4 ms·
The solution as I see it is to encourage independent creators who want things that represent that 1992-2012 spirit to create them. The cost and time required to
by rglover 6y ago
The solution as I see it is to encourage independent creators who want things that represent that 1992-2012 spirit to create them. The cost and time required to do that now is really cheap and seeing as how a lot of people lament their absence, some level of success is guaranteed.
Ultimately I think it comes down to personal desire and long-term goals. It seems like a lot of great, ambitious ideas that could/should have stayed one-person or small team operations get looped into the VC/growth thing (effectively destroying their original intent).
- tachyonbeam 6y agoI'd be tempted to create something like a reddit clone with less moderation, but I'm wondering: 1. How many unsuccessful reddit clones are out there already? 2. How much would regulations be a problem nowadays? You can be held liable for the content you host, and there's things like GPDR. Would that make it much harder to start a new social media platform?
- rglover 6y ago1. Several, I'd imagine. But is the quality any good? Probably not. 2. I'm sure some weasel would find a way to cause trouble if it got popular enough, but it may be an opportune time to do it as a DAO or some other decentralized app so you can circumvent that stuff.
- searchableguy 6y agoYou could look at ruqqus - https://github.com/ruqqus/ruqqus https://github.com/ruqqus/ruqqus
- claudiawerner 6y agoIn what way would less moderation prevent the causes of the loss of the early web: propaganda and astroturfing? If anything, that would seem to make it worse.
- tachyonbeam 6y agoYeah, actually not opposed to moderation, but opposed to some forms of censorship. There's a balance to be struck, but right now, you can get kicked off Facebook for politically-incorrect memes, for instance.