• CoderSupreme@programming.devOPEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    My Perfect Social Media Platform: A Mix of Lemmy and Image Board with Customizable Feed Algorithms

    • Multimedia support: The platform would support various media types, including text, pictures, GIFs, videos, audio files, and more. It would have a view similar to Lemmy and a grid-view for visual content, like an image board.

    • Tagging System: The platform would implement a tagging system. Users would tag posts with relevant keywords, making it easier for others to find content on specific topics. This would help users discover content that they are interested in and help to organize content on the platform.

    • User curation: Images on image boards are usually well curated and easy to find. In contrast, Lemmy relies on titles, making it difficult to find images again. The platform would allow users above a reputation threshold to tag the posts for better organization[1].

    • User reputation or karma: The platform would emphasize curation over posting, with a user reputation or karma system based on contributions and interactions[2].

    • Upvoting and downvoting system: Users would be able to upvote and downvote posts and comments, similar to Lemmy.

    • More comprehensive evaluation: Star ratings for various criteria to rank content based on a comprehensive evaluation[3].

    • User trust levels and community moderation: The platform would implement user trust levels, like Discourse, to avoid admin/mod burnout and reliance on bots for moderation.

    • Customizable feed algorithms: Users would be able to customize their feed algorithms, similar to Bluesky’s custom feeds[4].

    • Machine learning algorithms: The platform would use machine learning algorithms to personalize feeds and suggest posts based on user activity.

    • Content filtering: Users can filter their feed based on content type, such as text, images, videos, or links, allowing them to focus on the content they prefer. Also exclude content based on regex.

    • One-size-fits-all image format: The platform would adopt a simple, one-size-fits-all image format for easy sharing without formatting issues.

    • Federated using ActivityPub: The platform would be federated using the ActivityPub protocol, allowing for interoperability with other platforms in the Fediverse.

    • Advanced search and tag filtering: The platform would offer advanced search and tag filtering options[5].

    • Threaded comment system: Posts would have a threaded comment system for easy discussion.

    • Private messaging: Users would be able to send private messages to each other.

    • Collections: Users could create collections that could be edited by the creator only or anybody, with private/public visibility.

    • Easy downloading: Users can easily download media, collections, or tags.

    • Anonymous posting: Instances could enable the option of anonymous posting.

    • Decentralized storage: The platform could use decentralized storage like IPFS for content hosting.

    • Real-time notifications: Users would receive real-time notifications for new posts, comments, and messages.

    1. Github — Booru-Style Image View, Search and Tagging by Users ↩︎

    2. Github — Grant users privileges based on user activity and voting affinity with the admin ↩︎

    3. Github — Expandable Menu with Star Ratings for Content Evaluation ↩︎

    4. TheVerge — Bluesky rolls out feeds with custom algorithms ↩︎

    5. Github — Advanced Search and Tag Filtering ↩︎

    • PropaGandalf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I’d go even further and say: A platform where you can share any type of media (text, pictures, video, 3d models, …) but with threads and forum like comments as seen on lemmy or reddit. Each instance could then limit the upload size up to a certain limit or even use a decentralized type of storage like IPFS or something similar.

      Also I’d love to emphasize user based moderation/curation. I’d love to have a platform where you can see everything without any censorship but there are easy ways to filter the content locally using user built presets or just a very granular configuration.

      And last but not least: Single Sing On. ActivityPods is already in development so I hope all the best.

  • donio@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’d really like to see some client-API consolidation. A common client API that could efficiently handle both “microblog” style and threaded discussions (lemmy etc) and leave the door open for other discussion formats too. This would allow for clients/frontends to flourish even more and backends could compete on features and efficiency. The backend specific features could be expressed through an extension mechanism of the common API.

    • Dr. Bluefall@toast.oooEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I feel like something like that would need to be discussed at the standards level; a common API spec could maybe be issued as an extension of the current ActivityPub standard. Call it “CommonSocial”, or something.

  • bloopernova@programming.devEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    A wiki with strong moderation tools, and gnupg signed/verified text built into it from the start.

    An activitypub method to keep git repos in sync automatically.

    A small blog type tool that’s used as a replacement for facebook. It would have a hosted “gathering” component that is always online, then when you open your local app, it pulls down all your stuff.

    Shared secrets like a distributed KeePass or Bitwarden.

    Distributed home directory and/or development environments.

    Something like the useful bits from KeyBase. I really wanted keybase to be something that could support this use case: Alice@foo gets a dev job at Bar. Her ID is added to the cool_project@bar group and automatically she has access to all the group’s big bug tracking, file shares, wiki, git repos, group chats, etc. Her joining the group is recorded in a permanent record, which can be publicly or privately annotated by people specifically allowed by the group she joined. It’d become an automatic resume.

  • PeleSpirit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I really liked RES on reddit and I still miss some of those capabilities like

    • tagging good and bad users so that you know them in the future. You could color code them to know instantly if you thought they were bots, trolls, or friends easily.
    • to put my favorite subs at the top to go to them instantly
    • the multi-subreddit feature
    • being able to see between comment threads easily. Right now, the quote bar gets mixed up with the thread bars and there is no separator between them, on RES I could have a thick line if I wanted.

    Other than these UI issues, I love Lemmy.

    • infyrin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      tagging good and bad users so that you know them in the future. You could color code them to know instantly if you thought they were bots, trolls, or friends easily.

      I didn’t know you could do that. I just went by karma count like if I saw a comment or post made by someone but they were -10 in karma by me. Then yeah I know they’re someone I didn’t like from what they posted and anyone in the plus, were someone who’s posts I liked from.

      • PeleSpirit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I would definitely check that too but I liked the tagging a lot because you could see people do 180 degrees within the same day or a couple of months. It was super easy to track if they were trolls and/or propaganda people by how they changed and you could also check the link of the comment that made you first tag them. The trolls were exactly the same every time, they would call you a stalker lol. Politics and public freakout especially needed those nuances and you could ruin their troll account.