that already exists.

whatsapp/telegram/... groups.

google photo shares.

meet ups for matches/beer/...

Thanks for your reply. I hear you, but those solve different problems:

WhatsApp/Telegram groups = messaging (chat interface) Google Photos = photo sharing (no social features) This = social feed (posts with photos/videos, comments, reactions, chronological timeline)

The gap: If I want my family across 3 countries to see updates (like Facebook), but don't trust Meta with the data, what do I use?

WhatsApp groups scroll too fast, Google Photos has no conversation features, Telegram isn't E2E by default.

But if you're saying "the market doesn't care about that gap," that's exactly what I'm trying to validate.

> The gap: If I want my family across 3 countries to see updates (like Facebook), but don't trust Meta with the data, what do I use?

Google photos, shared album?

Any messager group so people just chat.

Talk to them directly?

I'm not sure what another social network would bring... I'm not exactly using any of the existing ones anymore anyway.

good luck either way.