Ask Slashdot: What Makes a Good Social Media Site?

Long-time Slashdot reader shanen has a question: What makes a decent social web site?If you don't like the original form of the subjective question, how about something like "What is the best social site you know of?" or "What criteria would you use to recognize a good social site?" or even "How could a good social media website even survive...?" Their original submission lists their own criteria for a good social site:Efficient to use (without wasting your time)Has educational value, "perhaps measured by questions like 'How frequently has this website justified changing my mind about something?'"The size and permeability of filter bubbles formed by people using the siteBut if you have different priorities for a social site -- what are they? Share your own best thoughts in the comments. What makes a good social media site?

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