Ask HN: Are vertical social networks the future of social media?
Do you think people are getting tired of the big horizontal social networks and are trying to find niche based networks?
Discord, Goodreads, etc.
Discord, Goodreads, etc.
I think the future is being able to host your own small, private network and share it with your friends, that you've verified via other means. That means things like Mastodon, small discourse servers, etc are likely what will be used in the future. I don't see phone-based apps changing any time soon, though, and they will be mostly used for formal / quick comms.