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> Centralized ether screaming will always be better than decentralized ether screaming because ego reinforcement from counters is a "more is always better" kind
by CharlieDigital 3y ago
> Centralized ether screaming will always be better than decentralized ether screaming because ego reinforcement from counters is a "more is always better" kind of thing
This reads like you pretty much described the essence of why Twitter is kinda terrible: "ego reinforcement" is about as far as you can get from engaging with a community.
- devmor 3y agoNail on the head, but also why services like twitter will always be the preference for most people. To the majority of people, community engagement means a platform to speak to a community and see that what you've said has had some kind of effect. Rather than "taking part" in a community, what most people want is to "make use of" a community in a way that stimulates their emotions. To bring the topic off on a slight tangent - I think this is an example of a distillation of natural human instincts. We've recognized the dopamine hit we get from the evolutionary favored behavior of building a community and engaging with it, and then found a way to separate it and repeat it without the effort that led to its evolution.