- I choose my network
- I never see anything (literally) that isn’t a post from someone in my network - full stop
- post are chronological
that’s it. I have been off all social media platforms since 2017 but would “return” if true social network existed. there isn’t one anymore, the best description of what we have currently are ad networks, there is nothing social about today’s social networks to the point that it really makes no sense that we still refer to them as social
- a closed social network, where you see what you follow.
- posts are usually chronological unless some posts are muted/promoted.
That's a very common thing; many social networks already have:
On Facebook/Twitter, you see what you add/follow.
I want to suggest federated social media like Mastodon, which is pretty close but it still has boosts and quote tweets, although you can turn them off in your settings.
- Mastodon is cool, but I'm not sure what its future is.
Individual instances are another issue, however. People like to point out instances disappearing because of "drama" but far more likely is that smaller instances shut down because they can't afford to keep running.