Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers--and Hopefully Stress

Mental health experts, regulators, and many internet users themselves have called out the damage that social media can do to mental health. Must it addict, inflame, and depress us? A new social network called Maven aims to offer a healthier alternative, inspired by one scientist's work in artificial intelligence. The platform eschews likes and follows in favor of letting pure chance play more of a role in what appears in users' feeds. Maven's lead investor is Twitter cofounder and former CEO Ev Williams, who also founded Medium.