What is Good Within Social Networks

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

I think we are still in the early days of social networks. We are only just beginning to figure them out. We certainly underestimate how positive and useful they can be, partly from a careless pessimism, and partly because the owners of major social networks seem to lack vision. Despite a few models enjoying success (at least, perpetuation), there seems to be little overt thinking about the nature of social networks and how to improve them.

over a year ago

Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a] Read now [→]

Improve your reading experience

Logged in users get linked directly to articles resulting in a better reading experience. Please login for free, it takes less than 1 minute.

More from The Map is Mostly Water

creatures of temperament

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:

6 days ago • 12 votes

Why make something beautiful?

on starting a rose garden

a month ago • 19 votes

Love Grows

The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.

a month ago • 21 votes

Resist Summary

painfully quick thoughts about AI

3 months ago • 50 votes

School is Not Enough

Learning is a consequence of doing

5 months ago • 62 votes

More in life

Sonder, Sobriety, and Abstractions | Friday Footnotes #3

Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reading and reflection meet real life.

15 hours ago • 3 votes

Nine Principles For Success In The Age of AI

An Idiosyncratic Career Guide

14 hours ago • 2 votes

Netflix CEO Mocks Moviegoers: Theaters Are Dead!

How fear and self-loathing took over Hollywood

6 hours ago • 1 votes

Six Things I Had to Give Up to Make 6-Figures Online

#3: Dumb systems build 6-figure online empires

yesterday • 2 votes

date night in the time of parenting

do you believe in love after kids?

yesterday • 2 votes

New here?