gossip is a signal of social coherence and energy if you have no gossip a scene is dead gossip reveals a burning mutual interest and excitement, and a sense that something is at play
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Also a lot of times this info is highly contextual. If I know you well I know what info is highly relevant to you. If I'm talking to a general audience I have to explain and contextualize each bit (which I may not even know how to make explicit)
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Also, it's relevant that it's fun and low friction. The best information sharing mechanism is one that is used.
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Not convinced that putting together such lists is that hard. I think it’s underexplored. bird site has just started trying, but most platforms aren’t incentivized to try. things like stackoverflow top langs or gartner magic quadrant get a lotta eyeballs
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i think someday we’ll see forms of communication with more bespoke lists, with some more exclusive than others and powerful gatekeepers. people would vie to be on the right list, and audiences would take unions and intersections of the lists to filter content
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