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The key here is intention. While of course it's quite possible for images to be reproduced in one way or another, the fact that they must be reproduced, and not

by tammer 14y ago

The key here is intention. While of course it's quite possible for images to be reproduced in one way or another, the fact that they must be reproduced, and not simply 'shared' or 're-*ed,' changes the user's relation to the app. I think this gets to the tone of the article, as communicating this way implies a level of trust and/or intimacy usually reserved for analog methods. Snapchat is brilliant in this regard. I think we're going to see a lot more communication platforms built on limitations rather than sprawling features.

001sky 14y ago
I think we're going to see a lot more communication platforms built on limitations -- This would be an interesting brainstorm.
- tsunamifury 14y ago
  Almost every single piece of popular social software is built on limitations. In fact, their models are almost all exclusively made up of boundaries that box in a certain measurable behavior. AOL -> Myspace -> Facebook -> Twitter -> Pinterest -> Vine or whatever comes next has always been a dialog of editorializing and limiting communication into models that are smaller and easier for digital communication. The problem with the internet was different that any other communication technology of the last thousand years. Unlike books, phones or even TV, it provided too much access and too vast an audience with boundless communication (i.e. AOL Mass chatrooms) and people felt lost and faceless in the masses. Social media has been an exercise in limitation to solve that problem since its inception.
- swohns 14y ago
  lets do it! I'll go first: How about a chat program based on sharing websites? Or an email program without a subject line?
  - darkarmani 14y ago
    > Or an email program without a subject line? What about email with only a 140 character subject line? Who would want to write more than that anyway?
    - swohns 14y ago
      I've been experimenting with text summarizers, but the content of email is so subjective that it is hard to make a meaningful summary. Anyone have experience/thoughtspace in this area?

by tammer 14y ago

001sky 14y ago

I think we're going to see a lot more communication platforms built on limitations -- This would be an interesting brainstorm.

tsunamifury 14y ago
Almost every single piece of popular social software is built on limitations. In fact, their models are almost all exclusively made up of boundaries that box in a certain measurable behavior. AOL -> Myspace -> Facebook -> Twitter -> Pinterest -> Vine or whatever comes next has always been a dialog of editorializing and limiting communication into models that are smaller and easier for digital communication. The problem with the internet was different that any other communication technology of the last thousand years. Unlike books, phones or even TV, it provided too much access and too vast an audience with boundless communication (i.e. AOL Mass chatrooms) and people felt lost and faceless in the masses. Social media has been an exercise in limitation to solve that problem since its inception.
swohns 14y ago
lets do it! I'll go first: How about a chat program based on sharing websites? Or an email program without a subject line?
- darkarmani 14y ago
  > Or an email program without a subject line? What about email with only a 140 character subject line? Who would want to write more than that anyway?
  - swohns 14y ago
    I've been experimenting with text summarizers, but the content of email is so subjective that it is hard to make a meaningful summary. Anyone have experience/thoughtspace in this area?