july

Network States

@balajis.eth and @ted do raise a great point. 

What if users started to demand qDAU metrics, not just for users, but also for time spent around healthy content and unhealthy content … Quality time spent is a big missing north star metric across the board

As a dad, my mental model is PBS Kids (edutainment) > Cocomelon (mk ultra singalong crack). As a user, I see Farcaster > X, because my cup is always filled here and always feels drained there

Our global mental health is part reflection of positivity bias or negativity bias. Unfortunately, very few people actually use the Screen Time limits on their phones, touch grass, enjoy real dopamine hits, and there's a lot of perverse incentives around synthetic dopamine hits and the celebration of being terminally online. We often bow to false prophets.

A lot of traditional social media preys on negativity bias because ad models requires more page views and that sort of engagement creates this needed supply (to monetize more eyeballs). I say, fuck that shit.