# The Cost of Ephemeral Communication

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-cost-of-ephemeral-communication/384916
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**Created:** [October 7, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-cost-of-ephemeral-communication/384916 "2025-10-07T15:08:06Z")
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#### Post date: [October 7, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-cost-of-ephemeral-communication/384916/1 "2025-10-07T15:08:06Z")

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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)

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