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Those sometimes unspoken systems that exist in the real world are what make the night clubs and community gardens work in the real world, combined with the fact that only a tiny fraction of humanity can be there due to locality. On the Internet anyone from anywhere can come. A network designed to foster community and encourage communication & connection would help balance that out.

7fqx 9mo ago

I don't disagree with anything here.

It s more the 'gamify' which I would argue is a very specific sort of encouragement and not just interchangeable as a word.

But again I may just be being pedantic lolol, but I do think 'gamify' is a specific word/ mechanic.

Tools built for community, encouraging participation etc I see as distinct from this 'gamify', which I basically interpret as superficial decorative rewards designed to appeal to participants who aren't necessarily meaningfully involved enough in a community.

If it needs to be gamified it's either nothnworth doing or the person doing it isn't convicted enough.

Sorry I'm just typing crap now lol

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Ryan 9mo ago

I don't have that bias against the word, because I use it IRL to help myself. Eating better, removing my addictions have been helped by using self implemented systems designed to encourage and reward myself for better choices.

I think you're getting hung up on a word, losing the forest for a tree.

7fqx 9mo ago

Yes I fear I might be doing this lololol

Ryan 9mo ago

What would be bad about systems that encourage forming community, fostering communication, and forging connections?

How can they be built?

Is that a better question?

7fqx 9mo ago

Sorry I can't answer this question right now as I'm too hung up on the gamify thing. Lololol.

This is all your fault. 😤😤😤😤😤

Ryan 9mo ago

Sorry, I'm just off drugs & alcohol and thinking again 🫂

7fqx 9mo ago

Honestly, and I'm obviously the wrong person to ask lol. But I think tools that cater irl activity. From actual safe DMing, private groups, event / calendar stuff.

Remember when Facebook invites were actually a thing. It felt almost mandatory to make a Facebook event. (Obviously this pretty much disappeared with insta and WhatsApp groups etc).

Ryan 9mo ago

It was just a question to start conversation, I didn't expect 80 comments in an hour lol. I think it's a line of thought worth pursuing though. Nostr has a great community at the 10k magnitude. How to keep that while increasing to 100k & 1M is an important question.

7fqx 9mo ago

Yes it is a good question. Unfortunately I got fixated on a word wormhole lolol