Description
Near Social is a decentralized social platform built on the NEAR blockchain's 'Blockchain Operating System' (BOS). It facilitates on-chain social interactions, allowing users to post updates, follow other accounts, and engage with content in a decentralized manner. A core feature of Near Social is the integration of 'widgets,' which are small, composable applications running on the NEAR Virtual Machine that can be embedded directly into posts. This enables rich, interactive experiences, such as collaborative drawing tools or integrations with other smart contracts and DeFi protocols. The platform serves as a central hub for the NEAR community, hosting discussions on technical developments like VM upgrades and new SDK features (e.g., VM.require), ecosystem governance topics like the NEAR Digital Collective (NDC) elections, and updates from various projects building on NEAR.