Post #1588803
2026-04-20 05:04 UTC
@coderanger @raiderrobert @AlSweigart I can see it working for genuinely local things, but for online communities aiming for global reach, requiring geographic proximity to at least one existing member is a harsh filter to apply.
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@coderanger@cloudisland.nz 2026-04-20 05:29
@ancoghlan Somewhere deep in my nihilistic anxiety I worry that this is some kind Revenge of Dunbar's Number. That trying to maintain communities of this size is, eventually, a denial-of-service attack on the human psyche. Twitter even in its heyday felt like a mental DDoS and it's only getting worse. My life would be so much worse in this new world where everything must be local, and I don't want that to be the path.