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Laeserin | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Most of us are just sort of hanging out and waiting for communities and forums and stuff to finally get going.

The main feed will then dry up like the Sahara, with only the replies surviving the purge. SM clients need to be replies-first or they're going to go the way of the dodo.
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Dawn | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I get that... Even now, there's a handful of topics that, if someone new is interested in them & is onboarded by someone who knows of them, said new person could happily settle into a little bubble of their interests with very little noise. It's just sort of in the shadows at the moment. 

I don't think the main will dry up though. Eventually it will become something of a billboard space... but more consensual 😂
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Laeserin | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yeah, that's how I use it. For announcements.
Or GM rounds with my frens, as if it were SimpleX.
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Laeserin | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 That's basically the direction it'll be headed. More like IRL, where people will onboard and meetup in the OtherStuff, follow people they like that they meet there, and then use SM to say GM to them all or inform their frens that their dog got fleas, or something.

The bizarre/influencery "I'm just going to jump into the flow of 5 million random people, post some rage porn or seek engagement, and get some likes" thing is what is going to go away.
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Dawn | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I don't know about it going away, but at least the individual will be able to avoid it if they so choose... so it'll seem like it's gone 😅
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Laeserin | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 It's just the overt creation of bubbles. Like, you can just find your tribe, go off into the corner and talk amongst yourselves.
But now, you get to decorate your corner.