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Re:We should replace Facebook with personal websites by CodeCube on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:01PM (#18727906)
> submit articles to content indexes

... aaaaaand, there it goes; the spammers already ruined it ;)

Re:We should replace Facebook with personal websites by stcredzero on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:30PM (#18728238)
... aaaaaand, there it goes; the spammers already ruined it ;)

Like they did with email. Then you have companies come with robust AI tech and filter the spam, and also give good recommendations. A few of those companies come to dominate the market

... aaaaaand, there it goes; we're back to the situation we have now with Facebook and Google.

Re:We should replace Facebook with personal websites by NotAnEconomist on Thursday December 20, 2018 @03:08PM (#18728639)
That's the point:

The situation for social networks would be strictly better if you could easily migrate accounts between FB, Google, etc and subscribe to feeds from multiple networks.

The situation you're calling out is exactly the point.

Re:We should replace Facebook with personal websites by stcredzero on Thursday December 20, 2018 @03:18PM (#18728710)
The situation for social networks would be strictly better if you could easily migrate accounts between FB, Google, etc and subscribe to feeds from multiple networks.

That's also my point.