None of these solutions offer any advice on the business model, which means they're dead on arrival.
For a new social media to be "fixed", the company behind it needs to have the incentives and business model to steer towards more healthy behavior. None of these cover that.
We've had plenty of social media startups try to fix social, like Path, but ultimately they've failed bc a "fixed social media model" almost seems antithetical to "a good business."
I'm all for Pinterest and I think it's relatively healthier than the rest, but they barely have a functional business...
For a new social media to be "fixed", the company behind it needs to have the incentives and business model to steer towards more healthy behavior. None of these cover that.
We've had plenty of social media startups try to fix social, like Path, but ultimately they've failed bc a "fixed social media model" almost seems antithetical to "a good business."
I'm all for Pinterest and I think it's relatively healthier than the rest, but they barely have a functional business...