> Is it really so hard to believe that such an unprecedented mass movement would break the underlying business assumptions of a pre-IPO startup that was heavily

> Is it really so hard to believe that such an unprecedented mass movement would break the underlying business assumptions of a pre-IPO startup that was heavily dependent on their credit lines? I don't think anyone is discounting this. The problem is that after going through so many of these problems with various pre-IPO startups, we appear to have not learnt our lesson. - Facebook made us think it was safe to publish our real names and pictures online, and attach them to a public profile. When cyber-stalking and cyber-bullying became a thing, they feigned shock & ignorance. - Twitter used to suggest anonymity and low-intensity were the main goals of their product. Then they doubled the character limit just as doxing and other forms of real-life intimidation began picking up steam on this platform. - YouTube used to portray itself as a free speech video platform, encouraging users to upload any and all videos that don't explicitly break the law. Now YouTube polices its content to such an extent, and with such murky and ever-changing policies, that speech which is perfectly legal and protected by federal law is banned without explanation. It now even inserts itself into the conversation with a degree of authority that pre-Google YouTube would never have dared attempt.