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Alt-social failures, coolness, and Good work
The central issue with all these 'alt-social' sites is coolness. A quick binary measure of coolness for websites is the existence of an /about page. Radiopaper has one, as does Uptrust, so they go immediately in the bin.... posted 3w ago with 9 replies meta gnon startups

Alt-social failures,

This 100%, but also I actually do not want to know what sofiechan is. Is any decent social media platform definable? Its indescribability is what lets it hold power over us. Magic is not defined; it is ingraspable.... 1w ago

This 100%, but also

Uptrust. Another alt-social app designed to foster great conversations
This seems interesting. Someone linked it to me. Has anyone used it or know anything about it? It seems like there are multiple parties thinking in serious ways about what we might call the “alt social media problem” and how to design really great cult... (www.uptrusthq.com) posted 4w ago with 3 replies meta coordination startups

Uptrust. Another alt

I believe strongly in the inevitability of new alt-media spaces and digital enclaves that cater to specific scenes. Referring to the failure of past players, I think this has much less to do with network effects and far more with the fact that none of them... 3w ago

I believe strongly i

Pitching a pro-family culture
I'm building a company, although I'm bootstrapped solo right now. I want it to be the most pro-family culture in the world.... posted 4w ago with 8 replies philosophy startups

Pitching a pro-famil

I'm with the other anon >>3068 on advising against just training the kids into company-starting bourgeois mode of being. The interesting thing would be something closer to an Asian-style industrial conglomerate: take care of your people in their whole live... 3w ago

I'm with the other a

4chan collapses in massive ball of flames, leaving imageboard crown in the gutter. (Refugees Welcome!)
late last night, 4chan was finally kill. According to random anons on twitter, it was a massive hack that exploited outdated (since 2016) BSD issues to dump the database and take down the site. Some interesting claims flying around are that most /pol/ post... posted 2mo ago with 4 replies meta funposting startups

4chan collapses in m

Yeah 4chan was foundational. I started browsing as an edgy teen back in 2009 and have been using it on and off since. Like you say, my politics, my sense of humor, my hobby interests all come from 4chan. I know powerful and wealthy people with similar chan... 2mo ago

Yeah 4chan was found

Kremlin's role in the creation of social media
Those of us who have followed early social media will remember the importance of Milner's DST investment in Facebook. Facebook received $100M at the time, and this allowed them to scale up and dominate social media. He also invested in a variety of other S... (www.wired.com) posted 2mo ago with 7 replies history startups

Kremlin's role in th

Lol that's not a argument. I'm invested in our best efforts to understand all the relevant bits of reality, and you narrative doesn't contribute to that. 2mo ago

Lol that's not a arg

Stuff you should have been taught in college but weren’t. Tough love from Casey Handmer
https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/stuff-you-should-have-been-taught-in-college-but-werent/ posted 5mo ago with 2 replies technology startups

Stuff you should hav

I'm a fan of Handmer and this was an interesting challenge to my usual resume-hating ways. It made me think more about the compounding of skill and reputation required to get involved in and do great things. There's a boring resume-stacker interpretation f... 4mo ago

I'm a fan of Handmer

How should we do startups to retain teleological independence and win real power?
If one has ambition, talent, friends, and a good idea, one can build a successful company in Silicon Valley. But why? Money is nice; you ascend the bourgeois class tournament and get finer luxuries, more respect, better mates, better schools, better friend... posted 13mo ago with 17 replies sovereignty startups

How should we do sta

Greed: discourage attention seeking baitposts. Lust: automated porn detection and deletion, especially anything illegal. Pride: guard against group narcissism, including among ourselves. Sloth: a built-in reputation time-decay? Envy: encourage individual s... 13mo ago

Greed: discourage at