Glad to hear that you are looking into ICP.
You can check the Internet Computer Ecosystem - SocialFi section to discover social media platforms built on ICP. Many of the projects have open-sourced their code.
You can also use the DFINITY Request for Startups for inspiration.
There is a plethora of information about developing on ICP on the ICP docs site. If you are new to ICP, I would highly recommend the ICP Developer Journey.
It would be helpful if you could provide an idea and a high-level architecture. However, SocialFi platforms on ICP take advantage of the following:
- Utilize Internet Identity to allow users to sign in using a passkey (ex. FaceID, TouchID, or passcodes)
- Reverse gas fee model (The app pays for the user’s gas fees)
- ckBTC and ckETH as rewards. Lower gas and faster transactions than the Bitcoin and Ethereum token equivalents
- Threshold ECDSA to create wallet addresses and signatures for Bitcoin and Ethereum within an ICP canister smart contract (enable multi-chain experiences)
- On-chain storage and computation
And much more!
The most promising web3-based social media platforms take advantage of how web3 can provide interesting and unique experiences to users.