I've seen this same opinion, and similar ones, posted across a lot of the boards I like to visit. Social media can probably be done right, but not by dragging

I've seen this same opinion, and similar ones, posted across a lot of the boards I like to visit. Social media can probably be done right, but not by dragging people into an advertising market like facebook does. I have come to the conclusion that two factors are necessary to a social media site truer to the original feel of the internet. One is smaller communities, in which individual posters can recognize one another, whether they are named or pseudonymous; another is categorization by interest, rather than preexisting social connections. Reddit nearly manages this, but, being motivated by profit, has failed to stem the tide of idiots onto its platform. Solving the problem of overpopulation while bringing many users to a site is something I'm not aware of anyone having done. I don't have a lot of interest in implementing yet another social media site, but if anyone knows about such a place, I would love to hear about it.