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> I can't go to slow social without all my friends coming with me, so I'm stuck with Instagram/whatsapp. This is partially correct. Slow Social would be a lot
by CitrusFruits 4y ago
> I can't go to slow social without all my friends coming with me, so I'm stuck with Instagram/whatsapp.
This is partially correct. Slow Social would be a lot better if all your friends joined. However, my accommodation for this is that any post can be sent as en email as well. This lets you loop in people that aren't part of the network, and maybe never will be. It's not a perfect solution, but I hope it's better than nothing.
- jethro_tell 4y agoWell, the people that I know don't read their personal email unless they are looking for a password reset or a one time code. once everyone started requiring an email as a user name, inboxes of normal people are just spam that's part of the deal for signing up for something. It's basically useless these days, but it's not technically spam because they made you click the link when you signed up. Sure you could unsubscribe, and I do, and my technical friends do, but the rest just ignore it unless they need it for a specific action. I'd have to call or text all my friends to let them know I'd sent them an email with a link to a post, and at that point, I could just text them the post and at that point, it's kinda . . . idk, not great.
- lukasb 4y agoI dunno, Substack is doing pretty well.
- ibejoeb 4y agoMaybe instead of a new "slow" network that enforces these rules, the consumer might want slow mode. Something that digests the fast-paced stuff. Maybe using heuristics to pare down the noisy, frivolous, or contentious stuff. Or maybe this model and its intentional limitations is key.