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half-baked* hot take: wei's status-as-a-service is a boomer theory that is becoming increasingly outdated *not high, just writing stream of consciousness yes, status-seeking behavior will always play a role in social media but it should not be the foundation upon which we build the future. as we grasp social media's psychological impact (a la haidt re: mental health issues, addictions, misinformation, etc), user behaviors and motivations will evolve against it. they already are. there's growing preference for intentional disconnection (opal, ~40% of users take digital detoxes), niche community platforms (substack, tyb), ephemeral content (bereal, stories), and private forms of sharing (locket, snapchat; dark social makes up 80% of outbound sharing). 88% of social users cite connecting with friends as their top motivation. what's the top reason for internet friendship? shared interests. and what matters far more than likes or followers in shared interest communities? quality and depth of content. wdyt?

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mostly agree with this. i have made more friends working asynchronously on twitter and now farcaster in the past few years than i have through irl activities

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so you are collaborating on asynch work via social platforms? do you care about how many followers or likes they have (or you have)? or do you care about the quality of their contributions or the uniqueness of their insights or something else? what drives you to be *friends* with them?

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yes, we collaborate asynch in group chats on warpcast. i don’t care at all how many followers or likes they get. most of the best builders are relatively unknown. i do care about the quality of their contributions as far as what they are building but not as far as how or what they are casting we all kind of know someone who knows someone who knows who is an expert in something. as we grow so does the circle building something with another person creates a bond. if it works out, you likely have a friend for life a good example will be the mfer community going to permissionless. a lot of us have never met but we all know it will be a great time

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do most of you hang out and cast in the /mfers channel? who owns it / moderates it? but yes i have noticed the mfer community is quite strong and passionate and seems like a lot of fun :)

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