Are.na Is Where We Go to Find Ourselves Online
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- some of the original people who worked on Are.na—all met each other through this platform called Del.icio.us. Del.icio.us essentially enabled us to do two things: 1) see a trajectory of what we were interested in, plus how those things led into other things, and 2) see the other people who were interested in those same things. That felt like a breakthrough way to meet other people through what we were essentially just doing for ourselves. (View Highlight)
- But technically, there’s nothing all that special about Are.na. Everything about it that’s good is contextual, and related to the people who use it. The framing does something to attract a certain type of person, but it’s those people who keep the platform thriving.
Overall, there’s nothing that strategic about it. It’s just that we’ve consistently stayed interested in the thing that Are.na does, as has our community. (View Highlight)
- It’s such a slippery thing because, on the flip side, you can also feel like that activity of collecting ephemeral information can also become like hoarding, or like you’re just going to an endless store and grabbing a bunch of random shit. The hard part is coming to terms with what you’re collecting, and why. It’s an individualized radar, and it takes a little consideration. It’s asking, “Why that person? Why that song? Why that book? What is the thing that is actually hooking me in here? Why is this meaningful to me?” (View Highlight)
- But running a business can be a very different application of creativity. And just generally, there should be more types of people trying to make software and platforms—especially social networks.
It’s very clear that social networks play a large role in how people perceive reality now. And if it’s always this single type of person who is making these spaces, then that singular perspective is going to keep driving us in one direction. (View Highlight)
title: “Are.na Is Where We Go to Find Ourselves Online”
author: “ZORA ZINE”
url: ”https://zine.zora.co/arena-charles-broskoski”
date: 2023-12-19
source: reader
tags: media/articles
Are.na Is Where We Go to Find Ourselves Online
Metadata
Highlights
- some of the original people who worked on Are.na—all met each other through this platform called Del.icio.us. Del.icio.us essentially enabled us to do two things: 1) see a trajectory of what we were interested in, plus how those things led into other things, and 2) see the other people who were interested in those same things. That felt like a breakthrough way to meet other people through what we were essentially just doing for ourselves. (View Highlight)
- But technically, there’s nothing all that special about Are.na. Everything about it that’s good is contextual, and related to the people who use it. The framing does something to attract a certain type of person, but it’s those people who keep the platform thriving.
Overall, there’s nothing that strategic about it. It’s just that we’ve consistently stayed interested in the thing that Are.na does, as has our community. (View Highlight)
- It’s such a slippery thing because, on the flip side, you can also feel like that activity of collecting ephemeral information can also become like hoarding, or like you’re just going to an endless store and grabbing a bunch of random shit. The hard part is coming to terms with what you’re collecting, and why. It’s an individualized radar, and it takes a little consideration. It’s asking, “Why that person? Why that song? Why that book? What is the thing that is actually hooking me in here? Why is this meaningful to me?” (View Highlight)
- But running a business can be a very different application of creativity. And just generally, there should be more types of people trying to make software and platforms—especially social networks.
It’s very clear that social networks play a large role in how people perceive reality now. And if it’s always this single type of person who is making these spaces, then that singular perspective is going to keep driving us in one direction. (View Highlight)