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Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads (techcrunch.com)
submitted 6 days ago by artifex@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Focused on private groups of friends and family, Yope has raised $12.3 million in seed funding from investors betting that the future of social networking lies in small, private communities powered by messaging, photo sharing, and, blergh, AI features designed to strengthen real-world relationships. It sounds kinda like old-school Facebook meets the fediverse, but with AI.

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[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 95 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I bet 7 liters of my own blood that they will 100% use algorithms, show ads and have subscription grade accounts. The second they smell any profits is the second they sell out. Greed consumes all.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago

The only question I have is what are you going to do with all that extra blood?

[–] deroyonz@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

I wonder how many bets like these we could find on old twitter posts to remind people of the horrendous thing they forgot they have to do now

[–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Don't most people only have 5 litres?

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

He could harvest it more slowly over time, we regenerate it. Hell he might already have that ready to go in the fridge.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

That's the joke

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Do you think sorting by "Hot" on Lemmy isn't an algorithm?