@Meaningness @GabrielDuquette Unless UST is a misleading name, in which case we should stop using it.
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Replying to @MemberOfSpecies
@MemberOfSpecies@GabrielDuquette I consider myself unaffiliated with UST and don’t quite see the point, but if it works for others…1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@GabrielDuquette Group identities should be evaluated based on honesty to outsiders as well as benefits to insiders.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MemberOfSpecies
@MemberOfSpecies@GabrielDuquette I agree, but note also that this trades off against Eternal September.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@GabrielDuquette Could you expand on what you see as being the connection?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MemberOfSpecies
@MemberOfSpecies@GabrielDuquette Productive internet communities exist until it becomes known they are productive. >1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@MemberOfSpecies@GabrielDuquette > Then people join in order to hang out and be a member of the cool crowd, instead of to contribute, and >1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@MemberOfSpecies@GabrielDuquette > the original value of the community is lost, and the productive people go somewhere else.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness@GabrielDuquette So is the idea that it's good to call it UST because then naive people won't want to join?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies@GabrielDuquette I don’t know—I’m not an official member, so no one has told me what the idea is! Or the secret handshake.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@MemberOfSpecies But, trying to emulate @sarahdoingthing, I’d guess the point is more security through obscurity, to discourage “joiners.”
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