I couldn’t sleep last night, so I laid in bed and figured out another way to do Twitter.
I call my app Sewer.
Instead of tweets, there are spits. All spits flow through the main Sewer line.
Anyone with a permit can spit into the Sewer.
You get a permit by verifying your identity and providing demographic and psychographic information.
You can opt out of providing your data by upgrading your permit for a fee. If you want to have a pseudonymous or anonymous account, you can pay a fee, and Sewer will hide your identity and let you spit under a nom de rocher. (spit name)
Non-human entities can pay for commercial permits priced as enterprise accounts with different tools, benefits, requirements, and steeper costs.
Spitters provide quality scores to spits by using a slider attached to every spit. The spit slider is calibrated from Delightful to Repulsive, with the default as neutral. There are also other mechanisms to like, dislike, and respond to spits.
Stinky/repulsive spits are diverted to flow into the Cesspool.
The Cesspool isn’t censored; anyone with a special, costly, Cesspool permit can read stinky spits, but only verified users can buy Cesspool permits. Spits from users who regularly spit stinking content are diverted to the Cesspool directly.
Nothing can be re-spit from the Cesspool, but you can link to it. (To access the spit directly, you need a Cesspool permit)
Sewer flows (feeds) are determined by your settings, your chosen algorithms, and any third-party applications you choose to moderate and filter your flow.
Sewer has a set of free Sewage Treatment Apps for you to clean your flow. The algorithms and moderation criteria are transparent, so everyone can see how they work. Try and game the algorithm; you’ll lose your license and have all your spits sent to the Cesspool.
Disgruntled users can file disputes in Sewer mediation court under the conditions outlined in the permit.
Sewer also offers an API for developers to pull data from the Sewer main to build flow apps they can sell in the Sewer marketplace.
Let’s say you want to develop an app with an algorithm that favors mainstream media accounts and filters right-wing “extremists.” Or, you want to make an app that uses AI to filter any spit with a cat. You can get the data feed and construct the algorithm using a kit provided by Sewer. App devel
opers pay setup fees and share in their revenue.
Advertisers can choose the algorithms and moderation they prefer to control spit flow and provide a hospitable environment for their branding and marketing programs.
Within Sewer is a tokenized economy based on Sludge tokens.
Every permit comes with a Sludge crypto wallet. There are several ways to earn Sludge: Highly rated spits, re-spitting, or receiving Sludge from other spitters. You also earn Sludge by growing your follower count.
You can offer courses, performances, and services for Sludge. You can also mint Sludge-backed NFTs within Sewer. Advertisers can run promotions by giving away or airdropping Sludge tokens.
There is also a Sewer market where sellers can post products and services traded for Sludge.
You can buy and sell Sludge in the Sewer crypto market.
The business model is mainly ad revenue. However, Sewer also collects fees from spit permits, Cesspool access, API licenses, revenue sharing on apps, data sales, marketplace commissions, and arbitrage in the Sludge crypto market.
That’s as far as I got until I eventually fell asleep. The next time I have insomnia, I think I’ll get up and clean the garage.