Social networks function in the context of society. Which is messy. Developing a system that doesn't have very harmful failure modes is not easy. And if it's a federated standard, there is no easy way to fix it after the fact. I'd recommend that anyone working on something like that (or really any social network) read this: https://www.twitterandteargas.org/
Evan Williams, a Twitter founder recently said: “I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world is automatically going to be a better place. I was wrong about that.”
Evan Williams, a Twitter founder recently said: “I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and ideas, the world is automatically going to be a better place. I was wrong about that.”