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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 feralhog »

pacala wrote: post #30
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…

Limits and costs. You can only connect to 150 people. No celebrities / influencers. You can only write X messages a day, and copy paste is disabled. You cannot share for free, got to articulate at least 50 words. The reader got to click the share link if they want to see the original content. No one click karma, let people write 50 words or more if they want to express their feelings. Concession: Voice dictation, typ…

Great thoughts, thanks for sharing.

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

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Post by feralhog »

ScottFree wrote: post #28
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…

I agree with everything you're saying, but what you're describing isn't a social network. It's a private, invite-only community and those have serious limitations when compared to an open social network. IMHO, HN and Reddit are at their best when random people whose opinions you wouldn't ordinarily hear from decide to comment. For example, It's pretty common here on HN for open source authors to chime in on threads w…

Great points

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

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Post by gesman »

verdverm wrote: post #6
gesman wrote: post #3

Decentralized, peer to peer social network. Basically preventing any platform ownership to go awry or sneaky against user's or group needs.

How would you deal with misinformation and malicious campaigns under this situation?

I'd steer more toward "use it at your own risk" vs. "we're good because we'll be policing things for you".

Certain self-policing, engaging communities proven to be quite an efficient in that. Sort of like multiple downvotes will kill the post quickly.

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

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Post by CM30 »

I guess I'd want a social network where people aren't constantly tracked for monetisation purposes and where their personal information isn't sold to the highest bidder. Where any creators there can actually do well on the platform, and where the recommendation systems aren't ridiculously unfairly tilted in favour of the already super popular types.

And hell, one where the moderation system is fair all round. No preferences, no biases towards the rich or popular or whatever, just simple rules they enforce equally for all users, maybe with a nice way to counter the claim and get a person to listen to your response.

Plus somewhere a bunch of interesting people are posting interesting content on a regular basis. As in, stuff that isn't purely political in its nature, and isn't all about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin but about everyday topics instead.

That's not too complicated is it?

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

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Post by feralhog »

CM30 wrote: post #34

I guess I'd want a social network where people aren't constantly tracked for monetisation purposes and where their personal information isn't sold to the highest bidder. Where any creators there can actually do well on the platform, and where the recommendation systems aren't ridiculously unfairly tilted in favour of the already super popular types. And hell, one where the moderation system is fair all round. No pref…

Haha it shouldn't be that complicated! This is a lot of good stuff...thanks for replying

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

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Post by feralhog »

asdkhadsj wrote: post #27

Distributed / self hosted. Information pattern like Git or Scuttlebutt. UX abstracted enough that the underlying infrastructure is never exposed to non-tech savvy users. Optionally ephemeral[1] . No dark patterns. Also, I don't think I want a social network about humans lives, ala Facebook. I want a social network that is constructive. I want a social network that is about storing information, learning, discussing, g…

Really like the part about being constructive
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