@manton I think a motivation for me (context: using twitter) was the possibility of serendipitous discovery, not the people at the node themselves being the trophies, but the ideas they discussed, the art they shared, the personal and pedestrian expressions in quips and images and so on; taking part in that is good clean fun.

It is quite clear to me now, however, that a sample set that large is not needed—in fact it works agains the sorts of experiences I went there looking for in the first place.

Obviously I am saying that the dynamics here seem far superior to what else is on offer at that scale. Is there a magic number, an optimal range for community? Probably not, more a frequency thing, I think.

Anyway, thanks to you and team for making this place/ software-situation/ service/ community/ well worth it on many levels. ❤︎ ⚧ ꩜ ᰾ 𐩕