Join us Monday, May 11th for the Network Messenger official launch event!
Hear from Network Messenger founder Alvaro Beeck, Emma Lembke of LOG OFF, and author Minaa B in conversation with SoRA Program Director Peter Schmidt, as he moderates a panel on the future of social life and forms the technologies that will support it.
Theme:
From Attention to Intention
(Attention, Presence, & the Future of Social)
As trust in big platforms declines, people are turning to smaller, more intimate online spaces. Group chats, private servers, and close-friend circles are quietly reclaiming what social media once promised: real connection with people you know, space to be yourself, and conversation over performance. It’s a shift from broadcast to bonding — and it might just be where the next chapter of the internet begins. Against the backdrop of a social media ecosystem defined by algorithms, surveillance, and ads, group chats are a breath of fresh air and a return to a simpler internet. Together we’ll explore how messaging can serve as the foundation for a new era of social. One that’s intentionally designed to facilitate meaningful and healing connection.