[CamelCaseName]

People hate it, but the ideal social media platform was early Facebook.

Connect with just your friends and family, and optionally groups/pages.

[DavidPeiffer]

> optionally groups/pages.

My goodness I wish I could go down to just friends and family on Facebook. Maybe 6 months ago they started aggressively showing other groups I don't care about. Right now, it showed:

3 posts from pages or friends I follow

17 from pages I have never cared about or followed

1 from a page I follow

23 from pages I have never followed

It feels more like reddit than what I care about most - my friends and family.

[Ajedi32]

I almost exclusively use the Friends feed[1] now.

Unfortunately it doesn't get rid of sponsored posts or reshares of pages/links from friends, but its closer.

[1]: https://www.facebook.com/?filter=friends&sk=h_chr

[amomchilov]

Engagggge. Consume the slop. Shareholders demand it!

[thefz]

> People hate it, but the ideal social media platform was early Facebook.

Even that has two major flaws:

First, people while using it compare other's highlights to their own norm. Look, this couple can afford a fancy vacation while we don't.

Second, it was still a tool to peer int other people's lives, and gossip.

[iamacyborg]

Early Facebook was great, heck even Google+ at launch was great.