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Johannes Ernst

I note a broad lack of imagination for how social interactions online should actually look like. Most of what we can think of is "I post something, you comment / like / boost it".

Which maps to -- what -- 1% of off-line social activity? What's the online social equivalent of the other 99%?

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Dr.Implausible

@j12t Look to what the kids are doing: TikTok and SnapChat have an expanded range of interaction. In addition to the Like/Share/Repost, you have the Duet and Stitch functions, which allow for a lot of interaction between the users. These are the "yes and" of improv, and can be a lot of fun.

Separating the audio track from the video and allowing the users to remix that and/or the video helps too.

I'm sure there's more; I only use a fraction of what's there. #TikTok #SnapChat

Johannes Ernst

@crabmusket I don't do Fortnite ... what feature should I ask a demo of from somebody who does?

crabmusket

@j12t I meant to gesture broadly at the idea that "the kids" seem to go there to just hang about and goof off? Same with Minecraft. There are structures to both games if you want to engage with them, but also a lot of scope for just... playing.

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