A few years ago the feeling regarding social networks was that their peak of interest was behind them. The golden age of Twitter or Facebook was something that was in the rearview mirrorand a new wave of proposals was not expected. But Elon Musk bought Twitter, then renamed it to X and subsequently changed it so much, for the worse, that it has opened the door to the growth of other alternatives, among which Bluesky stands out.
This proposal was created by former Twitter employees, among whom was its founder, Jack Dorsey, although he abandoned the project a long time ago. Another of the co-founders of the microblogging social network, Evan Williams has recently taken the leap by creating a new proposal: Mozi.
The businessman, who also played an important role in the creation of Blogger and Medium, has announced a new company, focused on connecting with friends, something that Evan himself was going through, after the pandemic and his recent divorce. It was not intended to create an alternative to Twitter, but something much closer and more private.
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The basic idea of Mozi is to create a social network of real friendsnot from acquaintances, and to be able to know where they live, in which cities they are traveling, and look to meet in person. This approach is radically opposite to that of traditional social networks. The only thing it is similar is that it has access to our contact list to establish relationships.
Through the profiles of each person, we can know if they are in a relationship or not, if they will be traveling near us, if there is a plan where perhaps they can go as a group… But there are no comments, no Likes, no text quotes or anything that could be understood as a way to increase the use of the application itself. In fact, If you want to talk to a contact, what the app does is open the SMS application of the phone.
The founder himself recognizes that perhaps the profile of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who might need this type of app is not the most common, but also He sees potential for people who have their friends in the same cityand who want to share plans together. The platform itself could obtain a monetization channel in those same events.
For now they are in a first phase of launch and, as always happens in these cases, it is possible that the very essence of the app changes, although we will have to see if it is maintaining its original idea or if it ends up becoming something more mainstream. At the moment it is only available for iPhoneunderstandable given that the company’s focus is currently on the United States. However, the developers
