The problems I (and presumably others) have with social media:
- too much spam/bots
- -> it feels like the dark forest[1] is already there
- current social media platforms create echo chambers
- furthermore, disinformation is rampant
- quantity > quality, when it comes to following people
- same with likes: people are addicted to them; some base their self worth on them
- it feels like a big city; there's people everywhere but you still feel lonely
- login based on WorldID[2] to prove human uniqueness
- twitter like system (x max characters; posts; hashtags)
- up/downvotes instead of likes
- num upvotes/follows etc. are not shown anywhere to discourage farming them
- ...
- natualistic UI; paper look; example[3][4]
- dependency graph of followers (like obsidian note graph, but for followers)[5]
- customizeable profile page (think of myspace pages)
- live cursors / other kinds of activity to indicate how other people are interacting with posts in real time
- ...
- [^1]: https://de-de.world.org/world-id
- [^2]: https://maggieappleton.com/ai-dark-forest
- [^3]: https://x.com/samdape/status/1857801963317932435
- [^4]: https://x.com/_jzhao/status/1856103807903773015
- [^5]: https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Graph+view