Today’s social media market is dominated by a few centralized platforms that do not take into account the distinct needs of individual users and different communities. All the features and designs we see are a top-down, one-size-fits-all solutions that are often not tailored to the separate needs of users and provides no space for different opinions and improvements.
This lack of uncensored, user-owned, and free from the algorithm-driven space is a huge problem that people may not see because we live in a closed bubble, and a vicious cycle of continuous dopamine hits, which distracts us from noticing the problem of lack of platforms for discussion and the negative impact of ads and data-driven social media business models.
I would say that we live in some kind of stagnation, where people, on the one hand, know that the current state of things is not beneficial, but on the other hand, they do not know any better alternatives. Additionally, living inside the algorithm-driven bubble of polarizing fake news and chaos wouldn’t make it easier to find solutions.
And the answer lies in yet unexplored field, as we may notice innovation often happens there, where nobody pays attention. Therefore, my intuition tells me that the alternative is the new model of social media, which is, first and foremost, user-owned, then user-oriented. This belief in the possibility of building a platform for meaningful discussions and also any other activities that are algorithm-free and democratic is the greater goal and purpose of Republike.io.
In short, we build decentralized, unpolarized, and user-owned social media where people can shape the world by providing high-quality content, showing respect, and being altruistic rather than being shaped by the digital world.
This ability to almost entirely examine your property rights is dear to our hearts, emphasizing the individual side of each value and embracing our commitment to the values on which our culture has been built, and true democracy can rise. It sets us apart from today’s social media, where you are a product and don’t even have freedom of speech. We want to give the power back to the individuals.
We believe that the foundation of modern societies should be not unpersonalized and polarizing unification but respect for individuality and diversity, values that accompanied our culture for a long time. This belief in individuals but even more in human nature and what brings us together rather than what separates us allowed us to push the boundaries, set the innovative direction, and laid out the new order for ages.
