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Been mulling over this a bit and I do think channels are closest to hashtags but sadly get the short end of two sticks. Hashtags: 100.0% free and permissionless to use (can be made in realtime, ahead of time as a larger campaign, etc.) to organize ephemeral public group chats Communities (in some vein, subreddits): focused around a specific topic, [can] have hierarchy, often have static information and resources that not only bring people in via search engines but keep them around with self-managed wikis. Channels have too much friction to be created out of thin air yet and (currently) lack the structure and content to be meaningful for communities to build around. It'd be neat if clients displayed "trending" channels by recent activity relative to the average: i.e. /politics getting its uptick during big [US?] events, /game5 felt awesome in its time. Also, I really enjoy the novel use of channels for quote casting to recontexualize casts, i.e. into /bad-takes, /dont-do-this, /someone-build

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Nice breakdown! It feels like sentiment is pretty consistent around this subject, but everything I've seen from the team is resistant. The stated vs revealed, driving metrics, not wanting to add complexity arguments all feel like gaslighting. Revealed preferences re: the home feed can be attributed to psychology. We like scrolling. We will scroll. Doesn't mean it's the right brand/biz decision. Doesn't mean it's fun, innovative, or valuable. Users will continue to state they want to see more around channels for a variety of use cases 🤷‍♂️

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Agree on the frustrations but I think we’re among a vocal minority who can articulate these desires and want to steer the ship elsewhere. For better or worse the average user of any product just accepts it as it is because there’s little literacy in product, let alone tech. I think the most meaningful changes will come from clients that break the mold and really dedicate themselves to channels. I could see an outspoken client that front runs the protocol level definitions of channels as Warpcast focuses on other primitives.

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