Hacker News
- How to Build a Better Social Network https://every.to/p/how-to-build-a-better-social-network 2 comments
- Posse: A better way to post on social networks https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/23/23928550/posse-posting-activitypub-standard-twitter-tumblr-mastodon 4 comments
- A way for social networks to actually monetize [better] (holding company theory) http://www.outrunpoker.com/blog/2008/03/a-way-for-social-networks-to-a.html 21 comments
- All friends aren't created equal (why we need better relationship marking in social networks) http://www.bladam.com/main/entry/grouping-on-social-networks/ 2 comments
Lobsters
- ActivityPub: The "Worse Is Better" Approach to Federated Social Networking https://blog.dereferenced.org/activitypub-the-worse-is-better-approach-to-federated-social-networking 9 comments distributed , web
- Valve spruces up the Steam store with better social features, networking, and reach https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/21/valve-spruces-up-the-steam-store-for-better-social-networking-and-global-reach/ 7 comments technology
- "Move over Ello, there’s a better social network alternative in town." https://medium.com/@rickfletcher26/move-over-ello-theres-a-better-social-network-alternative-in-town-26319dc94c23 15 comments technology
- Ello Manifesto: Your social network is owned by advertisers. We believe there is a better way. https://ello.co/wtf/post/manifesto 5 comments technology
- Better company to join? Lyft or Giant Social Networking company? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/783kaw/better_company_to_join_lyft_or_giant_social/ 6 comments cscareerquestions
- Google is building a social network under our very noses. It could be bigger and better than Facebook. http://thenextweb.com/2009/04/15/google-building-social-network-noses-bigger-facebook/ 141 comments technology
- The Painfully Shy Developer's Guide to Social Networking to Look for a Better Job (Without Being Creepy) https://www.samjulien.com/shy-dev-networking 22 comments webdev
- Female monkeys with female friends live longer. Anthropology professors have found that female capuchin monkeys who are better integrated into social networks with other adult females tend to survive longer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac043 4 comments science
- To Better understand why Reddit users are the 'least valuable' of any social network ( $0.30 per user), here's all you need to know about Lifetime Value (LTV) and how it used to measure user’s worth over a period of time. https://startupstash.com/user-ltv-life-time-value/ 32 comments business
- New research found that mice housed in groups had better memories and healthier brains than animals that lived in pairs. “Our research suggests that merely having a larger social network can positively influence the aging brain." https://news.osu.edu/news/2018/05/31/research-social-network/ 3 comments science
- The reproductive success of male dolphins is not determined by strength or age, but via social bonds with other males. The better integrated males are in their social network, the more offspring they produce, a new study has shown using long-term behavioral and genetic data. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2022/Dolphins.html 18 comments science
- Emotionally intelligent students get better grades and higher test scores, a comprehensive meta-analysis shows, because they can navigate social networks, perform better in the humanities, and manage school-related feelings like test anxiety, boredom and disappointment. https://www.inverse.com/article/61671-emotional-intelligence-is-key-factor-for-success 730 comments science
- Quality is better than quantity in social relationships, suggests new study (n=496), which found that although older adults had smaller social networks compared to young adults, they reported greater well-being, because it is the number of close friends that matters, rather than “peripheral others”. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/media-spotlight/201911/is-quality-better-quantity-in-social-relationships 6 comments science
- When new mothers have friends ready to step in and help them, they have toddlers who score better on cognitive tests than the babies of women with smaller social support network. Researchers examined data on 1,082 mother-child pairs https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-children-social-mothers/mothers-friendships-may-be-good-for-babies-brains-idukkcn1pq5ni?rpc=401& 4 comments science
- "Department of Homeland Security Undersecretary Caryn Wagner said the use of such technology [social media] in uprisings...shocked some officials into attention and prompted questions of whether the U.S. needs to do a better job of monitoring domestic social networking activity." http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_homeland_security_social_media?site=ap&section=home&template=default 10 comments technology