social

Social media is mainstream. This is a place to discuss social media's design and impact. /social is the place for the intelligent and globally informed conversation about social media we've always been looking for.

Ako

@ako1988

Bwt I didn't renew my X subscription, And don't wanna do ! I left IG because I couldn’t stand all the fake people showing off and screaming out their insecurities anymore. Lately, I’ve started feeling the same way about X , except it’s even worse. It’s turned into a place full of loud, bitter people who think having counts of followers and a timeline somehow makes them the source of right and truth nonsense words around. That’s honestly harder for me to digest than the fake glamour on IG. Believe that building a better social experience might actually be possible within just these 37 users.

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nicholas 🧨

@nicholas

its fascinating that Sora will have something like @ampsfun inside for buying influencer cameos

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0xLuo

@0xluo.eth

Crypto social are becoming alike, “Discover, Trade, Create” fits them all. 👀

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GIGAMΞSH

@gigamesh

Found an instagram hack 😁

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Stephan

@stephancill

Global spam filters are a bit of a cop out imo. They give you the worst of both worlds - when they’re too aggressive they frequently result in false positives - when they’re too lax they’re not very useful The reality is that spam is relative and our content filters should reflect that. Cool to see bluesky experimenting in this direction

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Stephan

@stephancill

https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3m4jmwemgkk26

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Zinger

@zinger

Dijie gives social Roc (/faust) vibes Excited for more stuff like this https://x.com/jkelwn/status/1983632468721987642

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Ohnahji🎓

@ohnahji

Check out this video I just published on @pinetree:

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Stephan

@stephancill

incredible mental gymnastics taking place in silicon valley

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Stephan

@stephancill

Enjoyed reading this article on why decentralized social matters - written from an activist pov. Some passages that stood out: “an open, permissionless protocol can be exploited just as easily to surveil as it can to build.” “If your team isn't representative of the people you're trying to help, you might not be the right people yet.” https://werd.io/why-the-open-social-web-matters-now/

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Zinger

@zinger

Wow this very cool Pretty elegant solution to a problem that’s existed for a while with external content (people closing the loop on the initial discovery and capturing the sentiment there) https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1979994223224209709?s=46

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nicholas 🧨

@nicholas

on tiktok formats https://x.com/nnnnicholas/status/1979367845994619036?s=46&t=1znVA-6f1LI1qvsp8w99Kg

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nicholas 🧨

@nicholas

observations on tiktok https://x.com/nnnnicholas/status/1979360495137091982?s=46&t=1znVA-6f1LI1qvsp8w99Kg

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Zinger

@zinger

I don't understand why all crypto people always want to exchange Telegrams when you meet IRL. It's just like exchanging numbers: creates a dead end. Much better to connect on Farcaster, Twitter, even LinkedIn, so that at least there's some passive social context to further develop the relationship. Otherwise you have to remember who the person is based on their name, force a conversation to keep in touch, etc. Passive social context is powerful. There's a reason that people ask for Instagrams and Snapchats in both romantic and friend contexts instead of numbers these days. Side note: I still don't understand how you can work in crypto and not be on Farcaster. Feels like one of the highest leverage things you can do to continue to build your network in the industry and perhaps more importantly actually try and use new onchain (mini) apps.

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john

@know

Great piece, not really about the end of social media, but instead speaking about the current downfalls and potential future differences. https://www.noemamag.com/the-last-days-of-social-media/

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