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Re:Openbook social network by flabbergast on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @06:07AM (#17548560)
> the next Uber or Facebook won't be a better Uber or Facebook but something totally different.

Based on what premise?

> I wish companies would stop trying to be better copies of existing services.

Why? Almost all creativity and improvement goes by creating a better version of something that exists already.

Re:Openbook social network by buboard on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @06:11AM (#17548569)
Probably because, if one wants a social network, there are already many good ones in the market. And the people who care enough about privacy to quit facebook, probably won't use any social network at all.