What makes a great group chat? I have some theories ( and working on a post) but would love other takes.

Density: the right amount of content, with a “Dunbar-ian number” of messages for every group size.

Diversity: Unshared perspectives around a shared identity. Creates healthy friction & inertia.

Dialogue: not how many messages there are, but how many back-and-forths. “Active chat state” is how we refer to it.

Also, community is the result of identity’s gravity. This is usually expressed via group chat. 

I wrote our learnings on this here, if interested:

leader • reader • taco eater • sports fan • builder • building /bunches • hosting /whiskey • previously addepar, linkedin • https://nf.td/derek

Also, community is the result of identity’s gravity. This is usually expressed via group chat. 

I wrote our learnings on this here, if interested:

https://derekbrown.xyz/network-first-economy-second