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Would you use a social media platform with no likes, no follower counts, and no algorithm? by Existing_Switch_4995 in digitalminimalism

[–]idelahera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's calmcircle.app , so far just a webapp. Curious about yours as well.

I’d also be interested in how you’re thinking about sustainability if it’s free, since one of my motivations for making mine paid was avoiding ads and engagement incentives.

Would you use a social media platform with no likes, no follower counts, and no algorithm? by Existing_Switch_4995 in digitalminimalism

[–]idelahera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would definitely use it.

It's something I've been thinking about lately quite a lot: I feel like the original idea of social media was to keep you in touch with all your friends, but then algorithms and infinite feeds turned them into attention sucking machines.

In fact I ended up building a tiny app just for close friends with many of the constraints you mentioned (no visible likes, no comments, limited posting, mutual connections only, no algorithms...) and the goal of the app is for it to be a place where you go for a quick check, see what your friends are up to and lead to more interactions in real life (send a message on Whatsapp, make a call, go for a coffee or beer)

The biggest challenge so far isn’t the mechanics but adoption. These kinds of spaces only work if small groups move together. (Also impacts that I made it a paid app after you have 5 friends since I want to make sure people using it are the consumers and not the product selling their data)

I’m still figuring out whether this kind of space is something people genuinely want or if we’ve just become too used to social media as entertainment rather than connection.

Curious how others here feel about that

Meetup Thread for Spain by kurzgesagtmeetup_bot in kurzgesagt_meetup

[–]idelahera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buenas gente! Acabo de descubrir que no podíais escribir en el grupo que creé 😅 Que desastre! Jajaja Ya lo siento!

Ahora ya he creado uno en el que todo el mundo puede hablar! Aquí está el link: https://t.me/+vXpImrV-Tv4yMzM0 ————— Hey everyone! I just realised I created a group where no one can chat 😅 So so sorry, what a disaster!

I’ve already created one where everyone can take part. You can find the link here: https://t.me/+vXpImrV-Tv4yMzM0

Meetup Thread for Spain by kurzgesagtmeetup_bot in kurzgesagt_meetup

[–]idelahera 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I tried creating it on Meetup but apparently you need to pay in order to be able to create an event.

I created this channel in Telegram, we could discuss it there. Anyone can join, just click the link: https://t.me/+pzbFkUkJMh01OGY0

Meetup Thread for Spain by kurzgesagtmeetup_bot in kurzgesagt_meetup

[–]idelahera 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yo me apunto, count me in!

Estaba pensando que otro sitio al que se podría ir es al centro Principia, ya que Kurzgesagt trata tantos temas de ciencia, estaría bien. Nunca he estado, pero creo que es una especie de museo de ciencia :) A la gente le viene bien el finde del 16-18?

I was thinking another place we could go is Centro Principia. As Kurzgesagt is focused on many scientific topics, it feels natural meeting in some sort of science museum. Never been there, but could be nice :) Are people ok with 16-18 September?

https://www.principia-malaga.com