social

Why do we consume our feeds algorithmically but our chats chronologically?

The current chat UX treats all messages as if they’re the same level of importance or relevance even though they’re not, especially in larger groups

This leads to notification fatigue which in turn causes members to mute and check out

/new-york 🗽 • /untzuntz 😈 • /tastebuds 🍕 Fan of eating tacos and bringing people together, often at the same time 🌮

the thing is that you don’t want to miss an important cast to you

in case of chats you have to go through the whole chronological history of what happened since you last visited - increasing amount of mental energy you need to spend 

same with the feeds, I’m used to following my notification feed