People hate it, but the ideal social media platform was early Facebook.
Connect with just your friends and family, and optionally groups/pages.
Connect with just your friends and family, and optionally groups/pages.
My goodness I wish I could go down to just friends and family on Facebook. Maybe 6 months ago they started aggressively showing other groups I don't care about. Right now, it showed:
3 posts from pages or friends I follow
17 from pages I have never cared about or followed
1 from a page I follow
23 from pages I have never followed
It feels more like reddit than what I care about most - my friends and family.
Unfortunately it doesn't get rid of sponsored posts or reshares of pages/links from friends, but its closer.
Even that has two major flaws:
First, people while using it compare other's highlights to their own norm. Look, this couple can afford a fancy vacation while we don't.
Second, it was still a tool to peer int other people's lives, and gossip.