From 5fc7b88f5f9f72b0e87cd921aacfa6d7f03fa3b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flancian <0@flancia.org> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:27:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] autopushed --- agora pkg chapter.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/agora pkg chapter.md b/agora pkg chapter.md index 24b736b9d..8383d1c4d 100644 --- a/agora pkg chapter.md +++ b/agora pkg chapter.md @@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ Bridges are useful in that they lower friction for users to move across tools an Bridges are the main tool we have to enact [[counter anti disintermediation]] and push back against [[walled gardens]]. An Agora tries to provide useful bridges to the community as a public service. ## Siphons -A [[siphon]] can be seen as a bridge across which [[flow]] can take place after some initial [[effort]], with cost-benefit ideally following a Pareto-like distribution. +A [[siphon]] can be seen as a bridge across which [[flow]] can take place after some initial [[effort]], with cost-benefit ideally following a Pareto-like distribution. Siphons can be specialized to perform pro social [[adversarial interoperability]]. -A siphon may, for example, be a bridge with a one-time setup cost (e.g. setting up an API key) which can be run at low cost (of maintenance and computation) afterwards. +An example siphon would be a bridge with a one-time setup cost (e.g. an end user having to set up an API key for a walled garden) but which can then be run continuously afterwards at low cost (of maintenance on behalf of the user, and of computation). # Agora Commons