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> What if a social app was optimized for the creation experience rather than the consumption experience? What if the goal was to minimize time-in-app rather tha
by anonytrary 8y ago
> What if a social app was optimized for the creation experience rather than the consumption experience? What if the goal was to minimize time-in-app rather than maximize it? What social products would people pay for? (note: Google Photos is the closest I’ve seen to this so far)
Interesting. Facebook is like a camera that has an internal overlay over the lens, saying "Wait! Don't stop looking through the lens, stay, I promise -- there's more!". Maybe social sites really are just tools and not things to be spending time on, but more like recording devices for our lives and personal history. Then again -- what is HN? Is writing a comment a form of consumption or a form of creation? It would seem like the latter, but it's very easy to stay on HN for an hour.