# The Cost of Ephemeral Communication

**URL:** <https://tzm.one/t/the-cost-of-ephemeral-communication/53837>\
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**Created:** [October 7, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://tzm.one/t/the-cost-of-ephemeral-communication/53837 "2025-10-07T15:07:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Louie](https://tzm.one/user_avatar/tzm.one/louie/32/50_2.png) [@Louie](https://tzm.one/u/Louie)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://tzm.one/t/the-cost-of-ephemeral-communication/53837/1 "2025-10-07T15:07:46Z")

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Modern communication is built for the scroll.&nbsp;

Think: Slack and Discord chats, disappearing messages, DMs, and social feeds where the stream moves too quickly to be reliably referenced later. The goal is speed and informality.&nbsp;

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2025/10/the-cost-of-ephemeral-communication/](https://blog.discourse.org/2025/10/the-cost-of-ephemeral-communication/)