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> The pessimism here on HN is bizarre! This has been my experience on HN in general, though I recognize I've been part of the problem. It's really easy to dump
by drewzero1 4y ago
> The pessimism here on HN is bizarre!
This has been my experience on HN in general, though I recognize I've been part of the problem. It's really easy to dump on things and feel smart.
- guerrilla 4y agoRemember how pessimistic they were about Reddit? And some other successful startups? Someone made a full list of the predictions that were completely off once... No idea how to find that but it's out there.
- yborg 4y agoHN has become The Establishment, it skews older, and thus is extremely skeptical of any change to the comfortable status quo. It's of course supremely ironic in a community that (originally) represented the Silicon Valley startup culture of Disrupt Everything.
- thejohnconway 4y ago> Silicon Valley startup culture The answer might lay in that, I guess. Mastodon isn't much of a venture capital opportunity. No startup in the space is likely to return billions.
- drewzero1 4y agoSo true. SV-types have been so conditioned to look for the monetization angle and the fediverse has been designed and built to be the direct opposite of that. I think a lot of people are so busy looking for the fame and the money that they miss the point.