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    1 month ago

    It’s the eternal cycle:

    • Small platform has quality experience because most users are genuine and engaged, and user base is too small to be “worth it” for corporations and trolls
    • Platform grows slowly until it reaches tipping point of popularity and network effect
    • The platform has explosive growth, drawing interest of corporations and trolls
    • Corporations enremovedtify while trolls crank out misinformation and rage bait
    • Users reach tipping point and leave large platform to smaller platforms that don’t have corporate interests and trolls
    • Repeat due to network effect