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There are 2 internets. 

One is the place where you find funny, interesting, and useful content from the most creative people in the world

The other is where you interact with your friends and networks

Today, we shove both into the same apps and call it social media, but imo it’s clear that’s gonna change soon

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Our existing apps can't do both.

Arguably, no apps can do both well at the same time.

Take Instagram. It's really multiple apps smushed together:
- Normal Posts
- Reels
- DMs
- Stories <- this is growing rn

Posts + Reels started for friends, but the quality required to be "good" at either is way higher now than when they launched so most people are default "bad" at instagram compared to global talent market of posts + reels.

Stories OTOH are much more ephemeral so by nature they can't be as competitive bc it's not worth the cost to produce. Snapchat's evolution indicates that might change over time, but for now they're basically the most useful "friend" feedback loop on Insta.

Our mental contexts for Friends vs Creators are different AND your friends' content will never be as polished as a Creators... 

So either you live in a world where you never see your friends' stuff bc it's not as interesting as Creator stuff or you change the context in which you interact with your friends (aka different apps)

Why do you think it’s gonna change soon?
Is it going to bring rise to a new era of social media or…

I’m just trying to really understand here cam

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I'm saying the best version of the Content internet app is not the best version of the Network internet app.

Every social company started out as a NIA, realized that CIAs were better for shoving ads into user eyeballs, and tried to morph their NIA into a CIA.

So now we're in a weird spot w a bunch of halfway apps.

Quick question 

Are you saying both sides of the internet can’t mix or co-exist?

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Yes for sure 

Do you think Network apps *need* an explore/discovery view?

For me the 2nd one = messenger apps (WhatsApp, Messenger, Signal & Instagram DMs)

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Farcaster is a protocol

Warpcast is stuck in the middle between the two internets rn

Do you mean the farcaster? But this is not social media though.
This is social network

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I have been trying to make the point a lot lately that Farcaster is much more social network than social media - at least for me. 

I don't come here for content - there are much much better places to find content. 

I come here for the people.


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Why do you think it’s going to change? We seem to be doing really well

Agree, I think that’s kinda happening with web3 social apps rn. Lens seems to be great for building out an onchain art/ content portfolio but farcaster def still has better conversations and just makes it so easy to keep in touch with each other.

I'm looking at it from a perspective of someone who was using the net for over 25 years, and I can say that all things web are trying to decentralize itself in the end. Nowadays people are tend to move from facebook/twitter/insta type social media toward messengers, which was the main course of things in the early 2000s. We're looping here.

why do you feel it's going to change?
i don't see it changing soon.

shoving both into the same app is really not a problem imo, just makes social media multipurpose for everyone

Don’t you think it’s too late for that to happen
if you’re using FC as context, i don’t think that’s gonna happen

What aspect do you think is gonna change?

IMO I also think if we splits the two internet’s …then one is going to be less good than the other 
Like we would end up focusing on one more than the other 
Now the question is if that happens …which will you be more functioning on?

how might the evolution of separate internets, one for content discovery and one for social interaction reshape our understanding of digital communities

and what new opportunities could arise for creative expression and genuine connection in a world where these spaces are distinct?

A typical example would be nice. Can you suggest one?

I should also that there is one more. The dark web

I think X(fka Twitter) actually does a great job at combining the best of both worlds if you ask me. 

Not sure it can change that much anymore. But who knows.