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I remember a decade ago, mail.ru has released a new and fresh social network just like Threads. At first there was chaos but it was fun - you could write somet
by thriftwy 3y ago
I remember a decade ago, mail.ru has released a new and fresh social network just like Threads.
At first there was chaos but it was fun - you could write something unusual and get strangers see it and respond, and see yourself somewhere in global reach rankings. In a week, though, you would only see accounts posting the same kind of content over and over again (be it jokes or kittens) and in two weeks it died because nobody cared to visit it anymore.
- thriftwy 3y agoA semi-successful thing was Yandex Zen, designed to be an anti-social network where you do not have to subscribe to anything since it will show random stuff to you and see how you would react. What was great is that it was long tailish, such as you could find yourself reading about train spotting, airplanes and that dude working kitchen in a restaurant. No celebrities unless you really clicked that stuff yourself. Has Yandex not badly mismanaged it at least three times, it could still be relevant by now.