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raisedbymoogles) wrote2023-07-23 09:28 pm
raisedbymoogles) wrote2023-07-23 09:28 pm
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maybe we should all just go back to using messenger pigeons.
twitter has been set on fire and fallen into the swamp. most other social media are alt-right radicalization machines. tumblr retains its stranglehold on fandom for now, but its owners appear to be determined to drag it to oblivion and/or behind the woodshed.
DW and PF are... here. but let's be honest, if people wanted to be here in any great numbers they would be.
what will the next social media ecosystem look like? i know what i want in my interacting-with-people-on-the-interwebs experience, but i'm weird and off-putting, so i'm probably not the best model for social media engagement. i know 'chronological timeline populated (only!) with people i follow, privacy/engagement controls, runs on desktop' are must-haves for the General Audience, but those are Solved Problems even if most social media owners would Really Rather Not. no, there's gotta be something else, right? some wow-factor feature that pulls people's interest. something that either brings back a feature we didn't know we were missing or comes up with something new. not a gimmick, a genuinely new way to reach people.
this is the point where I reveal my Grand Idea for Social Media's Next X-Factor. IF I HAD ONE
idk. i told my partner today that i wished we could just make our own internet. let the bots advertise to each other while all the real people wander into the digital woods to learn and play and teach and archive and all the stuff that a global communications network is actually GOOD and USEFUL for.
sadly, i can't crochet undersea Internet cables. ;P
DW and PF are... here. but let's be honest, if people wanted to be here in any great numbers they would be.
what will the next social media ecosystem look like? i know what i want in my interacting-with-people-on-the-interwebs experience, but i'm weird and off-putting, so i'm probably not the best model for social media engagement. i know 'chronological timeline populated (only!) with people i follow, privacy/engagement controls, runs on desktop' are must-haves for the General Audience, but those are Solved Problems even if most social media owners would Really Rather Not. no, there's gotta be something else, right? some wow-factor feature that pulls people's interest. something that either brings back a feature we didn't know we were missing or comes up with something new. not a gimmick, a genuinely new way to reach people.
this is the point where I reveal my Grand Idea for Social Media's Next X-Factor. IF I HAD ONE
idk. i told my partner today that i wished we could just make our own internet. let the bots advertise to each other while all the real people wander into the digital woods to learn and play and teach and archive and all the stuff that a global communications network is actually GOOD and USEFUL for.
sadly, i can't crochet undersea Internet cables. ;P
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Robinson always has put a little too much faith in technical solutions, but the idea has some merit. A truly secure Internet app that is secure against government, corporate, and spam intrusion would be gold.
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