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Yes, every forum has its early years phase where this occurs. It’s about like trying to catch a wave, you look for a building wave, invest some participation, a
by travisgriggs 3y ago
Yes, every forum has its early years phase where this occurs. It’s about like trying to catch a wave, you look for a building wave, invest some participation, and you have a fine ride.
Eventually, the “organizers” show up and add too much order to a system that wants to be a balance between loose structure and otherwise chaotic ad hoc interplay.
And if the organizers aren’t the ones that over constrain the system, there’s always a PM somewhere looking to “monetize that asset.”
I think, sadly, SO has passed that inflection point now. I haven’t intuited where the next waves are breaking at.
- hackernewds 3y agosounds like the downfall of Quora. Interviewed there and it seemed like they're still on board thinking a flood of ads is the perfect UX
- sevagh 3y agoI still don't understand why the Quora UI shows you unrelated answers, and it's always a weird topic. "Question: Why did PyTorch beat Tensorflow in popularity" "Answer (to a different question): I lost my virginity when I was 11 years old"
- red-iron-pine 3y agoquite similar to "Mop Theory" -- https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths