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So you're saying we need a platform with both characters/post and post/day limits?! I mean... that's beautiful, because I created a second twitter account just

So you're saying we need a platform with both characters/post and post/day limits?! I mean... that's beautiful, because I created a second twitter account just so I can follow a select few people for the pretty much the same reason you gave without having to worry they're getting lost to the noise.

rgoulter 6y ago
If the guiding rule from GP was "the best people to follow on Twitter are the people who don't use Twitter much" or "who only use Twitter to share what happens elsewhere", I don't think a rate limit would really help to satisfy that.
0_____0 6y ago
If you build those limits into the system then you lose some of your ability to filter for people who would naturally post below those limits.
- foerbert 6y ago
  You don't have to do it so simply as X posts/day. You can give some kind of 'influence points' per account or whatever that get automatically spread between posts. Tune it so at X/day each post is neutral, while more frequent become penalized and less frequent get a boost. There are probably better ways to do it, but this should get the idea across.
Laremere 6y ago
The social network I honestly want is something akin to the tradition of Christmas cards: a rare update (at most once a quarter) about how life is going with the option of attaching a few photos. No comments section, but instead a "I'd like to get in touch and chat sometime" button which helps schedule a video chat. No retweets, shares, engagement metrics.
- polimind 6y ago
  Man, sign me up. I would love to have a Facebook again if you removed the news feed, likes, alarm red notifications, and long comment threads about politics or whatever. Just a casual "hey let's catch up" and "here's how my last month / quarter went," oh yeah, I'm in.
- Polylactic_acid 6y ago
  The ideal social network in my opinion is instant messaging. Its the only major platform which hasn't been infested with algorithms, marketing, "influencers" and all the other crap. Its just you and close contacts. The downside is you won't see random updates from people you don't interact with regularly but honestly its not the biggest loss.
- rglullis 6y ago
  I like the idea, but how is that different from a personal website/blog with private access?
  - afarrell 6y ago
    The ability to have people on it who don't have the time or background to read tutorials on Digital Ocean?
    - rglullis 6y ago
      https://lmgtfy.com/?q=free+blog+hosting&s=l https://lmgtfy.com/?q=free+blog+hosting&s=l Ok, to make my answer a little bit less flippant. I didn't say that people need to host their own sites, just that a "social network without all the engagement" is no different a personal site or a blog.
  - breakfastduck 6y ago
    Because the average joe won't know how to set up a private personal website / blog & many of us have friends outside to tech.
    - 6y ago
KTallguy 6y ago
In lieu of browsing Twitter directly, I've been using this service lately: https://fraidyc.at/ https://fraidyc.at/ It's great because I can just see what people I care about post, and you can arrange it so that the people who post infrequently but that you really care about will be in your face when they do post. I find it soothing, and I can't wait for a proper mobile release.
- blueblimp 6y ago
  Huh, for a while I've been wanting almost exactly this. I simulate it on Twitter by using a lot of (private) lists and sometimes navigating to single users, but that's clunky.
- breakfastduck 6y ago
  This is a really nice concept. I shall be signing up. I quit Twitter recently due to the massive adverse impact it was having on my mental health. It essentially ended up personalizing every major bad thing happening in the world. I feel like I live on a significantly more peaceful planet since I stopped. But I do miss the tech side, I used to follow a load of interesting people that I no longer see. I will add them on this!
- Covzire 6y ago
  That looks useful, thanks for the heads up.
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rgoulter 6y ago

If the guiding rule from GP was "the best people to follow on Twitter are the people who don't use Twitter much" or "who only use Twitter to share what happens elsewhere", I don't think a rate limit would really help to satisfy that.

0_____0 6y ago

If you build those limits into the system then you lose some of your ability to filter for people who would naturally post below those limits.

foerbert 6y ago
You don't have to do it so simply as X posts/day. You can give some kind of 'influence points' per account or whatever that get automatically spread between posts. Tune it so at X/day each post is neutral, while more frequent become penalized and less frequent get a boost. There are probably better ways to do it, but this should get the idea across.

Laremere 6y ago

The social network I honestly want is something akin to the tradition of Christmas cards: a rare update (at most once a quarter) about how life is going with the option of attaching a few photos. No comments section, but instead a "I'd like to get in touch and chat sometime" button which helps schedule a video chat. No retweets, shares, engagement metrics.

polimind 6y ago
Man, sign me up. I would love to have a Facebook again if you removed the news feed, likes, alarm red notifications, and long comment threads about politics or whatever. Just a casual "hey let's catch up" and "here's how my last month / quarter went," oh yeah, I'm in.
Polylactic_acid 6y ago
The ideal social network in my opinion is instant messaging. Its the only major platform which hasn't been infested with algorithms, marketing, "influencers" and all the other crap. Its just you and close contacts. The downside is you won't see random updates from people you don't interact with regularly but honestly its not the biggest loss.
rglullis 6y ago
I like the idea, but how is that different from a personal website/blog with private access?
- afarrell 6y ago
  The ability to have people on it who don't have the time or background to read tutorials on Digital Ocean?
  - rglullis 6y ago
    https://lmgtfy.com/?q=free+blog+hosting&s=l https://lmgtfy.com/?q=free+blog+hosting&s=l Ok, to make my answer a little bit less flippant. I didn't say that people need to host their own sites, just that a "social network without all the engagement" is no different a personal site or a blog.
- breakfastduck 6y ago
  Because the average joe won't know how to set up a private personal website / blog & many of us have friends outside to tech.
  - 6y ago

KTallguy 6y ago

In lieu of browsing Twitter directly, I've been using this service lately: https://fraidyc.at/ https://fraidyc.at/ It's great because I can just see what people I care about post, and you can arrange it so that the people who post infrequently but that you really care about will be in your face when they do post. I find it soothing, and I can't wait for a proper mobile release.

blueblimp 6y ago
Huh, for a while I've been wanting almost exactly this. I simulate it on Twitter by using a lot of (private) lists and sometimes navigating to single users, but that's clunky.
breakfastduck 6y ago
This is a really nice concept. I shall be signing up. I quit Twitter recently due to the massive adverse impact it was having on my mental health. It essentially ended up personalizing every major bad thing happening in the world. I feel like I live on a significantly more peaceful planet since I stopped. But I do miss the tech side, I used to follow a load of interesting people that I no longer see. I will add them on this!
Covzire 6y ago
That looks useful, thanks for the heads up.

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