Ask HN: Would you use paid social media?

mrobins · on May 16, 2023

In theory yes but practically probably not.

I’d be looking for a Twitter/Instagram replacement with: A) no ads B) no data mining C) sensible (to me) moderation/filtering tools D) right to delete E) large network with diverse viewpoints

Truth is most people won’t pay and many who will would be bad actors so E is struck.

Even if a service doesn’t data mine and has a right to delete, others will create scrapers so B and D are void.

Im tired of “being the product” and Kagi has gotten me on board with paid search, but social seems harder to solve.

tendto · on May 17, 2023

How would the service pay for itself? Are you willing to pay?

re: B, D) Could data mining be okay for public feeds where people choose to be anonymous?

Could private groups be peer-to-peer encrypted so the network can't identify the participants, can't decrypt and can't mine the conversation?

If I build it will you come?

idiomaticrust · on May 16, 2023

No. Recently I started to use RSS reader again and I subscribe to blogs that I see valuable.

Tech twitter is terrible - doom scrolling to find something useful. Too much vim/tailwind related bs.

wanabananascene · on May 16, 2023

Nope. Go where the users are, majority are not going to pay and if you want to be involved you are left with little choice.