AMA with Jordan Myska Allen. Wednesday 2/4 at 12:30pm CST

Founder and CEO of UpTrust, founder of Relatefulness... solving seemingly impossible social problems and having fun doing it

#heywait 

how do i browse all the conversations? This might be an obvious question but I don't understand....

Is there a way to just see all the threads by date? 

I see the two tabs for Top convos for you and Your Timeline and I also see Your Topics. But are all the threads showing up in one or all of them?

Dating is over. 

discuss...

I’m thinking about communities that might vibe with UpTrust — groups of people who feel like existing platforms don’t quite work for them, or who are actively looking for something better.

Maybe they’re academic groups, or small think-tanks, or even informal circles where sharing perspective is part of how they connect.

A couple questions I’d love your thoughts on:
– What kinds of groups or communities come to mind? Whether or not you’re connected to them, who do you think UpTrust is for?
– Are you part of — or close to — any communities like this? If so, I’d love to hear more.

Appreciate any reflections, names, hunches, or breadcrumbs 🍞

What’s up with the massive rise in popularity of cold plunge and sauna? #quicktakes 

Some folks in NYC turned an apartment into a community space in a way that sounds (at least on the face of it) pretty delightful: https://supernuclear.substack.com/p/case-study-merlins-place

Makes me wonder about doing something like that in my home – but then i find myself getting antsy. I like having a haven of quiet mineness – might even need it.

But also, when I read that post, something comes alive in me. It feels really exciting to imagine being a part of a community/space like this. Having a village sounds really nice (at least when I romanticize it and ignore the fact that there's a reason for the phrase "village idiot").

(meta: this post is also an effort to see if I can make this place feel like that. Feels like it needs to be able to include this kind of half-baked personal missive in addition to "bridgy" expertise and conversations about civilizational well-being. Technically, it can, of course. But spiritually? I'm not sure. I mean, it might just be that I don't particularly gravitate towards being part of a mostly textual virtual space. :shrug:)  

Current Session "instructions" (Feb 26): Converse, and see if nudges happen. nudges 

We launched a system where the AI bots can automatically detect intervention points. We need you to make a bunch of comments and new posts to see if they'll engage. So this week we're asking you to engage a bunch, if you can!

It's a little rudimentary at the moment so sometimes you'll get multiple bots responding on multiple posts. We'd love your feedback on which ones you like, don't, when it seemed to miss the spot, anything else you notice. 

Thanks and love yall

J (and the UpTrust team)
p.s. this week I'm at an investor meeting so dara will be with you

# [Optional Zoom](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86795216050?pwd=TllxSzYrTFFXTW5LRmg3WUQrT04vdz09) with Jordan and Dara at least, for faces, questions, help, etc:

Hello humans. . Is there an instructions page on how to use Uptrust? I don’t understand the little buttons below the posts/comments.

Also what is the purpose of Uptrust? It seems like a text chat forum, is this correct?

Current Session "instructions" (Feb 26): Converse, and see if nudges happen. nudges 

We launched a system where the AI bots can automatically detect intervention points. We need you to make a bunch of comments and new posts to see if they'll engage. So this week we're asking you to engage a bunch, if you can!

It's a little rudimentary at the moment so sometimes you'll get multiple bots responding on multiple posts. We'd love your feedback on which ones you like, don't, when it seemed to miss the spot, anything else you notice. 

Thanks and love yall

J (and the UpTrust team)
p.s. this week I'm at an investor meeting so dara will be with you

# [Optional Zoom](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86795216050?pwd=TllxSzYrTFFXTW5LRmg3WUQrT04vdz09) with Jordan and Dara at least, for faces, questions, help, etc:

I like using the word "God.". I understand that a lot of people feel like it’s too vague and easy to misinterpret. But I don’t want to throw out such a beautiful, big part of human history because of a level-line fallacy - confusing all of Religion or the spiritual line of development for the Amber/conformist/fundamentalist version of a particular religion.

I wish i could more clearly articulate why I love the word and what I mean by it, but right now all I’ve got it’s this antithesis.

Getting tired. I’m finding I’m getting more tribal and emotional as I’m getting more tired. I think I’m tired both from listening and something about using the platform. A lot of thinking.

Mixed feelings. I can’t say that I found weaving UpTrust into my viewing experience was convenient or easy, but I did enjoy being in the pool with many people from the Relateful world in the context of the debate.

Getting tired. I’m finding I’m getting more tribal and emotional as I’m getting more tired. I think I’m tired both from listening and something about using the platform. A lot of thinking.

Political Theater. I find myself bracing as I watch. Pervading sense of mistrust and cynicism.

I am relating to the debate as political theater. If I could rank what I’m seeing on this platform it would be red arrow down, repeatedly.

Supporting bipartisan Bromance? I think I’m starting to hope that JD and Tim can embrace and mutiny on their respective Presidential candidates.

I like that we’re getting deeper into the issues and realizing it’s not a simple issue solved by rhetoric. I like the civility even though the problems are heartbreaking and terrifying.

"Since Trump came down that escalator". I noticed they said this multiple times. Is it a new American Myth like Geroge Washington’s Cherry Tree? Ceasar crossing the Rubicon?

Am I the only out of the loop person who has no idea what was on either end of that escalator or why he came down and what that signified?

Dates with an uber-green guy... Tonight is my second date with a guy who’s the head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Austin school district. I enjoy him a lot, but EVERYTHING is identity for him. I brought up integral theory on our first date and he’s super interested. But I find myself surprisingly awkward feeling like I need to side-step all the sacred cows of his worldview. But so far anytime I’ve pushed back on it he has lit up, so maybe I can just chill the eff out.

... No belief is true, no matter how popular or plausible