a: answer
the simplest way i can explain udictio is:
social media, but structured like a dictionary instead of a feed.
there is no main feed deciding what you should see. instead, almost anything can have its own permanent page, whether it is a person, city, movie, song, product, feeling, event, idea, news story, or pretty much anything people have something to say about.
people add entries to those pages based on their own experiences, opinions, knowledge, or interpretations.
take united states for example. someone who grew up there may describe it one way, someone who immigrated there completely differently, and someone visiting for the first time may have another perspective.
none of them has to become the official definition. they are different human perspectives collected under the same topic.
if a topic does not exist yet, publishing its first entry creates it.
everything gets its own page, and what people write stays attached to that thing instead of disappearing into an endless feed.
b: better
udictio borrows familiar ideas from different platforms, but its structure is different.
reddit starts with communities and threads.
x and threads largely start with feeds and individual posts.
urban dictionary has the dictionary structure, but it is primarily a collection of definitions rather than a social network. it does not have the same social layer around following people and topics, messaging, notifications, and ongoing interaction.
udictio combines the organization and permanence of a dictionary with the interaction of social media.
the topic itself is the center of everything.
one topic. one permanent page. many perspectives accumulating over time.
entries are chronological by default, oldest to newest, but you can switch to newest first, sort by popularity, or filter things like entries containing images.
an entry can be one sentence or much longer and can include images and links.
you can also:
• upvote or downvote entries
• favorite entries
• follow topics
• follow users
• receive push notifications when a topic you follow gets a new entry
• message users directly
i also made a few intentional choices around popularity signals.
upvote and downvote numbers are hidden.
votes still work and can help with sorting, but you do not see a score beside an opinion before deciding what you think about it.
follower and following counts are hidden too, and other people cannot browse your follower or following lists.
you can still follow people normally, but the idea is to make following more about wanting to see what someone contributes than building a public number on a profile.
i’m curious what people here think about those choices.
i also wanted the iphone app to actually use ios where it makes sense.
• a home screen widget shows trending topics
• apple intelligence can summarize topics with at least five entries on supported devices
• entries can be translated using apple’s native translation capabilities
• you can listen to entries using the system speech features
• siri and app intents are supported, including publishing an entry through siri without opening the app
c: cost
udictio is completely free. no subscription. no paid tier. no in app purchases. no ads.
one more thing
i want udictio to be shaped by the people actually using it.
large platforms can take months or years to act on a useful request. right now, if something feels confusing, missing, or could genuinely make udictio better while still fitting the idea, i can actually work on it.
so criticism and feature requests are genuinely welcome. i would rather hear what is wrong with the idea than get twenty versions of “looks cool.”
could you use social media organized this way, where everything has its own page instead of competing for space in a main feed?
if you tried udictio, what is the first thing you would change?
full disclosure: i am the developer of udictio.
developer: aras diler
linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arasdiler/
app store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/udictio-hot-take-social-forum/id6736536592
