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I was quite intrigued by semi-proposal of building a meta social network (it starts around 1:37:45). He proposes a service where anyone can start a social netwo

I was quite intrigued by semi-proposal of building a meta social network (it starts around 1:37:45). He proposes a service where anyone can start a social network using any features of existing ones (Facebook feed, Twitter conversation, Reddit threads...), with each network cultivating its own rules and reward function (criteria for what content is reshared or upvoted). On one hand it's over-ambitious and doomed to fail, and yet it could lead to more coherent and constructive hive mind.

yetihehe 6y ago
> with each network cultivating its own rules and reward function (criteria for what content is reshared or upvoted). Yeah, that sounds like trying to evolve even more addicting social networks. Those networks which are more rewarding will have more users, regardless if they are good or bad in long term.
cblconfederate 6y ago
It has been tried so many times -- evolving variations of social networks. The end result is facebook bought them all. It's what we call survival of the richest.
rnd_74367843 6y ago
I tried to do that 10 years ago. Didn't gain traction. Too complex an idea for most to want http://babblingbrook.net/ http://babblingbrook.net/
cosmojg 6y ago
Isn't that kinda what's already unfolding with ActivityPub? You've got Friendica for Facebook, Mastodon and Pleroma for Twitter, Lemmy for Reddit, WriteFreely and Plume for Medium, Funkwhale for SoundCloud, Peertube for YouTube, Pixelfed for Instagram, and so much more[1]! Not only can anyone spin up their own instance of any one or more of these services with whatever rules and customs they want, but all of these different services can talk to each other since they're all built on the same underlying protocol. It's cool stuff, and it's already happening today! [1] https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous

yetihehe 6y ago

> with each network cultivating its own rules and reward function (criteria for what content is reshared or upvoted). Yeah, that sounds like trying to evolve even more addicting social networks. Those networks which are more rewarding will have more users, regardless if they are good or bad in long term.

cblconfederate 6y ago

It has been tried so many times -- evolving variations of social networks. The end result is facebook bought them all. It's what we call survival of the richest.

rnd_74367843 6y ago

I tried to do that 10 years ago. Didn't gain traction. Too complex an idea for most to want http://babblingbrook.net/ http://babblingbrook.net/

cosmojg 6y ago

Isn't that kinda what's already unfolding with ActivityPub? You've got Friendica for Facebook, Mastodon and Pleroma for Twitter, Lemmy for Reddit, WriteFreely and Plume for Medium, Funkwhale for SoundCloud, Peertube for YouTube, Pixelfed for Instagram, and so much more[1]! Not only can anyone spin up their own instance of any one or more of these services with whatever rules and customs they want, but all of these different services can talk to each other since they're all built on the same underlying protocol. It's cool stuff, and it's already happening today! [1] https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous