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I was thinking about social networks that is not Facebook. The challenge is to make something that can compete in this respect. It would be so nice to have the
by rsolva 7mo ago
I was thinking about social networks that is not Facebook. The challenge is to make something that can compete in this respect. It would be so nice to have the in-person part, but without the ads, scams, data theft and blackbox algorithms!
- llbbdd 7mo agoThe closer you emulate real world interactions, the more of those things you will have.
- skandinaff 7mo agoI suppose, if we reduce this problem to it's core - the question remains - who pays for the servers? That's the reason we don't have a idealistic web platforms - or am I wrong?
- rsolva 7mo agoI run my own instance at home. Not everybody can do this, but if more nerds hosted instances for friends and family, it would get us somewhere at least :) The goal is not instant world domination, but a organically grown network, providing an off-ramp for those that have had enough and are ready to take some action. Facilitating real world meet-ups would help, I think!