Tag: Vero

Bookmarked How Vero became the most-loved and most hated social media app in a matter of days (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Those feeling put out by Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms and ad targeting may have valid concerns. But next time a too-good-to-be-true alternative comes knocking it might be worth finding out what it is, or waiting two days to see if it pans out, before signing up.

Sadly I was not one of the million rushing for a free account. For me, if it looks like a social media site, acts like a social media site, then it probably is just another data munching social media site. I think that this thread sums it up:

I also like how Colin Walker explains it:

Although Vero promises an algorithm free feed and no ads (it will monetise using subscriptions and charges for selling via the platform) I’m not sure that jumping from the frying pan of one silo straight into the as yet unproven fire of another is what we really need right now. It all just sounds too good to be true.

Even if only half of what is true is reported, it is not good. Surely our problem is not Instagram or Facebook, but the model they are built on. At least Mastadon and Micro.blog are offering something different. A more human approach.