Social Platform Optimized for Understanding, Not Attention
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The author launched a social platform, Facts, designed to optimize for understanding rather than attention, and the community discusses its potential and initial impressions.
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They chase engagement. We chase understanding.
Problem: You discover useful stuff (bug fixes, research, resources). But sharing it online feels like performance—building a personal brand instead of helping. So useful knowledge stays hidden.
Solution: Share what matters. Our AI routes your message to people who actually need it, based on their real interests. No feeds. No followers. Just signal.
Think: information delivery based on genuine need, not algorithm engagement.
Early stage, just launched the waitlist. Looking for feedback from people tired of social media performance.
Facts is the opposite: it's individual-driven and about routing. You share something, our AI understands your interests, and delivers it to specific people who need it. Not to a community feed.
Plus when you think about it there are some infos you would not share on reddit. small piece of content, personal news, or more localized infos. And it can sometimes be scary to post.