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I’ve been idly wondering about something like the Web of Trust. A social network where users vouch for one another's actually-a-real-humanness. There could be setting that let you adjust the size of the network you see (people you’ve actually met? One remove from that?)

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What you’re describing is early Facebook. Your feed was only from your 1st degree connections. Content mattered because it was from people you cared about (and inherently knew, because users wouldn’t accept friend requests from people they didn't know). It really was the pinnacle of social media.

Wasn't this Instagram early on too? I think many social networks start off like this, but then either grow out of it and/or "sell out".

Why does it matter that the user is a human, especially if you can't tell the difference?

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