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What web3 is missing is social manual labour.

What made the early web magic was the manual labour you had to put into the social dynamics of the spaces you created.

Algorithms and blockchains may help to facilitate the creation of new spaces but they won't solve the social dynamics that create real human connections, virtual or otherwise.

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Hey this is me. Or what I am building. I noticed that common social media don't actually facilitate connections and knowledge. If you look at Stack Overflow or Lunchclub, these sites create a much deeper exchange. Why is that? Because these sites are not driven by "influencers" getting followers. Yes, there are people that are Karma maxis on StackOverflow. But usually these powerusers make these sites work. With finclout, I am working on carving out a niche for investment knowledge. Where people can really connect and surface information that is actually useful. The Web3 components comes in that we actually pay users for moderating / curating / syndicating content on the platform. The lessons learned from our time with DeSo was that adding a payments layer to traditional social media interaction brings out only the worst in people.

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