Seeing a bit of debate concerning the most defining feature: one post a week. This is my favorite aspect of the site! What this really brings up is the distin

Seeing a bit of debate concerning the most defining feature: one post a week. This is my favorite aspect of the site! What this really brings up is the distinction made ages ago about policy vs mechanism. Every social media platform out there has or basically uses the same mechanisms: interactive, submit text/photos/video, add "friends", and so on. You'll notice that Slow Social implements the mechanism of a social network. So... what makes every social networking site different? It's the Policy! Most platforms had a few defining policies. - Twitter: "tweets" must be quite short, originally emulating SMS, all tweets show up in your feed (not sure if this is true anymore). - Facebook: add friends, must use your real name - Quora: must use your real name, posts must take the form of either a question or an answer to a question (but comments may also be made) - Reddit: Upvotes and Downvotes are first class citizens, users submit an idea, and the interface encourages lively discussion in the comments (this isn't technically policy, but more like culture). And so we add Slow Social to the mix: must add a friend to your list for them to see your post or add their email, may only post once per week. It's also just cool to experiment with new policies and see if they work. So, Slow Social adds a new, perhaps daring policy so as to make things more enjoyable overall. As an aside, if I'm only allowed to post one thing per week for my friends, I can't help but think that that would encourage my writing to be more impactful, thoughtful, and polite. It would encourage good habits in written communication. So needless to say, I'm signed up and looking forward to where this goes!