Which new trends would you consider the most inspiring for next-gen social tech?

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Hello :) 
This is my first post here, so I wanted to say hi, and also pick your brains as to what trends/blogs/commentators you find most interesting in regards to the future of social technology. I'm especially looking for non-fatalist takes on the subject, possibly around human thriving and creativity, as opposed to alarmism, addiction, ad-tech, fighting misinformation and blah. In other words, we all know social media is messed up etc. but I'm trying to better understand the current online social zeitgeist, or what people deeply crave or miss.

Thanks a lot for any tips!

Uma Venugopal · Accepted Answer

Hello and congrats on your first post! Super proud of you! Personally speaking, I don't draw affinity to any of the current social apps. None of the features give me the "dopamine hit". Full disclosure, I'm a founder building a platform for writers and readers around the common passion for stories. So I'm super vigilant on building features that can excite me as a reader personally to use the app too.

Said Aitmbarek · Answer

Super interesting topic, I would say:
- AI-assisted content generation
- Web3 social media and networking
- AI reasoning integrated into social interaction bots
- relevant programmatic SEO

Uma Venugopal · Answer

@marcin_zietek you're dope, thank you for trying! With AuroraAI my target audience is writers. I want to eventually expand further to offer options where a user/writer can dream of living a life they dream of with just their passion for writing(like how one can blow up on YT and make enough money to keep making video content as that's their happy pot). Currently, the website is undergoing a whole UI/UX revamp and the templates category will include 12 styles of writing which will be further broken down to 14-18 forms of writing based on industry and needs.

Uma Venugopal · Answer

@marcin_zietek that's not entirely accurate. Since you already tried aurora, you'd have got a feel of it's versatility and ability to adapt to user styles. But writer's block is very much a real thing and doesn't pertain to just content writers and applies across the board. I'm aiming to do with Aurora what Canva has done with designers and brands. :)

Marcin Zietek · Answer

@said_aitmbarek cool insight, thank you. I second Web3 solutions, they seem inevitable, given the amount of censorship and war on free speech, under the guise of whatever "current ideology".

Said Aitmbarek · Answer

@marcin_zietek Totally agree with you! Decentralized blockchain networks carry this promise: censorship is impossible since information cannot be siloted/contained within a single node. Web3 protocols are also mainly open: we all can access their historization data. However, beware that the choice of the network matters a lot: indeed, a single "actor" may control more than 50% of the network's nodes. This fraction is enough to switch from a decentralized to a virtually centralized paradigm, again ;)

Marcin Zietek · Answer

@said_aitmbarek Yeah 51% attack is possible, but I guess the community can fork away from the aggressor, costing him resources and giving little in return.

Marcin Zietek · Answer

@uma_venugopal Sounds cool. And what would you say is your biggest challenge, on a design / philosophical or technical level when building AuroraAI?

When I'm thinking of a product-market fit for you tech, I'd be inclined to search around people that are forced to write a lot, but have little time (journalists, students, bloggers, archivists etc),  as opposed to people having a creative/original writing career (Novelists, poets, etc). The reason I ask this is that I came to know a couple of writers myself, and it seems that the more original their writing was, the better they seem to be have been doing. Or are you planning for AuroraAI to be able to tackle also creative, unique writing, meaning one that has not been tried before?

It's a fascinating subject to me, to what extent AI can be original, and to what regenerative. On the other hand, same can be asked of human beings - creativity is often regenerative, so it's hard to say where the line is drawn. Fascinating times, it makes my head spin tbh ;)

Marcin Zietek · Answer

@uma_venugopal Thank you Uma :) I tried your app - it looks interesting. Given the broad scope of options and writing styles , who are you betting on to be most likely to use it / pay for it?

Which new trends would you consider the most inspiring for next-gen social tech?

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