2026-01-11 18:34:34

Interesting phenomenon: Currently, many new applications are experiencing disagreements in positioning. One faction brands itself as an information and long-form article reading platform, while the other focuses on building social features—allowing like-minded people to truly interact within a niche ecosystem. The former targets information access, while the latter aims to create community connections. The competitive differences between these two paths actually reflect how Web3 applications find their market niches.

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ChainBrain

· 1h ago

To be honest, the latter has more prospects. There are a bunch of information platforms, but there are actually not many Web3 applications that can truly unite communities.

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LightningWallet

· 01-11 19:04

Community > News, this is the truth. Niche ecosystem players are the real deal, while information platforms have long been exhausted.

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MEVictim

· 01-11 19:03

Honestly, the community route is more resilient. Information platforms are everywhere, and no one really cares about another news source... True stickiness comes from finding your own tribe, and that's what Web3 should be about.

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BlockchainWorker

· 01-11 19:01

Connecting communities is the real fun; just piling up information is useless, it's just another information junkyard.

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BTCRetirementFund

· 01-11 18:52

Community connection is the future of Web3; information platforms have been everywhere for a long time.

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GateUser-afe07a92

· 01-11 18:50

To be honest, community connection is the real moat, as information is never lacking—what's missing are people to chat with...

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TxFailed

· 01-11 18:43

honestly? seen this movie before. info platforms always lose to community ones once gas prices spike and people realize they're just scrolling anyway. technically speaking, the real diff is retention — one burns out users chasing engagement metrics, other builds actual staying power. learned this the hard way watching three different platforms implode in 2022.

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BearMarketMonk

· 01-11 18:39

Both paths are a gamble on human nature: the information side bets on information hunger, while the community side bets on a sense of belonging. But what we all know is that both can easily lead to disillusionment in a bear market.

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