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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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If the descentralization of social networks continue, we will have to prepare for the eventual rise of the instances wars, where people will start to fight about which instance is better and which one is weird to be in and so on, but that's for the future of us all.

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[–] razza856 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

so the owners and mods of instances will have to compete to provide a good experience. I don’t see a problem with this

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Who does that select for though.

Those with the most time? The most money? The most aggressive approach?
Competition doesn't tend to produce holistic quality; only efficiency.

[–] DrYazman 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I don't think instances being competitive with each other would be good for the culture. It'll just produce isolationism, elitism & hostility.