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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by TheSpiceIsLife on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @12:29AM (#32246851)
Maybe what someone should do is build a Social Network as a Service.

SNaaS.

Letting anyone run their own, and turning whatever features they want on or off.

You as the service provider take a cut of advertising revenue, or subscription fees, etc.

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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by xigoi on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @03:23AM (#32247749)
I have an even better idea. How about creating a big network where everyone could have their little space and put whatever they want in it? The main method of content discovery would be by adding “links” to other people's places. Since it would be interconnected like a spider web, we could cáll it “the web” or something…
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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by tqkxzugoaupvwqr on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:31AM (#32248480)
The technical hurdle is too high. A text box and submit button is the maximum if you want to make it accessible to billions of people.
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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by xigoi on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @07:32AM (#32249219)
Text box and submit button you say?

http://txti.es/

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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by alexb_ on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @11:53AM (#32252014)
Are there any FOSS alternatives to this?
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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by tuukkah on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:21AM (#32247116)
I believe this exists since 2005, originally founded by Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini: https://ning.com/
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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by dmix on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @08:21AM (#32249578)
That massive cookie banner is really terrible. What were they thinking?
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Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne... by naugtur on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:21AM (#32248435)
You mean peer to peer ;)

Keet.io and whatever comes next

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