The Illusion of the Perfect Platform. We often believe that there's a perfect platform out there that aligns perfectly with our worldview, and has all of the features we want. If it doesn't exist now, then the next new platform will be it. However, this is a dangerous illusion. In this episode I look at 3 solutions to the social media idealism problem and building community on your terms.

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----- CHAPTERS -----
00:00 Intro
00:16 What We Forgot About Social
00:55 Shiny Syndrome
01:37 Recreating Community
02:51 It Won't Last
03:59 Solution 1 Suck It Up
04:52 Solution 2 Be Everywhere
05:20 Solution 3 Build Your Own Space and Bonus
07:31 Outro

 
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