Interesting article for community builders

This article is a musing on how social networks work today, what is missing, and how small direct messaging apps such as slack, discord, and telegram are helping to create real connections online...

When I analyze the article in detail, it's a bit fluffy, but I still feel the author scratches on some valid points here. The deeper meaning has to be carved out by the reader...

"Andy Baio did an experiment in 2014 where he analysed a giant internet battle to see who was talking to whom. It turns out the majority of the traffic was aimed inward, to true believers. Not much was actually aimed at the target of their ire. [...]
Last year I started interviewing people for their take on information overload. How do they experience it? How do they address it? "

https://medium.com/near-future-field-notes/near-future-field-notes-5-249a892af5e8