What are some things you'd like to see in a social network that would make your experience even better?
example ... No ads / No "feed" / better messaging system using better encryption
There is just one thing, among all, I would change in the social network: a kind of "hate filter". For this is amazing how under the excuse of being "anonymous" people expressed themselves too much often in hate terms. It is easy to find people just telling somebody whatever strong words you can imagine, or even making death menaces. Of course, nothing like that can happen in real life, but why there is always the hate presence in social networks? Because there are no consequences at all. To me, that's somehow scary, for it shows how people can be mean with no control at all.
Let me give you an example. A restaurant last week was accused to be homophobic. That was a whole lie, made by a group of drunk teenagers, who selected parts of a video and conveniently upload it to the internet with a made text telling an incredible lie.
Even when that was based on a lie, "serious" newspaper use the teenager's publication and even publish the fake information. The restaurant has to close up, due to the death menaces, bad commentaries, and all kind of hate they received. They almost lost their business, after 4 years of hard work. Now, the truth came out thanks to the security cameras, but they are still scared. Try to imagine: anybody can get your phone and make you a call crying they are going to kill your family. In Facebook, anybody can send you a hate commentary, a public one, just saying the same stuff.
Well, to me this is unacceptable. Facebook and others social media should have a filter or something. Death menaces must have consequences.
Even police tell the restaurant they cannot make a demand, they will have no justice. This is sad.
Anybody can say whatever they want whenever they want, with no consequences, even if their words ruined a life.
Another example: cyberbulling. Last year there was a new about a teenager girl who suffer too much cyberbulling, by her schoolmates. She suicided. The parents couldnt do anything to get justice, and the case was shut down. How it is possible???
We need social media to have consecuences. We need it now.
