He’s getting dogpiled because the premise that slower growth is a “problem” is wrong. Over and over again we’ve seen that exponential growth = bots & enshittification. 1/3
He’s getting dogpiled because the premise that slower growth is a “problem” is wrong. Over and over again we’ve seen that exponential growth = bots & enshittification. 1/3
Early adopters tend to be real humans (anonymous or not). As a platform gets bigger, at some stage bad actors flood the platform to take advantage of the platform’s reach. THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING. Twitter became a cesspool. Facebook became a cesspool. 2/3
I think that most Bluesky users will be very happy if the same thing doesn’t happen here. And it’s kind of ironic that a guy who works for a news outlet whose circulation (paper or digital) has plummeted is defending this bad take on growth. 3/3