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I've started thinking about building an alt-client less in terms of product and more as a problem of finding social context. 

the best alt-clients will enforce and encourage radically different social norms than @warpcast or Twitter do today (not a criticism of either)

this kind alt-client will be a digital 'fourth space' outside of work, the home, and the regular internet. 

a good alt-client should stand for something: it might reject growth & engagement metrics, or remove algo-feeds entirely, favoring high-touch curation above predictive content delivery. Consumption might be the enemy. an alt-client might win with fewer, higher impact DAU minutes spent on-platform

these aren't easy things to get right, but they are starting off points. an alt-client succeeds only as it becomes "embedded within--and promotive of--social life" (-sam hart)

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This seems to cover some thpught I have. But can’t imagine it being “non-algorithmic”. 

Are there any examples or analogies here? 🤔