The ideas are good; you do require some sort of KYC; then these proven humans can still be bots but at least the supply is not infinite.
What I would like to see is a 'interest' timeline which does not just show me posts from people I follow, but only the posts that interest me and nothing else from those users (unless i click on User timeline); for instance; i only care about english and dutch posts, i only care about tech posts (a tech poster might have gone to taylor swift; I don't want to see that post as i don't give a rats ass). With AI's language skills, this should be fairly trivial.
The problem is, once you need to make money, you will show me stuff I don't want to see and then I will leave. Rather you just ask me for $/mo and never do that, but we see how that goes with existing networks....
so, in essence, a "for you" feed, based on your "follower feed", which filters posts based on your interactions (e.g. upvotes) with content on the platform? sounds cool
about the monetization: i would strongly be against sponsored posts / the advertising BS we see in current social media. yes, it's what made them so profitable, but IMO it's also one of the main reasons why they suck. IMO, a subscription based model would be the only viable way: it's an optional subscription, that gives you mainly social benefits: icons, decorations for your page etc. furthermore, early access features would be accessible to subscribers only. (yes, X has a similar subscription model, but it barely focuses on social status benefits; having played MMOs, I must say that humans are ready to spend big sums of money for social status items, even if it's just 'pixels on a screen'; however, a simple blue badge is OFC not enough to make someone spend big bucks.
> so, in essence, a "for you" feed, based on your "follower feed", which filters posts based on your interactions (e.g. upvotes) with content on the platform? sounds cool
yes or actually working 'less like this' 'more like this' which does not care about following or not, but only about whatever this is about.
perhaps leaving hints to stuff i Really Do Not want (always a stronger emotion than do want), for instance politics and parenting; no matter how interesting the OPs are, I care so absolutely nothing about these things, I will unfollow. And that is a shame.
Have you tried Mastodon / Fediverse with no promotion algorithm based on engagement? It feels very different to Twitter even pre-Musk.
Also: I run an informational bot, which is why I was on Twitter until Musk turned all that access off. Not all bots are bad any more than all humans. Intent is important.
tying bot tokens to a user account (i.e. the bot owner) would be something i don't see a problem with; I have a problem with "user bots": bots that simulate users with bad intent
Mostly the same as in early 2010s, but without growth hacking.
But, the problem is every incremental internet user after that was worse, regardless of country.
And adding to that, excluding propaganda, junk content or repost profiles mainly originate from global south as human labor value is low and people are desperate for income. (Yeah, I know, controversial thought, but on IG you can check country of all these reposting profiles and much of them aren't from EU/US). And these locations got connected to the internet specifically during 2010s.
yes, people post bad content all the time; however I'm not against that kind of content.
I have problems with:
- bot posts
- ... which influence some real users
- ... which then, combined with more bot posts, influence the rest of users
solving the problem of "free speech" on the internet obviously won't be done by implementing a proof of human uniqueness; I believe it's a problem, that will always remain to a certain degree. however, I believe that we can reduce the size of the problem from where its at now, to a significantly smaller size (e.g. 2000s era)
WorldID is not the only way to KYC. I joined Proof of Humanity ages ago, and it was a very sound project. It lost its way a bit because of trying to do too many things, but the DAO was essentially sound. https://proofofhumanity.id/.
What I would like to see is a 'interest' timeline which does not just show me posts from people I follow, but only the posts that interest me and nothing else from those users (unless i click on User timeline); for instance; i only care about english and dutch posts, i only care about tech posts (a tech poster might have gone to taylor swift; I don't want to see that post as i don't give a rats ass). With AI's language skills, this should be fairly trivial.
The problem is, once you need to make money, you will show me stuff I don't want to see and then I will leave. Rather you just ask me for $/mo and never do that, but we see how that goes with existing networks....
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