Jürgen Hubert<p>As I have mentioned before, I believe that commercial <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> platforms are a dire threat to the long-term survival of human civilization (see also: <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> , <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> ), and thus (barring any better alternatives) the <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> needs to grow and replace them.</p><p>But there are a bunch of use cases for social media which aren't covered by assorted Fediverse applications yet. Here are the ones I could think of:</p><p>1. A "job networking" site, similar to <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/LinkedIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinkedIn</span></a>. Most of us live in a situation where we have to work for a living, and hunting for prospective job opportunities and business connections is useful. This is where we can post our CVs and talk about our field of business.</p><p>2. A "Question and Answer" site, similar to <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Quora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quora</span></a>. Having some way of people publicly asking questions that can be publicly answered by other people is not a bad idea, especially since <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/GoogleSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleSucks</span></a> these days. However, there is no reason why such a site should be overrun by fascist trolls the way Quora is, and Fediverse approaches to moderating instances should help dampen that down.</p><p>3. The equivalent of small business websites with strong social media integration. I know a lot of people are against the idea of any commercial aspects to the Fediverse, but we do live in a late-stage Capitalist hellscape where people need to make a living somehow. And the alternative is leaving this aspect to Facebook, with all of its assorted problems. A _staggering_ number of small businesses around the world, especially but not only in underdeveloped countries, do not otherwise have their own website, but they _do_ have a Facebook business page. And we need something similar for the Fediverse if we want to cater to all of these people.</p><p>What other Fediverse use cases can you come up with? <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/FediHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediHelp</span></a></p>