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I think the big part of every movement is that initially it's done by people who like to do things, and who want the doing part to be more fun for people like t
by erikb 8y ago
I think the big part of every movement is that initially it's done by people who like to do things, and who want the doing part to be more fun for people like them.
But the huge public success comes through people who lead huge businesses or countries, and who are faced with the situation where they have a set of mostly unmotivated, unskilled people who should do something for mostly unmotivated, unskilled customers/citizen. So for them it's not at all about making it more fun for people who love to do it and who have skills, but about making it simple, controllable, and most importantly look successful although they already know BEFORE they start that it won't be successful at all, due to the lack of motivation and skill in their general userbase.
So that "The values have been totally lost behind the implementation" is neither a coincidence, i.e. it doesn't just happen in software dev, nor a surprise, i.e. it was known before it became popular that it couldn't become popular and keep its values.
Sometimes when I watch/listen/read about people explaining this as a surprising and undesired result, I wonder whether they really are so naive, or if they are looking for a way to profit from a younger audience who hasn't experience such a complete popularity loop yet.