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It's not like chat hasn't existed for decades, it definitely has been in foresight for many. I think what attracted people to these platforms is the ease of use
by mrd3v0 3y ago
It's not like chat hasn't existed for decades, it definitely has been in foresight for many. I think what attracted people to these platforms is the ease of use and plug n play nature of centralised software compared to forums that have much less intuitive UX and have only recently adopted federation making the very vast majority of them lacking in interoperability.
- philip1209 3y agoAbsolutely. Two big drivers were: 1. People are impatient, and chat makes everything urgent 2. Chat make posting easy, so authors post more and with less intentionality I wrote a long post about this on our blog as I announced Booklet: https://www.contraption.co/news/launching-booklet/ https://www.contraption.co/news/launching-booklet/