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Is there any truth to this? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Breve@pawb.social 19 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (5 children)

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 enshittify 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
[โ€“] chuso@fedia.io 2 points 5 hours ago

Has been happening for three decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

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