Your question about who pays for the infrastructure sent me somewhere slightly different.
Before asking how to fund online conversation, I'm wondering about the economics of ordinary conversation.
Two people spend an hour talking over coffee. No audience, nothing published, nobody gets paid. Yet both willingly incur the cost of an hour of their time and attention.
What value are they producing or receiving that makes the exchange worthwhile?
npub1my…e3cne
2026-09-09 10:13:59 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…k9vl
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