But maiki, isn’t that like, the exact stuff we want them to look at, other humans sharing details of themselves in a friendly, chatty environment? Well, yes and no. We like being social. But that isn’t social, that’s parenting-by-TV. I introduce people, send them invites to others’ intros, send PMs with groups of folks that ought to talk. I even text links all over the place, so folks find info that is useful to them.
I want to actively subvert the impulse to stream everything to anyone. I want to be intentional, even with how we present ourselves to folks that have already arrived. We are training them, just as every other interface they use. We can train to be intentional, slow, thoughtful, playful, social. That’s what I’m thinking.