Close your facebook accounts. Everyone, imagine how that would affect them. This must stop and we must create attention by leaving facebook. I don't have one, so I cannot participate. I hate facebook.
There are many people out there that are tech savvy enough to do it. I am positive that many on here are more than capable. Come on you guys, put your heads together and whip something up in the Media Kitchen.
Yes, Tent is a good base to make one, but I'm not good enough for that. I think forums who might seem to have only one topic often have a vibrant Off-Topic forum so that's most of my internet socializing since...well, since usenet text groups started dying in 2003-2004. I know there's still some, especially with the kind of group google created, but it's mostly mega tecchy stuff that even I, someone with 2/3 of a BSc in Networking (didn't finish the last year, found a job in the field that thought I was competent enough, luckily enough, it was through a friend, people are right, there's no jobs if you don't have contacts.
It needs to be catchy.....open source brainstorming of ideas would be good. Then let the programmers implement the framework for a site. Think back to where Yahoo was with social networking before it was bought and CIA designed facebook was rolled out. Now, there are enough outside of that contrived facebook/mainstream media paradigm that a new site could flourish. I can think of all kinds of ways to improve on what facebook offers its users.....a more friendly interface, added features, less advertising, and a social network system for self regulation of the entire site. Have the news user generated with a scoring system from local on up as to what is national news.. that sort of thing. Lots of ideas.....first step is the brainstorming to develop an overall concept and specifics. Then put programmers to work on building it.
You sound like you could be the one to do a post about the brainstorming, and I think it would create a lot of attention, and original ideas as well. I am not tech savvy enough to even do a link. I just heard on my local news that facebook is now announcing that it is letting people flag items they think should be "fake news" and they will be sent to a team of people that will check them out and verify. Another CTR and Snopes rolled into one. One other interesting item I was surprised at is that they reported on the Vault 7 release and that the CIA has control of your car! Amazing.
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carmencita ago
Close your facebook accounts. Everyone, imagine how that would affect them. This must stop and we must create attention by leaving facebook. I don't have one, so I cannot participate. I hate facebook.
Flat_Truth ago
Someone needs to make an alternative social network....and quick. It wouldn't be hard to make one better than facebook.
carmencita ago
There are many people out there that are tech savvy enough to do it. I am positive that many on here are more than capable. Come on you guys, put your heads together and whip something up in the Media Kitchen.
User2060 ago
Yes, Tent is a good base to make one, but I'm not good enough for that. I think forums who might seem to have only one topic often have a vibrant Off-Topic forum so that's most of my internet socializing since...well, since usenet text groups started dying in 2003-2004. I know there's still some, especially with the kind of group google created, but it's mostly mega tecchy stuff that even I, someone with 2/3 of a BSc in Networking (didn't finish the last year, found a job in the field that thought I was competent enough, luckily enough, it was through a friend, people are right, there's no jobs if you don't have contacts.
carmencita ago
As they used to say, it is not what you know, but who you know. Seems some things never change.
User2060 ago
headbangs to Metallica's Holier Than Thou
Flat_Truth ago
It needs to be catchy.....open source brainstorming of ideas would be good. Then let the programmers implement the framework for a site. Think back to where Yahoo was with social networking before it was bought and CIA designed facebook was rolled out. Now, there are enough outside of that contrived facebook/mainstream media paradigm that a new site could flourish. I can think of all kinds of ways to improve on what facebook offers its users.....a more friendly interface, added features, less advertising, and a social network system for self regulation of the entire site. Have the news user generated with a scoring system from local on up as to what is national news.. that sort of thing. Lots of ideas.....first step is the brainstorming to develop an overall concept and specifics. Then put programmers to work on building it.
carmencita ago
You sound like you could be the one to do a post about the brainstorming, and I think it would create a lot of attention, and original ideas as well. I am not tech savvy enough to even do a link. I just heard on my local news that facebook is now announcing that it is letting people flag items they think should be "fake news" and they will be sent to a team of people that will check them out and verify. Another CTR and Snopes rolled into one. One other interesting item I was surprised at is that they reported on the Vault 7 release and that the CIA has control of your car! Amazing.