Joe Edelman talks about an alternative that I find compelling, if not slightly idealistic. https://medium.com/what-to-build/how-to-design-social-systems-withou

Joe Edelman talks about an alternative that I find compelling, if not slightly idealistic. https://medium.com/what-to-build/how-to-design-social-systems-without-causing-depression-and-war-3c3f8e0226d1 https://medium.com/what-to-build/how-to-design-social-system... Basically, if you focus on how people want to approach their goals/passions, instead of the goal itself, you get a really good idea of why they're doing something. If you know why they're doing something, you can design systems allowing get better genuine engagement. So, you stop designing for attention (which can be exploitative and bad) and start designing for meaning (which is empowering and enjoyable). Applied to this problem of the lonely blogger/streamer, I'm not sure what the solution is... I'll think about it and post a reply later to avoid a wall of text.