People always debated each other with disagreeing substack posts, but Notes has more of a Twitter feel. I see a lot of people just sniping at each other.
“Butterflies is more than just a social network; it’s a fresh approach to connection and interaction.” - from their “about this app” paragraph.
From my experience, I confess to being a skeptic, doubting the payback of the promised interaction of most social media apps. The negative dynamic that flourishes isn’t my cup of tea. This app promises a fresh approach to connection utilizing AI as “friends”. While I can see benefit of AI tutors and other utilitarian purposes, the idea that AI can take the place of actual human friends is a little bit like expecting full emotional satisfaction from a sex doll. Perhaps I’ll be proven wrong as AI keeps growing more sophisticated and powerful, but you are right about how the tone is set from the beginning when apps are launched and the crowd they attract.
The simpler explanation is that, as with AOL chat rooms, you're not the intended audience for Butterflies. And that's fine--not all products are meant to appeal to all people. I have a similar view towards Discord as you do towards Butterflies, which I have not tried. But I am also not under any illusion that Discord is a product meant for someone like me.
"I don’t think that we were right to dismiss walled gardens."
I don't get why anyone would dismiss walled gardens. Unless I misunderstand what you mean, they are common. Most newspapers require payment to see content. Substack has paid content and even more that requires payment to comment and participate. Even Facebook allows limiting your content to Friends or other group limits. Am I missing something?
“..If you do not think about the tone that you want to set, then the tone will be set by your first users. They will create a stereotype. You are then stuck with that stereotype, even if it causes your app to stagnate…”
Political movements.. even “the current thing” .. often work out to be simple social apps. Stereotypes develop and in a memetic sense and mode, enforce a unique derived culture. This derived culture is often quite unattractive and, depending on the original movement, may take on a wholly new, counter cultural valence.
I think Notes is a bad move for substack.
People always debated each other with disagreeing substack posts, but Notes has more of a Twitter feel. I see a lot of people just sniping at each other.
"If Butterflies wants someone like me on the site ..."
I hate to break it to you, but nobody wants people like us on their site.
lol. Substack does.
I suspect there are a few others but based on very limited knowledge of "us" I suspect you are mostly right.
“Butterflies is more than just a social network; it’s a fresh approach to connection and interaction.” - from their “about this app” paragraph.
From my experience, I confess to being a skeptic, doubting the payback of the promised interaction of most social media apps. The negative dynamic that flourishes isn’t my cup of tea. This app promises a fresh approach to connection utilizing AI as “friends”. While I can see benefit of AI tutors and other utilitarian purposes, the idea that AI can take the place of actual human friends is a little bit like expecting full emotional satisfaction from a sex doll. Perhaps I’ll be proven wrong as AI keeps growing more sophisticated and powerful, but you are right about how the tone is set from the beginning when apps are launched and the crowd they attract.
The simpler explanation is that, as with AOL chat rooms, you're not the intended audience for Butterflies. And that's fine--not all products are meant to appeal to all people. I have a similar view towards Discord as you do towards Butterflies, which I have not tried. But I am also not under any illusion that Discord is a product meant for someone like me.
Discord has become surprisingly important as a generative AI testing ground
Yup. I’ll still never use it.
"I don’t think that we were right to dismiss walled gardens."
I don't get why anyone would dismiss walled gardens. Unless I misunderstand what you mean, they are common. Most newspapers require payment to see content. Substack has paid content and even more that requires payment to comment and participate. Even Facebook allows limiting your content to Friends or other group limits. Am I missing something?
“..If you do not think about the tone that you want to set, then the tone will be set by your first users. They will create a stereotype. You are then stuck with that stereotype, even if it causes your app to stagnate…”
Political movements.. even “the current thing” .. often work out to be simple social apps. Stereotypes develop and in a memetic sense and mode, enforce a unique derived culture. This derived culture is often quite unattractive and, depending on the original movement, may take on a wholly new, counter cultural valence.