German eng'd privacy first social network – what would you expect?

Question

It seems like there is a window of opportunity with all the hate building up around facebook and it's privacy problems. I've been thinking about building a privacy first German engineered simple social network. Think facebook / instagram v1 without all the bells and whistles. Friend focused, no brands. Discovery via address book. Chronological timeline. No dark patterns (withholding likes etc). Verification via small ($1) initial payment (no bots).To kick-start content I've been thinking about using human curated feeds per special interest group (like HN).What would you expect from this, what would your concerns be?

new_guy · Accepted Answer

There's already 100s of social networks out there, what would you be bringing to the table?Plus "German eng'd" throws up all kinds of red flags because they're part of five eyes and share all data with the US, so any German based site is going to be a complete non-starter for your presumed target demographic.

tlarkworthy · Answer

How does it support itself financially?

karmakaze · Answer

A social network that meets stated goals as well as GDPR cookie notices?Seriously though, why do we in this global internet age need to have any national associations? State your mission/principles, operate to be compatible with similarly forward-thinking nations.