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I put my thoughts about next-gen social into a concept that I like to call "Eigensocial" and expressed that through the Finclout project. 1. Micro-blogging do
by jsemrau 4y ago
I put my thoughts about next-gen social into a concept that I like to call "Eigensocial" and expressed that through the Finclout project.
1. Micro-blogging doesn't add much in 2022.
Velocity of content is too high and comment vs content is real.
What would it have what Discord or Telegram can't provide?
The content distribution to the world? Is that really a feature in 2022?
2. Followers are a terrible approximation of shared interest.
3. We use social media to be entertained and not to work. Ideally to connect with people that can help us move ahead. Stack overflow : Learn from smarter programmers. Finclout: Learn from smarter investors.
4. Do we really need a public global town square? Even if yes, there will always be boundaries based on spoken languages. (Chinese, English, Spanish, French, etc).
How much does it help us that an Indian doctor can talk American politics to a South African?
https://twitter.com/majornirmal/status/1587129879341867008 https://twitter.com/majornirmal/status/1587129879341867008
5. How is moderation baked into the product? People will exploit all your weaknesses to get ahead. For Finclout we implemented that as incentivized tasks for all users. How much do you allow for "edge" content. How does your system define "edge"?
6. Bots create engagement. Engagement creates DAUs. What's your strategy to use bots in your growth path? For finclout we don't. However, we have content partnerships in place so the app never feels empty.
7. What added value does decentralization bring? We partnered up with DeSo and ran a node for a while. Yet at this time, I think the only valuable innovation is decentralized identity management. Probably SBT will be the better solution here.
8. In 2023 we should go to a social sites because it provides us with the userbase to connect us with interesting people. I love Lunchclub for that exact reason. IMHO, this is how a social platform should be.