Right. I guess all I’m saying is that it seems pretty clear that the internet was a bad idea, because the way we want human interaction to work is not actually very similar to the way it does work at scale.
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I agree with that completely...except I think that articulates only half of the problem. The other part is a profit model that sells human attention. The supply is finite but elastic enough that you can design for a maladaptive increase.
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And the easiest way to do that isn't even obviously manipulative: it's just privileging amplification over attenuation. Even limited to a network of alters like facebook, the system tends towards waves of seizures.
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All the biggest networks play the balancing act well, where they increase the attentional costs in a way compensated for the dopamine hits. I don't see how you beat that with a *free* network.
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Even if you had graph portability, you have to retain the users using your service. Metcalfe = Network x DAU. If you increase inhibitory power, you can't sell as many ads and, as a consequence, resources for competition.
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And, if it's a pay-for-usage service, you have the graph bootstrapping problems plus the wallet barrier of entry. Like, in that ecosystem, I think challenging them is like waiting for the moment all the oxygen molecules happen to bounce into the corner of the room.
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(Also, this part:)https://twitter.com/sarthakgh/status/1103720764966985728 …
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Like, really, that's why I don't think I *should* build in that space. For the foreseeable future, the winner's have a strong position. If I want to build better ways to allocate social attention, successful projects aren't gonna look like social media,https://twitter.com/generativist/status/1103709478661378048 …
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