I love it.
But my friends all use Facebook.
Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends, not influencers
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#222Never ever I would sign up into a social network that doesn't publish any real-world contacts. Who are you, guys? Americans? Russians? Chinese? Why should I trust you with my online life, if I don't even know, where you live, what are your names and how your faces looks like? And, in Germany, publishing of the real-world information is mandatory.
> Who are you, guys? Americans? Russians? Chinese?
We are all free citizens of the cyberspace here. Take your nationalism back to meatspace :)
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#223Respect the effort, but I think it's not going in quite the right direction. I don't think people need paternalistic restrictions on post frequency. People need to be liberated from engagement-optimizing algorithms and allowed to choose which activity is presented to them and in what order.
You say that, but what if they choose paternalistic restrictions on post frequency?
"You must make all your choices yourself, and you must prefer that!" People act like any one website must support all use cases, all the time, when in reality, opting in to the site is also a choice; literally nothing on the Internet is required, you can choose not to participate (and all of the consequences, good or bad, that come with that choice).
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#224It sounds like a great idea. I did notice a carveout in the privacy policy for "if we get acquired, they can do whatever they want with any information" which seems... undermining, given how getting acquired by one of the worst data brokers is generally assumed for any successful social media startup.
I wouldn't assume malicious intent here, as this exact clause shows up word for word in dozens of privacy policies. It appears to just be a stock part of a generic privacy policy that made it past their initial edits.
I'm also unsure if its absence would really change anything. If a data broker acquires the company, what's to stop them from just changing the privacy policy to be compatible with their uses?
Re: Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends, not influencers
#225It sounds like a great idea. I did notice a carveout in the privacy policy for "if we get acquired, they can do whatever they want with any information" which seems... undermining, given how getting acquired by one of the worst data brokers is generally assumed for any successful social media startup.
Are you referring to this part:
> Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
? It doesn't mention the "they can do whatever they want with any information" explicitly, but given that the parallel "Affiliates" section says they'll have to adhere to this privacy policy and this section doesn't, I suppose it's implied.
To be clear, this is always the case whether or not it's explicitly mentioned in the policy, unless the opposite is mentioned - some kind of "any merger contact will require our acquirer to adhere this same policy", which I've never seen from any company. And it'll be an unlikely (albeit very welcome) addition given that it'll affect the acquisition potential and the $$$ bottom-line.
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#226Social Networks should be like email providers. You choose one that fits you best, or deploy your own, without having to worry not being able to communicate with others.
Maybe we are long overdue for an open standard protocol for social interactions on the web. If you come to think of it, when the personal data itself isn't the property of the company behind the social network, there should be no reason not to share that information, so we can access it from a provider of convenience.
This is what locks people into harmful platforms. I can't go to slow social without all my friends coming with me, so I'm stuck with Instagram/whatsapp.
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#227Social Networks should be like email providers. You choose one that fits you best, or deploy your own, without having to worry not being able to communicate with others. Maybe we are long overdue for an open standard protocol for social interactions on the web. If you come to think of it, when the personal data itself isn't the property of the company behind the social network, there should be no reason not to share…
> Maybe we are long overdue for an open standard protocol for social interactions on the web
We have those. They are called websites and emails.
Re: Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends, not influencers
#228Earlier quoted context omitted.
People crave engagement as much as they crave unhealthy food. Having a person stand behind you at all times with an infinite amount of the exact kind of burger you like isn't gonna help make you get thinner lol. And that's like the whole point of personalization algorithms.
> isn't gonna help make you get thinner lol. sure as hell isn't but do you actually think the reason 65% of the American population is overweight is burger ads, rather than the simple fact that people unless very explicitly told not to will stuff their faces with cheap and delicious fast food? Do you think that requires coercion? Like in a world where McDonalds doesn't run ads, they all start working out and eat sala…
Nah I'm saying that some things have a level of healthy natural scarcity to them. That scarcity can be removed artificially to not always beneficial ends.
Would I want an unlimited supply of free chocolate? Sure. Would I trust myself with it? Definitely not. Same applies here.
I'm aware that for example Tiktok owes its entire popularity to its smart filtering and suggestions, but that's also why I've never tried it myself. It's like going out of your way to try heroin or something. You know it's not gonna end well.
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#229Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you talked to Joe Edelman? He would have all kinds of good ideas for you.
Who is Joe Edelman?
Re: Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends, not influencers
#230It sounds like a great idea. I did notice a carveout in the privacy policy for "if we get acquired, they can do whatever they want with any information" which seems... undermining, given how getting acquired by one of the worst data brokers is generally assumed for any successful social media startup.
I will not sign up for a service with a clause like this.
What are the chances that you haven't already? Sounds like pretty low, unless you habitually read the entire privacy policy for every website before signing up.