People want calmer online discussion without bots, spam or ads
Some online discussion participants want spaces limited to real, accountable people, with less spam, trolling and advertising. They see existing platforms as falling short on those conditions and several say they would pay for a better alternative. The signals show interest, but don’t establish a shared topic, a ready-made member base, or actual paid conversion.
For online discussion participants. Mentioned from Oct 2024 to Aug 2025 on Bluesky and Hacker News.
5 different people described this problem in 5 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 2.0/10
- Pain
- 5.2/10
- Frequency
- 6.5/10
- Willingness to pay
- 10.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.0/10
- Who pays
- Consumers
- Competition
- High
- Build difficulty
- Medium
What people said
Quoted word for word. Follow a link to read the whole discussion.
I would seriously consider paying to be part of a nice walled garden, somewhere that had tight controls over advertising, spam, anonymous trolls, etc. I obviously can't have anything like the Internet I grew up with (in the late 80s, early 90s), that ship has sailed, but I would pay actual money if someone could offer…
Just saying, if I could sign into a walled garden of only humans, I’d do it right now. Would happily pay for it
Build brief
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- 1 product idea with the smallest useful version and pricing
- 3 places to find your first customers
- 3 more quotes from people who have this problem
- Current workarounds, existing solutions and risks