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@signulll My experience is it's now more straining because you are _always_ the bottleneck. There is no time spent on simple tasks that used to free the mind.

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@justalexoki For sure + pushing bulk of carbs into the evening

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@philjacobson @VECTORDOTFUN @fomo Strong read. For years chasing the same onchain whales felt like the only game in town, we felt that at Gains too.
Fomo's strong execution includes recognizing the right moment. Many projects have helped pave the way, including you guys at Vector.

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@dollardrifter Iirc @AlexMasmej did this

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@IvanVendrov In 2022 there were many of these initiatives but they all failed on the margins. The closer you get to the user the more control is needed to optimize ux.

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Top of funnel marketing is full of perverse incentives because discovery is all about human eyeballs.

That assumption breaks once agents represent us 24/7/365.

Discovery will get cheaper and as a result businesses will focus more on fit/quality. Can't wait.

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@BrendanFoody Near term for sure. But marketplaces will unbundle as agents become primary participants.

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@SamBroner It's more about survival imo

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@joshelman Wrote about some of this the other day

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@joshelman You answered it. Seller/agent will dictate clearing rules and buyer agents will optimize for it. Fixed price, auction, lottery, etc.

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We've spent the last decade optimizing ourselves. A lot of people's identities have gotten caught up in it, including my own.

Now is the time to unlearn some of that and make more room for presence.

Not so you can focus more (meditation as a tool to optimize attention).
But so you can wander, talk, notice, _be_ more.

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@raphaelschaad What happens to shape/size of products as this transition plays out?

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@zenorocha How do you think about growth and product expansion now? Or is it just consolidation from here forward.

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@headinthebox It’s imperative man

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@ishverduzco I'm with you. We need places where we invite people into our lives.

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@awrigh01 and @goodhartproof especially interested in your thoughts. Both of you have written substantive articles on agentic commerce stacks I found helpful.

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@pcshipp Focus on constraints

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@AkshayNarisetti How does this handle consent?

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@jialiiiz What does Soma say this video says about itself?