"Enshitification" is a trivial but pessimistic meme that mostly just means Internet services are not forever. They will change over time, sometimes for the wors

"Enshitification" is a trivial but pessimistic meme that mostly just means Internet services are not forever. They will change over time, sometimes for the worse. Most other things in the world change, too. But this can take years to happen! If a website has good services for now, you can use them for now, and then shop around for a better deal if they get worse, or something better comes along. Instead of trying to stop the world from changing when you can't, better to learn some resilience. Learn to live with transience. It's also possible for websites to improve. Who knows? But wait, you're talking about building a social website? My advice is that more users means more problems. Many users are pretty deranged these days, by this and many other terrible memes. Don't worry about scaring them away, they'll scare themselves away regardless. Build something for yourself and a few people you like. Explain up front that it's not for everyone, and you're not going to run it forever. Why commit to something that's not fun?