Antisocial Media
It recently occurred to me - Animal Crossing is the inverse of Facebook (& social media in general). On Facebook, you show others what you think they'll like. You spend time picking the best photo, edit your text to be snappy, agonize over the feedback you might get...
On Animal Crossing, you compose what you like and optionally show others.
Not to mention that Nintendo products feel inherently friendlier and safer.
I think that could be a remedy for the ills of social media - antisocial media. Time with oneself. Curating an environment... for you.
It could be called... my... space?
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I have never seen Animal Crossing as a social media but now that you have mentioned, it does feel like it has those social elements in it.
I am now more excited to play that game, just to observe all this!
Have fun :)
One day, When I have a Nintendo Switch :)
Don't ask me why I'm coming back to this thread, but I remember a while ago I wrote this idea here, to have a plugin to edit any page and customize it. You would be able to share these customizations or keep them for yourself.
https://www.indiehackers.com/post/ideas-thread-983f24f775?commentId=-M03ciAO8CH_WQEmgKfB
Hey! I like the idea, though I think that's sort of available with GreaseMonkey, or another extension I used to use that let you edit the JS on any page.
That was useful for hiding banners asking you to sign up, for example.
I've been working on something like this for a sometime now. And when I say "working" is more like daydreaming.
It seems like any feature any social media can come up with, Facebook will replicate within weeks, anything except their main feature: Allow anyone to post anything (semi) publicly. What if private is the default, there's no likes or followers at all, you just share to yourself and optionally to a few others?
Ah, yes - I "work" on lots of such projects :)
I like the idea, and I think that's what really blossomed in the early days of the web - people could make a site about anything (and learn HTML in the process) and nobody would know about it unless you told them.
As for MySpace, it had so many rough edges and was so ugly. But you could change anything. You could enter any CSS you wanted, any JS, any animated gifs... definitely a security nightmare.
The "top 8" was the list of 8 friends featured at the top of your page. I think it was originally "top 4".
Everyone's page looked different. Some pages sucked because they'd open 8 video players at the same time. Overall, though, it was a place with MUCH more creativity and expression than Facebook.
I'm not sure it could be replicated today - I think it was a combination of the early days of connecting large groups of people socially, a limited assortment of actions to take, but lots of ways to hack it and add your own personality.
Ah, I see. So there are two kinds of customization:
One is to be able to customize the content: write your thoughts, save your favorite pictures, etc. Where you don't do it for the likes you just do it because you like it, you want to preserve those memories.
The other is to customize your page, like you mention in myspace. I think to a certain degree (although unintentionally) that's what @ajlkn achieved with https://carrd.co (Some examples: https://www.google.com/search?q=site:carrd.co) where anyone can use the page builder and customize a template. Another a bit more complex example of this is: https://glitch.com/
It seems to me the vast majority of the people won't be too interested in tuning their site, even less use CSS. That would be reserved for a small niche of geek enthusiast or naturally included content creators.
Very interesting topic indeed. I hope we can discuss this further.
Two more final links to share:
Hey, didn't want to leave you hanging @OscarRyz - I've been taking a break from the computer, but it's definitely an interesting topic. Will check out these links in a bit
haha np, take your time.
I do the same and usually reply back a week later or more.
I end-up writing a bit more about it here: https://oscarryz.now.sh/curating-social-media.html
... and then there's the whole "share" side of this.
I think Twitch is partly that; you stream whenever you want, you decorate your stream window how you want etc. But communication in it is one way.
Could there be a network where you don't become friends forever but e.g. let 1 or more ppl into your... space or a particular room that's a special instance of your space for a few hrs or 24 hrs or something like that? Like a house party, or an exclusive invitation-only event.
I haven't used Twitch a lot but isn't there a text chat on the side of the screen that streamers also watch / respond to?
Yes, I like the party idea... you curate your place and choose when people can visit. Maybe you could see static "photos" from prior events, but not actually interact.
You're right; I guess what I had in mind was that the power dynamic and the value flow is fully controlled by the creator. They can ignore the chat, ban people etc. There is no mingling between chat members (guests) like it would be at a house party.
It is really the streamer + a few witty chat members that create all the ideas and the rest passively watches.
Although in twitch the whole point is to do things to attract more viewers and have them subscribe to your channel.
Unless of course you're a wholesome person like this guy offering a refund when someone subscribed to his channel :) :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqLMc4VzMQA
I was actually talking about something similar today! All the social media platforms have become so "profesional" it's exhausting. I miss Myspace...
YES! Me too. It was such crap but it was creative!
I never used myspace, what was it like?
Once upon a time, there was https://web.archive.org/web/20060315230431/http://www.isolatr.com/
:-)
Haha - I'd never seen this but I like it :) Thanks, @millette
This concepts me of Indiehacker podcast with Cesar Kuriyama from 1 second everyday. He also mentioned his app provides a more intimate and personal touch to social media.
Oh, interesting - I'll check that out. Thanks, @Osakalover!
By any chance do you have the link?
https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/141-cesar-kuriyama-of-1-second-everyday