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Social Media is broken. Can we fix it? (youtu.be)
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Most people agree that Social Media is broken and that we need to find new solutions. Max DeMarco embarked on a journey to find out more about a new invention called NOSTR. This is his documentary about that journey and his interview with key players.

I've actually been on Nostr myself a few months (and did my own video about it). As with most alternative networks, you see who you put in your feed.

Watch at https://youtu.be/aA-jiiepOrE

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

... social media eventually leads to us seeing what most of society is really like… boring, bigoted and stupid.

Reminds me a little bit of Tragedy of the commons.

Which issue are they trying to solve?

Right? Stuff from the "old days" is still popular and usable. We can still email people, create private groups on WhatsApp/Signal/whatever to avoid algorithms, and subscribe to blogs by RSS (or email newsletter if unsupported, usually). In fact, it's never been easier.

  1. many people have handheld computers in their pocket at all times
  2. Signal et al. are free and the apps are great. Remember paying per message?
  3. Mobile data plans are getting cheaper
  4. Many independent email providers with very high reliability

Just delete Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, whatever and move on.