Excited to release Discourse, a tech forum for the modern era. Today, the discourse in tech is either free for all (broadcast social networks) or completely private (group chats). There’s no midsize social network where a few thousand tech leaders talk to each other. We'll have a hybrid model. Some people will have access to post directly, and everyone else's posts will go through a queue. We'll start with ~5,000 white-listed people, and more people who post smart comments will be given direct access over time. Discourse is built off the @cosign graph and will be embedded into the platform. We’ve partnered with our favorite monitors to make sense of what’s happening in real time. P.S. True to form, I actually built a version of this a decade ago called @beondeckdaily, inspired by Hacker…Read original on X
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a16z and Erik Torenberg launch Discourse tech forum on Cosign
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Introducing Discourse: Where the world’s foremost monitors assemble to discuss the situations of the day.Read original on X
Introducing Discourse: not a group chat, not a broadcast social network, but a secret third thing. Discourse is built off the Cosign graph and will be embedded into the platform.Read original on X
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