Ask HN: Would you pay for a privacy-first social platform?
I'm researching demand for an end-to-end encrypted social platform focused on private groups (family/friends) rather than public feeds.<p>Core thesis: "They don't own you" is becoming a movement. People want:
- E2E encryption (platform can't read content)
- True deletion (cryptographic, not just "marked as deleted")
- Subscription model (no ads, no data mining)
- Open source (verifiable claims)<p>The gap: Signal is for messaging, Discord isn't private, Facebook is surveillance capitalism. Nothing serves the "private social groups" use case with real privacy.<p>Before building, I need to validate if this is a real pain point or just something that sounds nice but nobody would actually switch for.<p>2-min anonymous survey: https://forms.gle/bfZYPfxMUBCc1iACA<p>Honest feedback appreciated—especially if the answer is "this wouldn't work because X."
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I'm researching demand for an end-to-end encrypted social platform focused on private groups (family/friends) rather than public feeds.<p>Core thesis: "They don't own you" is becoming a movement. People want:
- E2E encryption (platform can't read content)
- True deletion (cryptographic, not just "marked as deleted")
- Subscription model (no ads, no data mining)
- Open source (verifiable claims)<p>The gap: Signal is for messaging, Discord isn't private, Facebook is surveillance capitalism. Nothing serves the "private social groups" use case with real privacy.<p>Before building, I need to validate if this is a real pain point or just something that sounds nice but nobody would actually switch for.<p>2-min anonymous survey: https://forms.gle/bfZYPfxMUBCc1iACA<p>Honest feedback appreciated—especially if the answer is "this wouldn't work because X."