A New Social: Building Bridges in the Fragmented Social Media Landscape

A New Social: Building Bridges in the Fragmented Social Media Landscape

The internet was built on the promise of connection and collaboration, a vast space where information could flow freely and communities could thrive. However, the rise of social media platforms has introduced a new layer of complexity. While these platforms connect us in new ways, they also create walled gardens, where users are trapped within the confines of a single service. This fragmentation makes it difficult to follow friends and family who use different platforms, limits the spread of ideas, and concentrates power in the hands of a few corporations. In this context, the concept of an open social web emerges. Imagine a social media landscape where users are not restricted to one platform. They can freely move their data and connections between different services, just like sending an email from Gmail to a Yahoo address. This is the vision that A New Social, a newly formed non-profit organization, is working towards. A New Social: Mission and Goals Founded by Ryan Barrett (creator o…