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blackbull1970

blackbull1970

The Black Bastard
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Piff Henderson said:
You essentially answered your own question. Zuck didn't set out to replace MySpace. He set out to make a site to rank women and, for whatever reason since I don't know the history, it became a MySpace killer.

Making something new and having it become something else unintended is one thing, it seems, while specifically setting out to become a "killer" of another site by being a better duplicate is another.

That said, if, hypothetically, Black people created a social media site that's initially only popular with Black ppl, I agree with you that it would very likely become universally popular.

But that's easier said than done. We are trendsetters no doubt but also trend followers. We invent shit everyone wants but also adopt shit and turn it into something everyone wants.

For instance, Black Twitter is essential to the history of Twitter but it wouldn't have existed without Twitter being there first.

Now that Tik Tok may be over, there might be room for something new even something new created by Black coders but that would only be possible by getting rid of Tik Tok first since most people, including Black people, want to be there.
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I disagree.

Since I been on this forum back in 2002, the narrative is “We Need To Do Our Own Thing”.

The internet as we know it has been around for 30 years, and here it is 2025 and Black folks are still dependent on others to access every major part of the internet.

If no one doesn’t see that as a problem, like I said earlier we will always be at the bottom along with other groups seeing us as worthless and not to be taken seriously.

We have the people who have the skills and experience to create new social media sites that are specifically designed for Balck folks to be comfortable being on.

It’s no different than grocery stores. You go to all other non-Black communities in this country and they have their own grocery stores, and majority of Black folks travel out of their communities to access grocery stores or shop at large retailers in their communities that take the money out of the community.

Shit has to change, we can’t continue with the mindset of “Well…We Can’t Cuz Of This And That…”
 
Gemini

Gemini

Rising Star
BGOL Investor


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Piff Henderson

Piff Henderson

Stage Manager of Stage Managers
BGOL Investor
blackbull1970 said:
I disagree.

Since I been on this forum back in 2002, the narrative is “We Need To Do Our Own Thing”.

The internet as we know it has been around for 30 years, and here it is 2025 and Black folks are still dependent on others to access every major part of the internet.

If no one doesn’t see that as a problem, like I said earlier we will always be at the bottom along with other groups seeing us as worthless and not to be taken seriously.

We have the people who have the skills and experience to create new social media sites that are specifically designed for Balck folks to be comfortable being on.

It’s no different than grocery stores. You go to all other non-Black communities in this country and they have their own grocery stores, and majority of Black folks travel out of their communities to access grocery stores or shop at large retailers in their communities that take the money out of the community.

Shit has to change, we can’t continue with the mindset of “Well…We Can’t Cuz Of This And That…”
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The analogy of a neighborhood grocery store is already an outdated way of thinking here.

Online spaces aren't the same as neighborhoods and other areas in real life. These places are often segregated by class and race. I don't mean legally but that's how it is.

That's not how the Internet works. Reddit, for instance, isn't a neighborhood that selects for a certain income bracket, anybody can use it and there are Black spaces in there and spaces for every other race, ethnicity, religion, or interest.

Hoping for a Black internet is futile. There will be sites, like BGOL, that are run by and for Black people and interests but that's the extent of it.

If you want something like a Black-owned AWS, maybe that will happen but I don't see it in the foreseeable future.
 
BlackGoku

BlackGoku

Rising Star
Platinum Member
Piff Henderson said:
You essentially answered your own question. Zuck didn't set out to replace MySpace. He set out to make a site to rank women and, for whatever reason since I don't know the history, it became a MySpace killer.

Making something new and having it become something else unintended is one thing, it seems, while specifically setting out to become a "killer" of another site by being a better duplicate is another.

That said, if, hypothetically, Black people created a social media site that's initially only popular with Black ppl, I agree with you that it would very likely become universally popular.

But that's easier said than done. We are trendsetters no doubt but also trend followers. We invent shit everyone wants but also adopt shit and turn it into something everyone wants.

For instance, Black Twitter is essential to the history of Twitter but it wouldn't have existed without Twitter being there first.

Now that Tik Tok may be over, there might be room for something new even something new created by Black coders but that would only be possible by getting rid of Tik Tok first since most people, including Black people, want to be there.
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I hear what you're saying but once white folk start posting on our platform it ain't cool no more...prime example..bgol :hmm::rolleyes2:
 
Piff Henderson

Piff Henderson

Stage Manager of Stage Managers
BGOL Investor
BlackGoku said:
I hear what you're saying but once white folk start posting on our platform it ain't cool no more...prime example..bgol :hmm::rolleyes2:
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That's another thing, you can't filter by demographics on a website You get a Black site that becomes popular, it will be colonized and probably sold in no time.
 

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