<story><title>$1M to build decentralized social networks</title><url>https://www.requestforsocialnetworks.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>franzpeterstein</author><text>Nobody needs a social network anymore, whether it is decentralized (Mastodon, Diaspora) or centralized (Facebook, Twitter). I think the social media bubble burst a long time ago and we just didn&amp;#x27;t realize it. I also have a Mastodon account, but used it only for a short time. I speak now only for myself personally, social networks bore me quite and I have no more interest to sign up somewhere.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>onion2k</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Nobody needs a social network anymore&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;This sort of comment is why people in tech are very often seen as being incredibly bad at solving non-trivial social problems by people outside of our industry. Somewhere between a third and a half of &lt;i&gt;all the people on Earth&lt;/i&gt; see enough value in social networks to use one regularly. There are plenty of problems with the way networks work, and what they do to our mental health, but the notion that no one should use them any more is plain stupid.</text></comment>
<story><title>$1M to build decentralized social networks</title><url>https://www.requestforsocialnetworks.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>franzpeterstein</author><text>Nobody needs a social network anymore, whether it is decentralized (Mastodon, Diaspora) or centralized (Facebook, Twitter). I think the social media bubble burst a long time ago and we just didn&amp;#x27;t realize it. I also have a Mastodon account, but used it only for a short time. I speak now only for myself personally, social networks bore me quite and I have no more interest to sign up somewhere.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>notyourwork</author><text>I agree, for me it has become an advanced phone book more or less.  I use it as a directory for those I don’t regularly talk to via phone, text or in person.</text></comment>