HACKER Q&A
📣 tendto

Would you use paid social media?


Yes/No/Why?

Do you think paid social media can deliver something better than Reddit/HackerNews?


  👤 mrobins Accepted Answer ✓
In theory yes but practically probably not.

I’d be looking for a Twitter/Instagram replacement with: A) no ads B) no data mining C) sensible (to me) moderation/filtering tools D) right to delete E) large network with diverse viewpoints

Truth is most people won’t pay and many who will would be bad actors so E is struck.

Even if a service doesn’t data mine and has a right to delete, others will create scrapers so B and D are void.

Im tired of “being the product” and Kagi has gotten me on board with paid search, but social seems harder to solve.


👤 idiomaticrust
No. Recently I started to use RSS reader again and I subscribe to blogs that I see valuable.

Tech twitter is terrible - doom scrolling to find something useful. Too much vim/tailwind related bs.