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@blainsmith @scottjenson I feel similarly about comments. Not everything merits having comments. They were added to every service back in the day, but there should be a specific place for conversations, or it becomes degraded. Reactions (thumbs up/up vote, thumbs down/down vote, or more recently emojis) are ok, and sufficient in some cases. There are many patterns that were created solely to attract or retain users. We need to rethink many things…

@blainsmith @scottjenson Most probably. There’s been an effort from sites (now apps) back from the portals days to integrate several services into one, and create a walled garden to retain users. First it was AOL, then Yahoo, then Facebook and Twitter. In modern days, they copy features to achieve the same thing, like short videos/stories (Vine, Snapchat, TikTok, but also YouTube and Instagram). It’s not needed. Do one thing, do it well. Happy users.