We’re approaching 20 years since social media as we know it today started to play a major role in society. Seems like we’re ripe of a major paradigm shift, but I’m not sure what that would look like.
Anyone aware of anything in its infancy that might one day replace social media?
The actual platform/app is not really relevant outside of core functionality (chat, audio call, video call, attachments), the main motivational factors seem to be: - private: yes to inside jokes, no to unknown people - real: yes to random, realistic, sometimes ugly stuff; no to the empty and fake nature of social media as we know it - dynamic: spontaneous calls, random pictures about things we see, hear, experience - prefer actual reality more than virtual reality: groupchats work more like an augmentation than a replacement of real-life communication and gatherings
Sadly, I think it’ll only make life more tribal and lonely.
Though in its infancy, human to human interaction could lead the race towards a better future.
The world would look and feel wonderful again.