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10 Jun, 6 tweets, 2 min read

there’s a point in several private conversations I’ve had with people where they ask me what my deal is, and when I tell them I want to encourage more people to take better care of each other in an informal way, they look at me expectantly waiting for a punchline

they wanna hear how I’m going to monetize it, or turn it into some kind of club or cult or empire, and I’m like no I don’t want any of those things, I mostly just want a better public commons

and it takes them a long time to process that I’m serious

https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1222569022241173504

if it helps, I want what these guys wanted

https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1222569022241173504

I don’t want to be rewarded for introducing people to each other, the introductions *are* the reward. Would be nice if fewer people projected their own insecurities onto me though 😅❤️🙏🏾

reminded of a tweet that’s like “oh all the cool conversations are in private groups and slacks now” - good for them. When I was a kid I was not invited to any club. So I will always post in the public commons for the next kid

visakanv.com/blog/pay-it-fo…

universal basic Uncle Iroh for all

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