Discussion What would your ideal social media site look like?

[innominesatanas44]

Think unrealistically, how would it function to be the most optimal for humans instead of advertisers, and how would it be it's layout? A site that is truly "social".

 

[BruhXDDDDD]

I just want to see funny memes and cool pictures without all the bitterness. Give me that and I'm satisfied. Posting news or pictures of your self or trying too hard to sway other people's opinions gets you pushed onto some other version of the site. Probably a terrible idea for a society as a whole but I'd love it

 

[innominesatanas44]

I just want to see funny memes and cool pictures without all the bitterness. Give me that and I'm satisfied.

Maybe image-focused like instagram but with subcommunities like reddit so you only see what you want to see, not recommendations…o wait, thats 4chan.

 

[BruhXDDDDD]

Maybe image-focused like instagram but with subcommunities like reddit so you only see what you want to see, not recommendations…o wait, thats 4chan.

4chan takes it to such a funny extreme that nothing I ever see there makes me feel particularly bad. It's excessively egoistic people who get taken seriously or even have majority approval that bother me more.

 

[innominesatanas44]

4chan takes it to such a funny extreme that nothing I ever see there makes me feel particularly bad. It's excessively egoistic people who get taken seriously or even have majority approval that bother me more.

There are good elements to borrow from it. The anonymity has upsides compared to bigger platforms, your data is not being tracked to promote you temu shit or to push political agendas on you, instead you would have to seek it out yourself if you want to see political slop. I also prefer that it doesn't look like shitty modern web design.

 

[leavingthesoultrap]

Sasu

 

[yellowjester]

SaSu woulld be the ideal sanctuary, if it wasn't for the Tantacrul video. Also, I think the bar of entry should be a bit higher, to filter out immature posters right away -- then it would be perfect.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

SaSu pre tantacrul. Alternatively, a site where people can connect to nembutal dealers anonymously with no consequences of obtaining nembutal from them

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Twitter but only with Sasu members.

 

[Saturn_]

No algorithm and no "infinite scrolling". Users and content are discovered at complete random (as in without algorithmic weighting), or by newest/recently online, or through your own search filters. No emphasis on friend/follower counts. Either has both like and dislike options, or neither of them. Customizable userpages with HTML and CSS -- think MySpace. Chatrooms, forums, private messages, and blogging -- numerous forms of communication so any kind of internet dweller can use the platform to their liking. More 2000s-looking site design (not crucial, just personal aesthetic preference). Site owners who actually listen to their userbase, who don't fix what ain't broken, and who don't sell out -- cough cough every big tech founder/CEO cough cough. Overall site design would put an emphasis on individual expression and freedom rather than minimalism, conformity and dogma.

 

[winamp]

this but without personal information connected to it or the real world connected to it because I love VRML and so many VRML sites and social platforms of the past are gone or completely lost and defunct/inaccessible or require you to contact the actual creator or maintainer of the site to join which would take months

 

[QueerMelancholy]

MySpace was great. MySpace mixed with more interactive functions.

 

[tary]

Probably like Discord but decentralized like Mastodon.

 

[AbusedInnocent]

Lemmy is great, it's like Reddit but decentralized and open-source.

Just wish it had more users, Mastodon currently dominates the fediverse.

 

[Rocinante]

Forums like this are a fine social outlet.
I don't need to tie an identity to a user to make interactions with them or their life any more real.

 

[Pluto]