# The Social Source: https://the-social.app Join The New (or Good Old?) Social App Firsttheystoppedshowingyouthefeedofpeopleyouactuallycareaboutandstartedshovingrandomcrapatyou. Firsttheystoppedshowingyouthefeedofpeopleyouactuallycareaboutandstartedshovingrandomcrapatyou. ThentheybegangeneratingthatrandomcrapforyouusingAI. ThentheybegangeneratingthatrandomcrapforyouusingAI. Noneofthisisrealinformation-it'sjustabsolutegarbage.Fillerforanemptybrain. Noneofthisisrealinformation-it'sjustabsolutegarbage.Fillerforanemptybrain. Thereareafewpeoplewhoactuallymattertoeachofus-butwecannotseeeachother. Thereareafewpeoplewhoactuallymattertoeachofus-butwecannotseeeachother. Weneedadifferentplatform.Noads,noAI,nospam,nobots,norandomcrap,noinfluencers. Weneedadifferentplatform.Noads,noAI,nospam,nobots,norandomcrap,noinfluencers. Paidmembership,invite-only,withpeopleyouactuallyread. Paidmembership,invite-only,withpeopleyouactuallyread. Stay connected with the people you care about. Collecting followers Self-promotion Advertising and marketing Short-form entertainment Corpo-farming Keeping up with friends Connection (but, you know, real connection) Improving relationships Thoughtful engagement Owned by the people ## Comments **timdaub.eth**: Looks interesting, who is behind this? **mishaderidder.eth**: They have a fresh X account https://x.com/thesocialapp_ Not sure but this article by someone called Herman is linked https://herman.bearblog.dev/slow-social-media/ And he says he’s moderator of the Bear Discovery feed https://bearblog.dev/discover/ 🤷🏼‍♀️ **timdaub.eth**: Interesting, it has the algorithm written at the bottom of the feed: > This page is ranked according to the following algorithm: > Score = log10(U) + (S / B * 86,400) The Kiwi algo used to be that simple too haha