Troll’s, fake news, misinformation. Nowadays it is almost impossible to go an entire day without hearing or seeing those words. While those terms are commonly cited as originating from the users of social media, the real culprit are the algorithms inside the platforms. As new social media apps continue to pop-up every day, the problem has only gotten bigger and began to manifest itself in more dangerous ways. The internal architecture of social media has turned platforms such as Facebook and Instagram into a threat to truth and democracy on a global level. In short, we are in the midst of a social media crisis.
Tru Social, a new type of social media experience, is a collaboratively curated publishing space that provides a solution to the current social dilemma. Co-Founder and CEO of Tru Social, Jim Fournier created Tru.net because he saw a need for accountability on the internet that algorithms were not capable of providing.
