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News and stories from the humans behind Tribevibe.
It‘s been an exhilarating period building Tribevibe. Lots of ups and down… and some lefts and right too. It was an experiment, to test if the time is right for such a community. But it‘s been two full years, and besides the occasional spikes of interest, the community never fully took off.
To truly reinvent social media, we also need to fully redefine what is a social medium. And in this final part, I will explain how. Hint: we can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Human awareness has changed, but social media wants to keep status quo. If Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat have mirrored something to us, it is our human weaknesses revolving around social validation. Thank you for that. I really mean it. Because without them we would‘ve not been able to see how easy it is for technology to exploit our weaknesses. So, they‘ve played their part. Now, it‘s time to move on.
Countless articles are written and talks given that point out the bitter truth: You are the product! By using Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, it‘s your identity with all your intimate data that‘s being sold to advertisers. And I‘m sure you already know that, so there is no point in stating the obvious. But do you know how it has come to that?
Since I began working on Tribevibe, I had this unexplained, odd feeling, that to attract members and to build a community on top of Facebook‘s eco-system (Facebook and Instagram) is not the right path to thread. I‘ve had people tell me to open a Facebook group, or to invest in building an Instagram followers base. I never did. Never will.
