HIGHER

alright we gave y’all tons of space to naturally figure out how you wanted to use the channel 

& not much thought has gone into it i see 

so consider this the warning 
you know if it applies to you or not

we are speed running the part of the cycle where we rediscover that headless brands and high agency don't scale without effortful coordination

turns out "this is yours! do what you want!" is not an effective productivity engine

in advocating for broader, higher agency network participation, I think visible stewardship is required

founders want the wild west, where anything is fair game

contributors want lanes and boundaries that are well defined enough that they can be reasonably confident their efforts won't obstruct or harm others

eg. channel moderation is not a wild west thing. but stepping into moderate a wild west channel is an area of ambiguous authority, which makes it an unapproachable task to any except (generally) the most reckless, or the most dedicated (and the dedicated have better things to do!)

ehh i agree and don’t simultaneously 

the channel in my mental model is more a townsquare to actually build network depth & surface cultural artifacts or projects that can scale externally 

that doesn’t have to interfere with the ‘this is yours do what you want’ theoretically but atm it doesn’t map practically i admit 

until there are more subgroups doing whatever they want & getting traction, ppl are going to be bottlenecked by my stewardship somewhat