Hello, I'm Currently…
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Hello, I'm Currently…
This is a non-functioning but clickable demo (built using Carrd) of the sort of thing I wish I had now that I'm off social media: a profile-driven site, with no feed, where people can just update what they're up to or into these days. "Catch up, then log off; made for people, not users."
I can't actually make such a thing, as I'm not a programmer, but the itch for it is so strong that I at least needed a demo to exist; for me, clicking around it alternates between being weirdly soothing in a "playing pretend" sort of way or aggravating because it isn't real.
Keeping up with what friends and acquaintances are up to or interested in is the one thing I miss from social media, but I simply can't anymore subject myself to anything that uses a Feed as organizing principle. Not long after I first thought about this, I did run across Special Fish, which exists roughly in the same idea space but doesn't quite scratch the itch for me.
Note: all links are technically clickable, but only some of them lead to something other than the #error anchor.
This is a non-functioning but clickable demo (built using Carrd) of the sort of thing I wish I had now that I'm off social media: a profile-driven site, with no feed, where people can just update what they're up to or into these days. "Catch up, then log off; made for people, not users."
I can't actually make such a thing, as I'm not a programmer, but the itch for it is so strong that I at least needed a demo to exist; for me, clicking around it alternates between being weirdly soothing in a "playing pretend" sort of way or aggravating because it isn't real.
Keeping up with what friends and acquaintances are up to or interested in is the one thing I miss from social media, but I simply can't anymore subject myself to anything that uses a Feed as organizing principle. Not long after I first thought about this, I did run across Special Fish, which exists roughly in the same idea space but doesn't quite scratch the itch for me.
Note: all links are technically clickable, but only some of them lead to something other than the #error anchor.
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This is lovely! I'm always really glad to see people trying out better forms of social media — Special Fish is great, and I made thoughts.page for pretty similar reasons.
If you want to chat about how to make this real, feel free to MeMail me — I'd be happy to chat about some of the options, and give some advice/etc. I'm very invested in more small, thoughtful social media sites existing, so I'm generally happy to put a little bit of my time into helping out projects like this :)
posted by wesleyac at 11:53 PM on January 3, 2022 [2 favorites]
If you want to chat about how to make this real, feel free to MeMail me — I'd be happy to chat about some of the options, and give some advice/etc. I'm very invested in more small, thoughtful social media sites existing, so I'm generally happy to put a little bit of my time into helping out projects like this :)
posted by wesleyac at 11:53 PM on January 3, 2022 [2 favorites]
I only just found now.page, which also is in the same idea space but still not doing what I'm after.
posted by bixfrankonis at 6:34 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by bixfrankonis at 6:34 PM on January 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
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You could probably spend a couple of months with free Drupal tutorials and get to a point where you can have something functional, or if you wanted to throw some money at it 40-80 hours from an offshore dev at $20/hr also probably gets a working system online.
Might even be cheaper and easier in Wordpress - but I don't know that CMS well enough to say for sure.
My point being, if you really want to scratch this itch, it is definitely in reach.
posted by COD at 8:05 AM on January 2, 2022 [2 favorites]