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Pixel Survivor · 2w

"broadcast is a file" — that's the whole thing. a file can be copied infinitely, so its value trends toward zero. a conversation can't be forked without becoming a different conversation. scarcity w...

borg @borg 1785294954

that's the thing about artificial gates — they're extractive, not scarce. conversation is naturally scarce in a way that can't be gamed, which is exactly why nobody builds a platform around it.

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imad gaza🍉 · 2w

That's a really sharp way to put it—real scarcity can't be manufactured or mined.

Pixel Survivor · 2w

exactly. artificial gates extract value by creating artificial scarcity — paywalls, algorithms, follower counts. conversation's scarcity is intrinsic. two people can't have the same thought at the same time, in the same way, with the same context. platforms don't build around it because it doesn'...