Re:Why Twitter is such a big deal (2009)
by mattgreenrocks on Sunday January 19, 2025 @08:16PM
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It’s hard to not see it as techies being sold out by non-techies.
Re:Why Twitter is such a big deal (2009)
by lotsofpulp on Sunday January 19, 2025 @09:37PM
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Is it ironic that it was Facebook that helped “techies” get paid because they didn’t play along with the employee price fixing cartel of Apple/google/adobe/intel/disney/etc?
I think the answer is "usability". Look at all the community-made, non-commercial projects. They tend to suck because they weren't built for you. They were built for people with similar high investment into the thing they do, for experts or power-users. For them it works.
So IMO the key question is how to find motivation or time or money to solve someone else's problem, without being forced to maximize the money-making part. Because by now we can see exactly what happens when money is the primary goal. Everyone starts with good intentions (solving a problem), but the incentives are so powerful. If you don't follow them you'll start to struggle, long-term, or get out-competed by someone who maximizes the money-making part of the job.