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I think authentic and engaging discussion requires a small audience. I'm reminded of an essay "Do things that don't scale"


Why is a small audience a requirement?


People interpret nuance differently. As the audience size increases, contention about nuance interpretation increases to the point where that overwhelms the original conversation.


Couldn't the conversation simply be between two people?


One person is a small audience.

In other words, yes. The original post was about social media. You can chat on social media platforms, but that's not what most people think of.




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