation to produce a report about whether accounts held by Otherkin should be allowed. Stay tuned and thanks for your patience.