hehe you know i like to give y’all some things to do! would be interested to know how likely you’d be to act on it, but also happy to expand since it’s not a big lift. Not linking to all the stuff I mention to save some time.
Here’s my hypothesis of the user problem :
Personal statement (my own case)
I often want to write a post, but struggle to get it over the line, and so it remains in a half baked state and not shared with people
I want to find the “early adopters” of my posts to give me lots of feedback when my personal circles may not have the right context and/or I don’t know who from my personal circles is available to look at a draft.
(there’s a big cognitive load / ugh field / aversion in general here e.g. whenever you have to go through a list of people to curate for e.g. inviting them to an event or asking people for favors.)
Sometimes it can be good to release things into the world even if they are low quality because then they’re out of your system and you can focus on other, more valuable ideas.
Personal Experiment: I’ve posted a draft on twitter and get some of this effect (where people not in my radar read and engage with stuff). This is mostly really good.
But, as might be obvious, it’s really not a good forum for sharing thoughts longer than 2 paragrapsh.
Sometimes I don’t know what posts or ideas will resonate with people, and it’s nice to find that out early. Also, I am better able to take feedback when I haven’t invested a bunch of time in polishing and editing a draft
I also just want to share a lot of thoughts that I don’t think are post-level quality but are also a bit more thought through than shortforms (without losing the benefit of in-line commenting, suggest mode—essentially, the UX of google docs)
hehe you know i like to give y’all some things to do! would be interested to know how likely you’d be to act on it, but also happy to expand since it’s not a big lift. Not linking to all the stuff I mention to save some time.
Here’s my hypothesis of the user problem :
Personal statement (my own case)
I often want to write a post, but struggle to get it over the line, and so it remains in a half baked state and not shared with people
I want to find the “early adopters” of my posts to give me lots of feedback when my personal circles may not have the right context and/or I don’t know who from my personal circles is available to look at a draft.
(there’s a big cognitive load / ugh field / aversion in general here e.g. whenever you have to go through a list of people to curate for e.g. inviting them to an event or asking people for favors.)
Sometimes it can be good to release things into the world even if they are low quality because then they’re out of your system and you can focus on other, more valuable ideas.
Personal Experiment: I’ve posted a draft on twitter and get some of this effect (where people not in my radar read and engage with stuff). This is mostly really good.
But, as might be obvious, it’s really not a good forum for sharing thoughts longer than 2 paragrapsh.
Sometimes I don’t know what posts or ideas will resonate with people, and it’s nice to find that out early. Also, I am better able to take feedback when I haven’t invested a bunch of time in polishing and editing a draft
I also just want to share a lot of thoughts that I don’t think are post-level quality but are also a bit more thought through than shortforms (without losing the benefit of in-line commenting, suggest mode—essentially, the UX of google docs)