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"Subset, like other newer initiatives, can't lean on those prior methods because incumbent platforms are deemed at best indifferent and at worst hostile to the new initiative's mandated mission. So, what's the alternative?

One we've been thinking about is focused on the volume of channels that two parties share. A channel is simply a means for one user to send or receive a message from another. It's a transient rail for information exchange. A channel instance is counted when both users assert a positive identification of the other in that channel within some constrained window.

For example, you have a friend that you communicate with in multiple ways. You send WhatsApps, exchange emails and trade direct messages on X. You also have an an acquaintance who you only message on LinkedIn. You are connected to your friend via three channels and your acquaintance via one. There are also people of whom you are aware but with whom you do not communicate over any channel."

"Subset, like other newer initiatives, can't lean on those prior methods because incumbent platforms are deemed at best indifferent and at worst hostile to the new initiative's mandated mission. So, what's the alternative?

One we've been thinking about is focused on the volume of channels that two parties share. A channel is simply a means for one user to send or receive a message from another. It's a transient rail for information exchange. A channel instance is counted when both users assert a positive identification of the other in that channel within some constrained window.

For example, you have a friend that you communicate with in multiple ways. You send WhatsApps, exchange emails and trade direct messages on X. You also have an an acquaintance who you only message on LinkedIn. You are connected to your friend via three channels and your acquaintance via one. There are also people of whom you are aware but with whom you do not communicate over any channel."
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