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I can't stress enough how many people tell me that no social media app does what they want to do.

X only works for famous people. Instagram only works for picture-perfect people. Linked-in is a giant circle jerk. Slack is not productive. Discord is a dumpsterfire. NextDoor is barely a glorified classified. Finding good communities on Reddit is harder than finding a good show on Netflix. Facebook only appeals to nostalgia. TikTok is a mindless stream of the same stuff over and over again. WhatsApp groups annoy users more than help. Etc.

Which is really interesting after the billions of dollars these companies have put into developing them. It's almost as if their poorly designed incentive structure led these teams to fully ignore the user.

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JeffG 1y ago

And yet, billions of people still use them multiple times a day.

Actions speak louder than words.

I completely agree with the fact that most people are unhappy with the options but they are somehow serving a purpose or solving a problem, even if their user's can't articulate what that might be.

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Josua Schmid 1y ago

The purpose is addiction. As is nostr for me.

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Laeserin 1y ago

Network effects.

You've just found a fun network. Feels like working at a start up in homeoffice.

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