The Group Chat Could Be So Much More

This technology that currently (and increasingly) siloes us doesn’t have to. Perhaps there could be more funding for those innovations that have to do with shared, rather than unshared experiences. Or perhaps there could even be computational work done by new companies or institutions to produce technology which helps us reunite and share experienc... See more

One thing… I have this ongoing group chat with my friends on Facebook Messenger and something we talk about on and off is how it feels very impersonal like in Facebook Messenger, iMessage, WhatsApp, all of these, they all look more or less the same for every group. That has its uses because it means that you have a standardized interface and like e... See more

Major social platforms today are noisy. People have found refuge in groups (iMessage, Fortnite worlds and group chats). If Facebook is Walmart, tools and communities like Discord (ie:gamers) or Public.com* (ie: casual stock traders) are boutique stores