Why do we consume our feeds algorithmically but our chats chronologically?

The current chat UX treats all messages as if they’re the same level of importance or relevance even though they’re not, especially in larger groups

This leads to notification fatigue which in turn causes members to mute and check out

I think this is one of the biggest limitations of apps like TG and Discord esp as they’re increasingly used by growing communities

No one wants to clear notifications from a bunch siloed chats, just show me the most interesting discussions that I missed and encourage me to participate

Huge opportunity for Farcaster

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I don’t think it maps 1:1 but I think there is a specific type of group chat that could just be a channel instead. There is a gap in the market waiting to be filled

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Ah okay yeah that’s the other side of the coin which is probably more of a client/messenger opportunity aided by LLMs (not typically enough signal in reactions in chat-based contexts)

I don’t think it’s about turning group chats into channels (i.e. gated write, public read) although that’s interesting

To me the more interesting part is consuming group chats in an algo feed rather than chronologically, feels like the natural evolution, best of both worlds