Social networking on NEAR wasn't developed from the ground up. The original version of the platform was hosted on Mastodon, an open-source platform for managing one's own social networking site. To communicate and interact with those around them, people could use their near wallets. As a result of its single point of failure and inability to withstand censorship, Evgeny and the NEAR social team quickly realized that this was not a viable long-term solution.
The project began as an attempt to create a database to host social interactions (SocialDB), but it has since grown into a platform where members of the NEAR ecosystem can experiment with a decentralized, open-source alternative to Twitter.
Date of profile creation: This refers to the date and time when a user created their profile on NEAR.social.
Staking history: This refers to the record of a user's staking activities on the NEAR blockchain. It includes information on the amount staked, the number of times staked, and the duration of each staking period.
Average amount staked: This is the average amount of tokens that a user has staked on the NEAR blockchain over a certain period of time.
Average number of times staking: This is the average number of times that a user has staked tokens on the NEAR blockchain over a certain period of time.
DEX swaps: This refers to the process of exchanging one token for another on a decentralized exchange (DEX) on the NEAR blockchain.
Swap volume: This is the total amount of tokens swapped on the NEAR blockchain, expressed in $USD.
Bridging activities: This refers to the process of transferring tokens from one blockchain to another, typically via a bridge. It includes information on the destination of the transfer, the type of bridge used, and the project name.
Social activities: This refers to the activities that users perform on NEAR.social, such as creating posts, commenting, liking, and following other users.