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I've been wondering what it would take to build a Facebook-like thing that isn't evil. Thoughts? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27946350 https://news.yc

• throwaway1777 5y ago
  Maybe controversial but I think the only way is benevolent dictatorship. Anything run by a large group of people eventually becomes political and corrupt or a money grab. People forget for the first 10 years of its existence up until about 2015 most people thought Facebook was a great company. Zuck could turn it back into that since he has control, but it’s a huge machine now and a public company so it would be very tough to do so.
• wintermutestwin 5y ago
  A public benefit corporation that provides a way to keep family and friends in the loop. No news. No businesses. No politics. Lots of baby and dog photos.
• cvwright 5y ago
  I've been thinking about this a lot over the past couple of years. I even took a sabbatical from my job to build a prototype. IMO the big thing that most alternatives are missing is end-to-end encryption, like Signal. Otherwise there's no guarantee that you gain anything by moving to a new platform, as long as they can still track/profile you and sell your data, and as long as they can inject whatever garbage they want into your feed. I think this explains a lot of the reluctance to try anything new. Might as well stick with the Zucc you know than risk it with a new one.