[alexmz]

This is something I’ve thought a lot about over the past few years. My hypothesis is that the social media “feed” is still a useful and meaningful way for friends to communicate, if you strip out all the junk that comes with traditional platforms (ads, recommendations, constant distractions).

I built an app that I’ve been using with my friends (https://maintain.so/ ), and it’s been promising so far. People do seem to post more authentically. That said, I also suspect the FOMO mentioned in the other comment may never be strong enough in a friends-only network to truly replace the FOMO created by larger platforms, where people have years of followers and connections built up.